SALT LAKE 2008 HALF MARATHON

I ran my first half marathon today. It was great but I thought I was going to die. The first 4 miles of the race were up hill do I need to say more :). I hurt my leg earlier this week pulling a tree out of my rose bush. My friend told me to go get Leg compression socks. They helped me so much this is what they look like.

I wore them all day on Thursday and slept in them that night. I wore them again Friday night and wore them to my race. They help so much where they were on my leg was the only place on my legs that didn't hurt in the race. Here is what Jeff Galloway has to say about them.

“The Zensah® leg sleeve could speed up your performance and reduce recovery time. According to research and runner reports compression sleeves improve performance of the most important muscle for running—the calf muscle. The Zensah® leg sleeve is the only calf sleeve which incorporates pin point compression to the calf area. I recommend it for use when traveling on flights to and from a marathon.” - Jeff Galloway

Whenever I run 9 or more miles in the morning I take an ice bath. I turn the water on with cold water and fill the water till it covers my legs. I have my ice maker out of my freezer and while I am in the tub I put all the ice in the tub. I sit in the tub till all of it is melted. Some people wear a sweatshirt or wrap a towel around them I do that sometimes. While it is melting i sit in the tub and play games on my phone or call and talk to someone usually I call my grandma or my sisters (they usually don't know I am sitting in the tub) It helps my legs recover faster from the long run. Today when I put the ice in the water I screamed it was so cold. Here is a picture of my feet from my phone today showing that I am crazy and do it.

I am a slow runner it was my first race and I finished in about 2 hours and 45 minutes. I want to get down to at least a 2:30 half. I am running Moab Other Half October 19th so I will let everyone know how it goes.

I am off to nap and then a pedicure