Part Three: Post-Race & The Magic Kingdom
Did you miss Part Two: The Race? Check it out here.
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| My makeshift ice bath. |
During training, I had a lot of success using ice baths after my long runs to aid in recovery, so I knew that I wanted to do something similar after the marathon, but since Carrie and I were sharing a room, neither one of us wanted to wait on the other to take one before we could take ours - so I came up with the solution of hopping in the pool! After all, it was just footsteps from our hotel room door, and it wasn't heated - so it would definitely do the trick! So I took off all my electronics (errr...except the heart rate monitor which was under my bra strap that I'd forgotten about...oops!), hobbled over to the pool, and not-so-elegantly slipped in. It was definitely cold, but exactly what I needed! After a few minutes, mom came out and sat by the pool to keep me company. I stayed in for about 40 minutes, and I even did some underwater leg stretches while I was in there - something that "hurt so good."
