Category: Hamstring Recovery

I have love, love, loved my 361 Sensations that I bought nearly a year ago. Most comfy kicks I’ve owned. But as I began to build my walking stamina at the track this spring, I noticed the outside of my left foot was rubbing against the inside of the shoe. Meh, I thought, my gait’s just a little wonky. That’ll ease up with practice.

Come to find, though, after a look at my bare feet beside one another, that the bones in my left foot have spread, probably from hopping around so much on that foot while I was braced & crutching, and from setting an Olympic record for Most One-Legged Deadlifts Performed Ever in Order to Clean Up After Your Spread-ALL-Your-Stuff-Around Children.

I had to buy a new pair of 361’s in WIIIIIIIDE width – something I’ve never done. I have small feet. They measure a 5.5 in length, but after pregnancy I always bought a 7 to accommodate the width. And now, with the Hamstring Gimpy Spread, the left’s about as wide as it is long. Spongebob Squarefeet. This is another sign of how sexy this surgery has made me…right?

Happy birthday, Sharon Gordon!

“And then I stopped asking, ‘Why me?’ And I started to ask, ‘Why not me?’ …Maybe being at rock bottom is actually the perfect place to start.”

5 mo. PO and I just Barcalounged my way through 2 hrs & 10 min of previews & A Wrinkle in Time. Theatres with recliners = Hamster gift. (Wishing Christie Perez Johnson had the same seat in her car this weekend!) Attachment area was tight afterwards, but my Tiger Tail took care of it (and the crick in my neck from such terrible seat location.)

Den of Positivity, 5 mo. PO:

Back in the game after Backpack Stumble 2018. At my PT’s suggestion I self-massaged the hammies with a rolling pin between each lap, and it loosened up my tendons & reduced the pain in a miraculous way. No idea why I didn’t try that sooner, since I use a roller on my quads all the time. Maybe just afraid to go too hard on Hammy LaRue. Or just part of being the smartest idiot I know. Onward.