Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Foam Roller and Valentine's Day Winner!

Taper week.., again....I feel like I am always back to Taper lately.  The only thing I am changing from last week is adding a day of rest.   I am hoping for COOL weather for Sunday.  I am now 100% convinced that it is required for me to do well.
Went for 4 miles TEMPO this morning.   I am still in my Brooks.  I will only use those shoes until the RnR Pasadena Half Marathon Sunday. 

I bought one of these:


Of course I have no clue what to do with it.  I mean not REALLY.  I need to do some research.  If  you know good website for this let me know please.  I will start with Runner's World.  Do you have one of these? How many times a week do you use it?

If you are a regular reader you know that my family LOVES this guy:


It's because of my kids that I know who Keith Urban is really.  He is great and in concerts he is fantastic, the best I have seen I think, but on April 27 I will have to cheat on Keith because before Keith, there was this guy:


The Boss himself!  I have been dying to see him in concert since I am in High School..I mean it, I wanted to be Courtney Cox in the video Dancing in the Dark.  I have all his albums, I have some in Vynil records, cassette tapes and Cds of course.   I cannot wait to see him in concert.  Bill is not sharing my love of Springsteen but he has agreed to come with me. 

OK now the winner of my Milestone Jewelry Valentine Giveaway

and that is


Erica!
Congratulations!!!
Email me your info please!

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!




21 comments:

giraffy said...

I LOVE my foam roller.... I think Dimity (Another Mother Runner) posted a how to awhile back...

Fruit Fly said...

Have a happy taper! And more important, have a lot of fun at your race!!

Terzah said...

I have a foam roller just like yours and I use it after almost every run. I slowly roll out my IT bands, and I also do my hamstrings and calves. It's not great getting into the glutes--for that I use a tennis ball. I credit this thing with being the reason I've never had a spot of trouble with my IT bands.

Unknown said...

enjoy taper!

I keep getting tempted to get the foam roller but then realize that I wouldn't have a clue what to do with it either! lol

Bruce is great in concert - as a Jersey girl it's pretty much a required concert to attend at least once… My sister is a die-hard fan and has probably seen him no less than 20 times.

Enjoy!

Ali Mc said...

Happy Valentines day! just found you....and I love my foam roller :) at first I hated it but now I'm addicted! glad the concert was good.

Nelly said...

Foam rolling is awesome! I do it after every run, mainly on my IT band to help get the soreness out. It helps to prevent injury I think. I first bought a soft foam roller like you bought, then I upgraded to the GRID for a harder foam roller.

http://nellyontherun.blogspot.com/2011/07/q-award-part-ii.html

There are a lot of foam roller videos out there, here is one on youtube I found:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2nNa-fYFmw&feature=fvst

Enjoy seeing The Boss! He is still going strong!

Kate Geisen said...

You know....if you weren't always racing you wouldn't be always tapering... :) I'm just jealous, you know! I haven't done a single race this year!! Train train train...

Happy Valentine's Day to you, my friend! I was so glad when I saw you got the tickets. :)

Jill said...

You're going to love your foam roller, one of those evil necessities :).

Enjoy the taper! Happy belated Valentine's Day!

Patrick Mahoney said...

Question: How can a guy from Australia have the bona-fides for Country Music? Just a thought.

Big Daddy Diesel said...

Welcome to a love/hate relationship with your roller, you will hate the pain it brings, but will love how you feel afterwards

On the Right Track said...

so, I keep seeing your NAME on all of the blogs I am reading so i came to check you out! We share the SAME NAME...so I knew you had to be awesome:)

Love your blog...your writing style and that you have 2 boys...I have 3! I'm a new follower and a newbie blogger.

Looking forward to reading more about you!

KovasP said...

I've heard Boss tix are incredibly hard to come by - nice score!

Laima said...

I have a foam roller - but don't use it nearly enough:)

Erica Gorman said...

yeah! Thanks so much.

Boston Bound Brunette said...

I love my foam roller too. I have a super duper one that is pretty painful but does the job. Good Luck this weekend in Pasadena!

Laura said...

Foam rollers...evil...just evil.

Cotter Crunch said...

FOAM rollers are a love/hate. They will kill you, but they will also save you!

good luck!

Annette@(running)In the Right Direction said...

New follower here! Love my foam roller....it causes the good kind of pain...I promise!

Denise said...

I have 3 foam rollers actually. All different sizes and density. I don't use them nearly enough these days but when I'm on my best behavior I roll after a long run and then at night a couple times a week.

I got a really good dvd with my first one from Go Fit. I'm not sure if they sell it separately or not.

Black Knight said...

Enjoy this tapering time.
Congrats to Erica

Unknown said...

Hope tomorrow goes well! :)

I have a foam roller but don't use it nearly as much as I should. I will say thought, that it did wonders on my IT last year! Google it... you'll find tons of resources!