Wednesday 7 May 2008

The Rules For The Day...

Routine can be a dangerous thing...

I got to the train station this morning and did my usual thing - which is begin to run down the stairs to the platform. I got about five steps down when my legs all of a sudden went 'NOOOOOO!'. It was then I remembered the last four days events. Ow.

For a split second I thought, 'Oh no! I'm not the five-foot-two-of-fury-ninja-princess-she-ra triathlete I thought I was! I can't even run down stairs!!'. Then I quickly came to my senses and thought, 'Don't be silly - of course you are!' Nothing like a little self affirmation in the morning.

It was then though that I thought, perhaps in light of how tired my legs are we should set some rules for the day.
  • No stairs. Not up or down. Be a wuss for a day and take the elevator.
  • No trying to pass fellow pedestrians as we all scurry to work. Not even if you know you could take them.
  • Stretching. Lots of stretching must occur. Just don't do it in the elevator.
  • Self massage the quads. Work out those knots!

For the most part I was able to follow the rules. I even got 'caught' taking the elevator up for one flight. Needless to say I was totally embarassed, but I didn't feel guilty. I did forget to take the elevator down at the end of the day, so ended up walking the five flights. I just took it slow and easy.

Today I discovered that a great way to stay awake in a meeting is to self massage the quads. This is a trick IG taught me. When I was in Malaysia my quads were super tight from running every day, so he suggested rubbing my pointy elbow lengthwise along my quad and IT band. I figured it would look weird if I did that in the meeting so instead used my thumb knuckle.

Let me tell ya, if you are ever about to fall asleep in a meeting, or somewhere you shouldn't, just take your thumb knuckle and slowly slide it down your IT band. ZIIIING!!! I was wide awake and doing something good for the bod. Plus, I'm sure I got bonus points from the boss for actually sitting through a two hour meeting without getting the head nods! A feat indeed!! The massage did help work things out, although my knuckles were pretty red after doing this for so long.

So I made it through the day just fine. My legs are still pretty tired, but they aren't that bad. I am glad though that I'm not running or biking tonight. Instead it's a yoga stretch night. Aaaah.

Peace out my friends!

5 comments:

  1. Great tip on massaging the quads!

    What an amazing few days you've had -- killer workouts, all in a row and still able to walk -- Bravo!! :) :):)

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  2. it's nice to have you back blogging!!

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  3. Dude what happened to you when I was gone! Crazy girl, we'll find you some many candy then you don't have to be getting into questionable positions with elevators!

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  4. LMAO!!! Welcome home Kels!

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  5. Hey that actually works(the it band massage), oh fyi I responded to your soaker comment on your last thread about your hill workout.

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