Magic hands...

[runningwild]

...of my sports massage man today. He was surprised I'd pulled a quad muscle, usually people pull their hamstrings or calves. Good news was he said I could maybe go for a run on Monday depending on how I felt. I was going to say it's all downhill from now, but probably uphill and around. Tee hee! It wasn't as painful as the first time, apparently the more massages you have the less painful it is. When he stops being free I will have to rely on my foam roller, must be great to have a personal sports masseuse. Oh well. Main thing is my legs feel great, loose and flexible, he also said I had defined quads, get me!!

So fingers crossed for next week, I'll nail that elusive green badge yet!

[Fingalo Graduate]

Massage?

Ooh you lucky git! The closest I get to a massage is when I'm sandwiched between two others on a packed train to London on my commute.

[runningwild Graduate]

I know! He's doing his student training at a running shop and he offers free sports massages every week till he's got all the hours/practice he needs for his course. So I'm helping him out and he's definitely helping me.

[greenlegs Graduate in reply to runningwild]

I was wondering what you had to do to get free massages! You timed your quad problems nicely then! Hope you'll be feeling ready to run again soon.

[Fingalo Graduate in reply to runningwild]

Hmmm....

You need to ask him how we can find those in a similar position as they must be countrywide. I reckon there would be plenty of volunteers ready to help them reach the hours required....

[Esprit Graduate in reply to Fingalo]

Good idea Fingalo.

[runningwild Graduate in reply to Fingalo]

I saw his offer on their facebook page and advert in the shop. I'm sure others must be doing this, check out your running shop when you get a chance.

[Fingalo Graduate in reply to runningwild]

Will do, cheers.

[runningwild Graduate in reply to Fingalo]

Hope you find some magic hands! If not there's always the evil foam roller, mine's on the way! Good luck

[Fingalo Graduate in reply to runningwild]

To be honest my legs have given me next to no grief at all so far but I suspect that will change as I push closer to 10k. I keep reading of these rollers, I'm away to have a look at what they are and what they do.