Knee Update + A Sale
After Wednesday’s big decision to not run the half marathon this weekend, I felt a stabbing pain in my knee all day. In fact, I felt like crying whenever I walked up or down stairs!
Luckily, that pain has died down, through lots of icing, Ibuprofin, and my secret weapon… The Tiger Tail.
The kind people over at Pressure Positive were kind enough to send me a sample of their Tiger Tail last week. Initially, I was excited to use it after the half marathon, since I can’t exactly travel with my big foam roller!
Clearly, I will not be needing it as a post-race treatment anymore. But, every time my knee starts to cramp up again, I roll the Tiger Tail over it, and immediately feel better! I start off with light pressure, and gradually increase it as needed, and I like that there is more control over the amount of pressure than you can get with a regular foam roller. Since it is nice and portable, I will still be taking it on vacation to aid in my recovery.
As a special half-birthday present to all my readers, I have a 30% off coupon for you on the Tiger Tail at Open Sky!
This puts the 18″ Tiger Tail, which is the size I have, at $17.49. EDIT: The coupon is only valid for the 18″ Tiger Tail.
Just enter “TIGER30″ at checkout to get your discount!
The coupon is good through Friday, March 12.
Happy Half-Birthday, SE!
In addition to the special half-birthday discount, I also have created a Best of Savvy Eats” page of all of my favorite posts from the past 6 months. This timing works out well, too, since I will be on blogging hiatus while I am in Florida!
Best of Savvy Eats
- Why I Blog… a VERY early post, but a good one. My photography has come such a long way!
- Tyranena Oktoberfest Bike Ride … my very first charity bike ride, as well as my longest ride to date!
- A Long, Wonderful Day… my first 5K EVER!
- Do YOU have stress? … great advice from a conference session I attended!
- My First 15K!! … my first race longer than a 5K
- Almost Vegetarian … my thoughts on eating a mostly vegetarian diet
- What do you want to do with your life? … my plans for the future, and how I figured out what I want in life
- Egg-less Baking … one of my first, and favorite, Brain Food 101 posts!
- Tasting at Fresco … our first tasting with our wedding caterer
- Cooking for College Students … my Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24 post
- 2009: A Year in Review
- My 10 in 2010
- Run into the New Year Recap … a very cold 5K!
- Breakfast Quinoa on the Go… one of my favorite recipes to date
- Grand Opening + Monster Pasta … another favorite recipe
- The Little Things #9 (and My Running Verdict) … putting a positive spin on a tough decision
- An Ode to Quinoa … a love letter to my favorite breakfast
Guest Posts
Don’t worry, there will still be new material up on Savvy Eats while I am gone! I have some great guest posts lined up for Monday-Wednesday, including one from a certain someone’s fiance… that’s right, Dan will be debuting on the blog!
Talk to you all on Thursday night/Friday morning!
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I have never heard of a Tiger Tail! Must look into it!
Happy Half-Birthday! My aunt uses something similar to the Tiger Tail and she swears by it
These are seriously amazing. My friends who ran cross country in college had them (before the foam roller craze.) I would use it before/after teaching classes/lifting – I actually like these BETTER than foam rollers!
I’m starting to prefer the Tiger Tail to my foam roller, too!
Though I still like the foam roller because I can do Pilates on it!
Happy half birthday
Loved reading that early post from you – it was cute. And definitely excited to read Dan’s post!
Happy Half Birthday, Julie and Savvy Eats! I’ve so enjoyed getting to know you and finding out all we have in common
Can’t wait to continue reading!
I’ve never heard of Tiger Tail. Looks really cool!
OMG — I can’t wait to read Dan’s post! I bet it will be awesome. I need to try to get Bobby to do one sometime. It would probably be pretty short and sweet. He’s a man of few words!!
Hope you’re having a fabulous weekend, Julie!
It was so nice to meet you today! I hope I get to see more of you tomorrow
GOOD LUCK IN YOUR RACE TODAYYYYYYYYY!!!!
aw yay for 6 months!!!1
xoxox
shelley
self. get foam roller. or tiger thing. or both. sincerley, self.