On May 25th about 53,000 people pulled out their running shoes, got their bodies out of bed early, and joined in the time honored tradition of the famous Bolder Boulder 10 K run, walk, and party in the streets of Boulder. This year was the 31st time this race has taken place and the students of BCMT have been there for 21 of those years. Our students showed up early and were willing to offer their newly acquired skills to bring relaxation and relief to tired, sore, and sometimes injured athletes.  This year BCMT students worked on 1257 participants, giving each and every one a 10-15 minute sports massage session to help alleviate pain, soreness,  flush out the lactic acid,  stretch bound up muscles, and shorten recovery time.  

 Elite runners from all over join together to push themselves in this competition to better their times and qualify for upcoming events. However, after these trailblazers burn up the course everyone else gets to join in too. Men, women, and children alike take on the race with high hopes of setting new personal records, or just finishing. However, from where I stood bright and early Monday morning all I heard was “I do it for the free massages”. Now, I know we are not the only reason they do it, but  if we can be part of the motivation for people to get out,  get in shape, and get some great exercise, hey we’ll take it!

Instructor Nate B. receiving massage from instructor Elaine C.and student Nicholas R.

Instructor Stacy G. specializes in Infant and Pre/Post-Natal massage.

If you participated this year or in years past, did you come to the gym to see our therapists? It’s an amazing sight to see, we had 76 massage tables set up to care for the runners coming in to see us. Our students worked hard to consider the needs of each client. Everyone benefited, from the most seasoned athletes all the way to our youngest participants.

 All enjoyed the fun atmosphere with music and good energy.  Some of our very own instructors who ran the race, joined us  for some post-race bodywork too. Way to go Nate B., Natalie M., and Todd A.!

Thank-you to all our faithful patrons that support our student’s learning.

If you did miss us this year, come see us next year,  you may have to stand in line but it’s well worth the wait!

After a long day we still had great energy!

Rebecca at CU Sports Internship

A few days ago I was supervising a few of our students at one of our internship sites. These students were doing sports massage for elite athletes at the Boulder campus of the University of Colorado. I found myself in a conversation with Rebecca  who is a 4th quarter student. She shared with me that she is not very athletic and that she initially felt somewhat intimidated by the thought of working on accomplished athletes. I was impressed by Rebecca and her desire to challenge herself by working outside of her comfort zone. She clearly wants to take advantage of all that she can while she is studying massage therapy here at the Boulder College of Massage Therapy.

Rebecca says that she is inspired by working along side her classmates. She is truly enjoying the opportunity to work with athletes who seem to be so “in touch” with their bodies. Rebecca says, “The CU Sports Internship is awesome and it is certainly one of the highlights of my BCMT experience.”