i’ve written before about how instagram reads my mind and delivers the right ads to me at all times. well, one of the things it kept shoving at me was a hip hook, a tool that releases your iliacus and psoas muscles, aka your hip flexors and the little guys that are hanging out behind your hip bones.

so i went to go check it out and OMG it’s nearly $200 for THIS??

really. -_-

but the more i read about the aletha hip hook, and the more that i looked at it in my feed, i thought, what can it hurt to try it out? it has a 60-day guarantee. if it sucks, i’ll just return it.

so i got it, and my runs have never been more lovely. i look forward to running more than ever before because since i started using this thing? my legs have been just wonderful. i haven’t had one of those runs where i know it’s going to be bad within 10 seconds of starting. last week i ran 5 miles three times! if not for the loss of my daytime light, i’d probably run 10 miles a day.

i use it right before going out on a run, and whatever it does, it has made all the difference. you can feel the flexors just start to loosen up.

and since i work for a government institution, i was able to get a 20% discount! so that was helpful. i still can’t believe that they charge what they charge for this, given it’s a piece of plastic and slab of metal, but i have looked for cheaper alternatives to no avail.

anyway, thanks instagram. highly recommend.

and tomorrow i get a litter robot for the cat poo. we’ll see how that goes!