The last few days have been filled with ice, stretching, and rolling pins. Yes, I said rolling pins. My athletic trainer advised me to use a rolling pin to help loosen the quad muscle. I wish I had a camera to capture the dumbfounded look on my husband's face when he came home to find me on the living room floor with a rolling pin feverishly kneading the heck out of my quad muscle. After a few moments he finally said "you know you can bruise that quad if you push too hard," and walked off. Hmmm...really?
Against my trainer’s advice I did play beach volleyball on Thursday night. Afterall, it was the playoffs and my competitive side couldn't just sit there and let a sub play for me. The best part about the night was despite the quad still being tight as I moved in the uneven sand it started to loosen up. Good, good….and by Saturday the pain and tightness was completely gone.
On Sunday my plan had me running 18 miles. No way THAT was going to happen. So I told my running group to go without me because if my quad even started to cramp up I was shutting down my run. I ended up running with a good friend Scott, who back in 2004 partnered with Lynda and Cathy to get me into running. We ran at our same 10 min/mile pace but only lasted about 7.5 miles before my quad started tightening up. I left that morning in tears concerned about the 10.5 miles that I should’ve completed that day.
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