The Running Thread - 2018

[LSUlakes]

QOTD: Since it was mentioned, stays on topic, and I am struggling for ideas today... ICE BATHS for recovery! Have you done them before? Did you find it helped any?

ATTQOTD: I have done them and will do them again. I think it helped, and having a cold beer helps during the bath part. One issue I have is when I run during a home game I do not go home, so for those days no ice bath. Also should mention the ice bath is only used after 15 miles or more. My wife thinks is funny as I am getting in the tub and I make noises as I get it because its cold. lol

 

[rteetz]

Awesome news for me today. Purchased my first ever annual pass!!!

Now Disney trips will feel very easy to take! I’m always looking for ways to take quick trips.

 

[rteetz]

QOTD: Since it was mentioned, stays on topic, and I am struggling for ideas today... ICE BATHS for recovery! Have you done them before? Did you find it helped any?

I’ve never been into ice baths. When I played football that was a big thing but I skipped them then too. I just try to use other recovery methods than freezing myself even if it would help.

 

[apdebord]

ATTQOTD: No ice baths for me. I have Raynaud's so I try to stay away from anything cold.

Yesterday's ATTQOTD: I like a warm bath after a race. Pizza is normally my go-to dinner post-race, unless it's destination then we might go out for Mexican or Cheeseburgers. Whatever it is, I like carbs post-race. I always have a goal of moving around after, but that doesn't always pan out. I like to do a mile or 2 the next day, or go for a long dog walk.

 

[Chaitali]

I generally prefer epsom salt baths to ice baths. I do ice any particular spots that have been giving me problems (i.e. usually feet and/or knees).

 

[run.minnie.miles]

ATTQOTD: I have never done an ice bath and no matter how well they work, I'm not sure I'm willing to put myself through that kind of torture... Ask me in a few months when my long runs are looong and I might change my tune

 

[Dis_Yoda]

Attqotd: Epsom Salts over Ice Baths

 

[Miranda]

ATTQOTD: I've only done an ice bath with an injury. I played D1 basketball in another lifetime and we had these ice bath tubs in the athletic trainer's room.

 

[Dis5150]

ATTQOTD: I did ice baths when I was using the Jeff Galloway marathon training plan for my first marathon, after the really long runs (22, 25, etc.). At my slow pace, those runs would take me 5-6 hours and I was so sore that they did help. But since I started using @DopeyBadger plans, which spread my mileage out over the whole week, I haven't needed them as I haven't been sore after any of my runs. Not even after Dopey last year. I did take a nice warm bath with a recovery bath bomb which was heavenly as I was so, so sick during the marathon. I will never take another ice bath! Since I am not sore, they aren't needed. Plus they are torture!

 

[baxter24]

Now Disney trips will feel very easy to take! I’m always looking for ways to take quick trips.

Oh we already have a few planned already!


ATTQOTD: I will do an ice bath for my feet if they really hurt but I think I’m too much of a wuss to do a real one.

 

[Bree]

ATTQOTD: I won’t even let the hairdresser give my hair a cool rinse after washing it so there is no way in bloody hell I'm getting in an ice bath. No, no, no, no, noooooooooooooooo!!!!

 

[JeffW]

ATTQOTD: I've done ice baths, I think they do work, and I try to avoid them at all costs Honestly, I use them for runs over 15 miles when I know that I've been pushing my legs. It seems to reduce soreness the next day.

 

[Capang]

ATTQOTD: never done the ice bath. I've taken ice cold showers when it is blazing hot outside but never any ice bath for sports related reasons.

 

[FFigawi]

QOTD: Since it was mentioned, stays on topic, and I am struggling for ideas today... ICE BATHS for recovery! Have you done them before? Did you find it helped any?

I'm one of those people who find ice baths to be extremely helpful. I use them after 20-mile MP runs, fulls, and ultras. I make sure I'm wearing a sweatshirt and open a beer right before I get in. When the beer is gone, it's time to get out. They're really easy to do at Disney if you use the trash can to carry the ice. I follow an ice bath up with putting on my compression gear and either lying back with my legs up the wall or skipping that and heading straight to a second beer.

 

[PrincessV]

ATTQOTD: Did it, hated it, felt no different than not doing it, opted not to do it again. I rarely have issues with recovery in the sense of general soreness, at least nothing that a hot bath or shower, gentle stretching, and a little massage doesn't help. If I have mild injuries that benefit from it, I spot ice those. Mostly what I need after long and/or hard runs is rest - thanks to some autoimmune junk, lasting fatigue is the thing I battle most. Early bedtimes beats ice baths for that!

 

[michigandergirl]

ATTQOTD: I love to put my feet in an ice bath after really long runs, especially if it was a hot run.

 

[roxymama]

ATTQOTD: In college, in giant trash can looking buckets/basins. Shudder.
I will do cold showers now and again but not ice. One of those "I'm sure it could help, but I don't want to" kind of things.

 

[gjramsey]

ATTQOTD: Ice cold shower after a really hot run. I am really hopeful this morning was the last one of those I do. They keep claiming the first "fall" front will be through Houston tomorrow. For Houston, that is the first front that drops the morning low below 65.....

 

[AFwifelife]

ATTQOTD: after my half, I did an ice bath in the athletic training room at work the next day (perks!). It did help me a ton with how I was feeling. My recovery was pretty terrible after that race though lol. I went back to my apartment and laid on my couch all day.

The plan for Dopey is to take cold dips in the pool.

 

[huskies90]

QOTD: ICE BATHS for recovery!

ATTQOTD: Nope. Never tried one. Might try icing after a long run but I can’t see myself getting into a tub full of ice.