Stretching, Drinking Water, Taking It Slow

As I have been increasing (vastly) the amount which I run I have also had in the back of my mind that I need to figure out a good warm-up/cool down regiment for stretching my muscles.  I have done a lot of yoga in the past and I LOVE it but I haven't done it since this spring.  I decided to consult one of my favorite youtube channels, EkhartYoga, which offers free and easy to follow yoga classes.  I have used Ester Ekhart's videos since the very beginning of my ventures in to yoga along with attending classes at my University.  She does a great job teaching the basics of yoga!

Anywho, here is the sequence I used after I ran yesterday to cool down my muscles.  It is a relatively easy sequence which is where I went wrong.  As someone who is used to doing yoga and being able to stretch pretty far I tried to push myself to attain my normal level or flexibility.  This was a mistake and long story short I have the sore hamstring to prove it.  I don't want to turn something small in to a major injury (at least not THIS early in the process) so I decided to take it easy for the time being and though I had planned on running again today, I will just be doing some yoga and bringing dog for a nice long walk.  Oh also, drinking LOTS of water.

I did thoroughly enjoy my "sleeping in" today... until 8:30.  Then dog demanded my full attention.  Oh well!