I'be told you this before Wim... you're just fat! ;-)

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smartasscoach.tri-oeiras.com

yeahyeah little portugese know it all .

How about if I can drop 6 kg, will you run up and down alii drive next year wearing nothing but white socks ?

I need some extra motivation :-)

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RICE

Everybody here has seen me naked, so that is not even a challenge ;-)



About your initial question, Sergio also suffers from swollen legs after long flights. It's not a problem the week after an IM since he doesn't workout at all :-)

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smartasscoach.tri-oeiras.com

"How about if I can drop 6 kg, will you run up and down alii drive next year wearing nothing but white socks ? "

Shouldn't that be PINK socks?

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edema http://www.intelihealth.com/...HW000/9339/9883.html

Do not confuse this with an enema.

Get some Jobst compression socks. They make them in athletic and dress. Just be sure to wear long pants so people don't mistake you for Paula Radcliffe! 8-10 mmHg ought to be plenty of compression.

Definately COMPRESSION SOCKS. I tore my left calf 4 days before Kona this year and after the 26 miles of pounding I had lots of fluid on the lower left leg. JOBST COMPRESSION SOCKS worked wonders to get my leg back for XTERRA the next week.

Agreed - must be worn with long pants. Style counts!

I'll add my vote to the aye column and say Compression socks as well. They do great for regular injuries such as the pre-tibial hematoma (dinged up shin) that I stumbled into last year.

I am told by my MD Sister that blood will naturally pool where the body is trying to repair itself to feed in the necessary protein. Thus the other liquids follow and it's hard to drain that off as fast as necessary... ergo elevate your legs... or compression socks.

Tights work even better if you can get the sports version!

Wanderer

1. reduce your salt/sodium intake after the race,

2. increase your H2O intake,

3. compression socks.

Same thing happened to me and 1&2 worked within 48 hours.