NATURALLY SYMMETRICAL
today: went back to Villa Pamphili park, to the area where pine trees are planted in something like a 15 x 15 grid on a slope, about 30 feet apart from each other.
Did some light speedwork, barefoot, fast downhill, recovery uphill for about half-hour.
Feeling great, sweat-ed like a mother...
Then putzed around, met up with the few runners around as it is a national holiday here...
yesterday: long walk in Villa Pamphili, barefoot, core exercise at the chin up bar.
today: in 5Fs, over 1hr easy pace, no problem. What can i say: feeling great... aiming to make it last.
MODS note: do you want us to take a break for a while, at least until olympics are over...i suppose this is a heavy thread?
Am really enjoying the coverage, rgds, tpcb
They can't keep us down! (Can they?)
A solid 54' yesterday, feeling pretty good. This base building stuff is fun!
Keep up the good work, all!
On again, off again, game with our thread. Why mods?
Left ham still tight. took in a very easy 15 min. this AM.
Not looking forward to 4 hrs. in a plane seat, but tommorrow the whole fam damily heads for 5 days in Seattle.
I am Looking forward to seeing a college teammmate out there. Dave and I haven't crossed paths in over 25 years.
4 mile walk, I cheated and jogged a 1/2 mile (I'm still not supposed to run for another week), then stretches.
SCARY MOMENT: while shaving afterwards I turned to look to my left out the window at a noise outside when I felt this incredible(!) stabbing pain in my left lower abdomen.
I started sweating buckets, things went a little gray and for a moment I thought:
"Oh well...here we go...sh*t, this is embarrassing..."
I made it to my bed and laid down for maybe 2 minutes. A family member was in another room, I walked in and sat down on a chair
"You're awfully pale, what happened?" I was asked.
A discussion was had, we decided to wait on an ambulance.
After about ten minutes or so the pain subsided. What the hell happened? I know I have diverticulosis, but never experienced anything like this before. I figured at first I had overstretched and pulled or torn an oblique but the location of the pain was wrong.
Anyone ever experience this?
Gonzo, Do you have a hernia?
This sounds a bit reminescent of some of the cold sweat producing episodes I encountered, dealing with the 2 that I ended up having repaired years ago.
No, not to my knowledge. This was higher up. I appear to be ok today, but it was pretty distracting.
Thanks.
the usual again....40' roads and fields....still avoiding the trails until the deer flies croak.....go easy, gonzo.....be cautious for a while......
I heard THAT! Just mowed the remaining 1/4 of my lawn as a workout. I was unable to finish on Friday owing to rainstorm and, ironically, a family party I had to attend after my little episode yesterday.
I was speaking to a coworker this AM who has Crohns' Disease, is lactose intolerant AND has diverticulitis. He's in pretty rough shape at time. I described what happened and he said it fit the symptoms to a "t".
Don't eat a lot of salad, he suggested, and avoid popcorn or anything with seeds.
I had a colonoscopy last month and was advised this COULD happen as I have diverticulosis, as does apparently 80% of humanity. Most never suffer ANY symptoms, but when one of these bubble-type things pops...you feel it. The rupture event is the diverticulITIS.
ALL:When you get old enough have the colon checked DO IT.
I had one small benign polyp 3 yrs ago, but had NONE this past month. I'm lucky so far. I don't need another check for five years, and if that one is clear, ten years until the next one.
This has NOT been a fun summer. Middle-age can be rocky.
wishing for Goood Times gonzo, wishing for good times....
COARSE AND WINDY SAND, SILKY AND CHILLY SUGAR
Yesterday: took the family to the airport as they continue their vacation at the beach in the south.
Not to be outdone, drove to the beach myself. It runs north south and there was a steady northerly wind, good enough from some spectacular kitesurfing. Ran slow north and then bolted down south like i was going to catch a moving train... 50 minutes
Swam, stretched, looked at the sun go red, stopped at a chilled watermelon stand on the way back home; it was like getting fructose intravenous...
Thanks. Just gotta grit the teeth and keep pushin'.
"I'm not dead yet" - Monty Python
10 mile run. 6 50 pace. dead
1 hr bike commute, fast.
Walked 3km, did stretches. Everything seems OK.
Nice going Gonzo
In the park, light warm-up, then 4 x400m at 70s with 400 rest cool down. It was sort of nonsensical workout but joined some regulars as i didn't feel like running alone yesterday.
another 40' but not the same old route.....ran the area of a local's schools xc course.....nice grassy fiels, trails, and some pavement.....very quiet.....one deer fly.....
PT: 30 minutes of pool running. That's different.
Painted my deck.
yeah gonzo!
yesterday: bike to the track (25 mins), 15 mins warmup, 6x500m at 1:45 barefoot, with a 400m recovery as determined by a buddy i was with.
Another random workout because i didn't want to run alone. I like this random stuff...
gearing up for more work (not the running kind)....worked in 30' yesterday with the last 10' slightly faster than usual...came back with 28' today.....work, work, work....
Weds. 1:55 on coastal trail system ,Whidbey Island,WA.
Friday. 1:48,different area of that same system. Both runs guided by a friend and former CC teammmate.
None of us will live long enough to take in all the natural beauty the Pacific NW encompasses.(Except maybe victoria BC runner)
Good to be home.