Wednesday lunch break
Getting the blood draw was uneventful, though I always worry about picking up COVID from another patient when I go to my HMO. I wear a mask there and avoid touching anything. I haven't felt sick since December, when I caught COVID on a trip to LA, probably from somebody near me on the flight home -- even a mask doesn't help when you're near them for 5 hours.
My surprise left knee pain has gotten better as the day goes on, but when I lifted weights on my lunch break I skipped the leg/butt exercises; still did abs, back, arms, chest, and shoulders (not in this order). Perhaps I'll do the leg/butt exercises tonight or later this week. Hopefully this surprise knee pain will be gone tomorrow morning so I can run 3 miles again. Unless I decide Friday will be better for the 6 mile run than Saturday. Keepin' eyes on the forecast, but if I run 3 tomorrow I can't run 6 on Friday, I could only run another 3 on Friday and lump them together as a virtual 6. Right now ... Friday looks like it could be good for 6, which would allow me to do toys on Friday night ... I'll have to decide tomorrow morning.
The biggest impediment I've had for my running goals over the past several months has been a series of what appear to me to be random short-term pains that pop up in different places on my knees and feet. The best I can tell: my body either has some sort of arthritis flares or it is just a lot easier to cause an overuse injury at age 56. These random pains usually appear overnight, and not necessarily the day after a run, which adds to my sense of mystery. The random and short-term nature of these pains makes it difficult for me to seek medical help, because they don't last long enough to seem serious, and they don't come back in the same exact spot. But these pains do get in the way of my running consistently and training for a half marathon.
If this morning had been my planned morning for a long run, I would've had to delay it. If today were a race day, I would've had to skip it. I'm putting off the leg/butt exercises I'd planned. All of these reactions seem prudent, but, again, make it difficult for me to exercise consistently according to a schedule. Instead, it's always, what can my body do today that is consistent with my long-term goals?
I've got enough running experience that I can usually tell whether a minor pain is something I can run on or not. Minor pains often arise while running and then dissipate as I keep running. Many times the day before a race I've worried about some sort of pain that disappears in time to race.
Anyway ... time to get back to my telework day and keep knocking things off my To Do List. Stay on top of those emails. Etc. Still not feeling social at all after the extremely draining past few weeks of Sam, family, and T & B. My introvert tanks may have been lower than ever on Sunday after I dropped off T.
My surprise left knee pain has gotten better as the day goes on, but when I lifted weights on my lunch break I skipped the leg/butt exercises; still did abs, back, arms, chest, and shoulders (not in this order). Perhaps I'll do the leg/butt exercises tonight or later this week. Hopefully this surprise knee pain will be gone tomorrow morning so I can run 3 miles again. Unless I decide Friday will be better for the 6 mile run than Saturday. Keepin' eyes on the forecast, but if I run 3 tomorrow I can't run 6 on Friday, I could only run another 3 on Friday and lump them together as a virtual 6. Right now ... Friday looks like it could be good for 6, which would allow me to do toys on Friday night ... I'll have to decide tomorrow morning.
The biggest impediment I've had for my running goals over the past several months has been a series of what appear to me to be random short-term pains that pop up in different places on my knees and feet. The best I can tell: my body either has some sort of arthritis flares or it is just a lot easier to cause an overuse injury at age 56. These random pains usually appear overnight, and not necessarily the day after a run, which adds to my sense of mystery. The random and short-term nature of these pains makes it difficult for me to seek medical help, because they don't last long enough to seem serious, and they don't come back in the same exact spot. But these pains do get in the way of my running consistently and training for a half marathon.
If this morning had been my planned morning for a long run, I would've had to delay it. If today were a race day, I would've had to skip it. I'm putting off the leg/butt exercises I'd planned. All of these reactions seem prudent, but, again, make it difficult for me to exercise consistently according to a schedule. Instead, it's always, what can my body do today that is consistent with my long-term goals?
I've got enough running experience that I can usually tell whether a minor pain is something I can run on or not. Minor pains often arise while running and then dissipate as I keep running. Many times the day before a race I've worried about some sort of pain that disappears in time to race.
Anyway ... time to get back to my telework day and keep knocking things off my To Do List. Stay on top of those emails. Etc. Still not feeling social at all after the extremely draining past few weeks of Sam, family, and T & B. My introvert tanks may have been lower than ever on Sunday after I dropped off T.