BigMango and mopac, I love reading about your variable and adventuresome training. Mine feels so boring.
lucKY2b, walking or running home is a great way to get in some exercise when strapped for time. I do all my running first thing in the morning and can’t stomach the thought of running at 5 or 6 pm. However, in the spring when trying to get into walking shape for hiking season I sometimes put on my hiking boots and walk home from work. (My husband and I work in the same building so a one-way trip is logistically easy.) I have a nice route home that goes partly through a local park on a dirt trail around a lake and avoids all major streets, about 3.6 miles. It’s a good distance to walk, long enough to do some good but short enough that it doesn’t take too long.
Robert E. Lee, I hope you can wrap your head around the inevitable slowing with age, illness and injury, get out to some races and enjoy competing against others in your age group.
I had a rather frustrating week as my Achilles tendinosis blew up again after a promising start to the week. I had progressively better “runs” on Monday through Wednesday, but then had to take Thursday on the bike trainer to rest the heel. Another decent run on Friday, and then the heel really blew up. Saturday’s outdoor bike ride was truncated by rain. I’m still hoping to get out on the bike later today if the weather holds; if not, perhaps drag the trainer from the garage into the kitchen to watch the Bills take on the Dolphins. I ended up with 41 miles of running, 95 minutes on the bike trainer, and a 21-mile bike ride plus whatever I do later today.
I have my follow-up appointment with the UCSF rheumatologist on Thursday and I’ll see what she things. Polymyalgia rheumatica, rheumatoid arthritis, or ??? After six weeks I still have not received approval from my insurance company for the MRIs she ordered, so apparently we’ll have only blood work and x-rays to go by.
Stay safe, and let’s hope for an improving 2021!