COLD, warm, hot, hotter

I've discovered the cure to ripped up leg muscles.

First, sit in a Cold Plunge for 20 minutes. You can't feel anything after a couple minutes and soon thereafter it actually begins to feel good.

Then, swim about 100 meters, really slowly. People will look at you funny as you half breast stroke, half doggy paddle, but just kind of chill out in the water for a few minutes and ignore the stares. The pool water will feel like a bathtub after the cold plunge.

Move on to the hot tub, and let the jets massage your legs for 10-15 minutes. It feels good. No one will stare at you, but you have to be comfortable sitting in a tub with naked ladies who think you're a prude for wearing your bathing suit.

Last, go into the steam room and lie down for another 10-15 minutes, just to sweat out all the retained water. (I'm assuming other people also bloat up like a blow-fish after races.) That feels good too. Keep to yourself. No one likes a chatterbox in the steam room.

Take a shower and get all the different chemicals off...get dressed and walk home. By the next morning, your legs will feel like new. Or, at least you won't scream in agony when you have to change between the sitting down and standing up position. Stairs will be okay too, even without walking down backwards.

I know, I know...it's a miracle!

I love being home and having the time and resources to do things like that. Vacation rocks.