Congrats to those who finished the Mississippi Blues Marathon and the Disney Marathon Weekend Experience last weekend. Shorts on Saturday and Snow Shoes on Sunday, Winter has finally shown it's face this week it seems. Only 64 days till Spring!
Good Luck to any and all heading to the Houston Marathon, the Clearwater Distance Classic and the Rock n' Roll Arizona Marathon this upcoming weekend. For those staying here there is a 12 & 14 miler below, add on before or after as needed.
See you Saturday!
A Norma Tec Experience
by Jeffrey Hayden
Thought I would share a few words about my experience about
the Norma Tec Leg Compression's that Ultimate Fit has at their shop. During one
of my days off at Christmas break I promised myself that I would be treated
with a half an hour of this talk of the town amongst runners. Cindy, Curt and
Jim were very accommodating and set me up in a comfortable laid back chair with
a leg stool to keep the limbs elevated.
The compression sleeves were very easy
to put on and the instructions on to operate were quite simple. The compressor
that operates the compressing part was surprisingly a very low hum. The
settings for the compression on the legs and feet go from one to seven so I
chose to operate on the number six level. It was a timely segmented compression
that starts from your feet and works up thru the calves to your quads.
t works
better than a roller or stick but my only complaint is while compressing my
feet it was a bit painful on my bunions to which it never really allowed me to
feel how it was working on my arches. The next time I will see if there is
better ways situate my gnarly messed up feet to prevent that. Overall I was
pleased with the session and would definitely try it again on the highest
level. I will leave you with a few suggestions if you decide to give it a try;
Number
one is wearing some running shorts under your long pants or jeans for easy
changing there on the spot. They do have a small change room if preferred.
Consider
bringing reading material be it your phone, magazine or book just to pass the
time if you go for an hour session.
Lastly
keep in mind that this is similar to a massage so you want to drink plenty of
water after the session to flush all the impurities out of your system that the
compressing broke up.
Hope this helps if you were on the fence of this new
apparatus.
NormaTec Pricing
30 Minute Session - $25.00
5 x 30 Minute Session - $115.00
10 x 30 Minute Session - $210.00
20 x 30 Minute Session - $380.00
1 Hour Session - $40.00
5 x 1 Hour Session - $175.00
10 x 1 Hour Session - $300.00
20 x 1 Hour Session - $500.00
* You can choose legs only, hips only
or split the time between the two.
Saturday, January 16th brings the First opportunity for a training run at LBL, Plan is to depart the Downtown YMCA at 5:00 a.m and hit the trail by 7:00 a.m. Comment below or on Facebook for Carpooling options.
NON RUNNING NEWS
Vegetable Land has opened a new cafe in the Zion Untied Church of Christ at 415 NW 5th Street, formerly the lunch time offering at the River City Co-op, all meals are Vegan. The Cafe will be open Tuesday-Thursday 11:30am-8:00pm, the menu will vary with an all-raw day on Thursdays.
Deliveries can be made after 2:00pm, 812-205-0616
Follow on Facebook for menu updates Vege Tableland
January 30th, 2016
Saturday, January 16th Route:
Water Stops:
4 mi. - Columbia/Wabash
8 mi. - Claremont/Barker
12 Mile Run from Y....7:00 a.m.
Court to MLK
L on MLK/Mary to Franklin
R on Franklin to N. Main
L on N. Main to Morgan Ave.
L on Morgan to 1st Ave.
R on 1st Ave to Ulhorn
L on Ulhorn to Fulton
L on Fulton to Columbia
R on Columbia/Delaware to Wessel (dead end)
L on Wessel (curves around) to Helefrich
L on Helefrich to Mt. Vernon
R on Mt. Vernon to Tekoppel
L on Tekoppel to Broadway
L on Broadway to Barker
L on Barker to Franklin
R on Franklin to 9th
R on 9th to Ohio St.
L on Ohio/2nd to Main St.
L on Main to 6th
L on 6th to the Y......12 mi.
14 Mile Run from Y....7:00 a.m.
Court to MLK
L on MLK/Mary to Franklin
R on Franklin to N. Main
L on N. Main to Morgan Ave.
L on Morgan to 1st Ave.
R on 1st Ave to Ulhorn
L on Ulhorn to Fulton
L on Fulton to Columbia
R on Columbia/Delaware to Wessel (dead end)
L on Wessel (curves around) to Helefrich
L on Helefrich to Mt. Vernon
R on Mt. Vernon to Tekoppel
L on Tekoppel to Broadway
L on Broadway to Barker
L on Barker to Franklin
R on Franklin to 9th
R on 9th to Ohio St.
L on Ohio/2nd to Mulberry
L on Mulberry to Governor
L on Governor to Franklin
L on Franklin to N. Main/Vine
L on N. Main/Vine to 6th
R on 6th to the Y......14 mi.
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