Thanks, Steve.  I look forward to the morning summary!

Tramps-  I know it is tough and I feel for you.  Running and physical activity is so important to our physical and mental well-being that it is horrible to have it threatened.

3.5 on the treadmill this morning- still low HR.  It's really cold outside and I just can't face it right now.  Finally getting over this stupid sinus infection, though.

 Whaddya gonna do? Kids repeat what they see..not what we preach.

 

Truer words were never spoken Steve.

Thanks for the recap. Pictures of the finished floor???

(((Tramps))) You're handling this very well. Not sure I would be in the same mental state as you.

Tet - another belated congratulations on your great marathon! You must be very proud (and very humble)

Look on the bright side Jay. You got extra zzz's - and at least it's rain and not snow.

I'm glad you're feeling better KSA.

Cold and windy here this morning as well, and I wasn't in the mood to layer up. Off to the Y for 45 minute on the elliptical, 10 minutes on the rowing machine and 25 minutes of weights and core.

Have a great day folks!

 

 

although it IS used for treating horses (??)

 

 

Steve - you are right that those kids are starting out against the odds, but we can hope they will someday come out of it all right.

Rosie is coming around with the puppy, and played nicely with him last night, although I have to be careful she is not too rough with him.  DS didn't think it was fair to leave Rosie in her crate while we are at work (although DD gets home from school at 1:30pm), so this morning we put the Pac-n-Play inside the play yard in the kitchen, and put the puppy in the Pac-n-Play, which gives him two fences for added protection, if needed.   Frankly by next week I think we will be fine to just leave him in the play yard when we are at work, as Rosie is liking him more each day.  Dexter, for his part, seems almost relieved to have someone else for Rosie to play with so he can lounge undisturbed on the sofa.    

No run today, swimming instead.  It is a bit hard to get myself out the door on these cold mornings, especially knowing I will be getting wet, but I was glad I did.  Short on time, so  44 times across the pool (1100 yards) for me today.

Tramps - I second Jay's suggestion. I've been power walking (not up to Jay's RW speed) of 13-14 min miles (started with 16) and it's a full body workout by the time you incorporate the arms and hips.  Running is pretty much limited to crossing streets quickly.  It takes me a couple of days to recover from 4-5 mile run and as the primary driver, I want to avoid replacement/surgery if possible.  I love biking but not in this weather.

yoga at 6:30 followed by four miles power walking into boston with a hot chocolate stop with a friend and a T ride home. fortunately the rains had stopped by the time i left yoga.

 

Curse the neigh sayers.

Good one.  Good one.

Tet - Congrats on an awesome marathon!

"Jay" walking is hard.  It's hard to maintain focus.  I always try to work on my "jay" walking when I run, but constantly finding myself slipping back into bad habits.  If at some point I can no longer run, I will learn how to "jay" walk on the trails.

Tramps - When I saw the ortho in San Jose, he said PRP has shown some promise, but (1) it's not covered by insurance and (2) if he does a PRP injection on someone and it doesn't work, he doesn't do it again.

I spent at least 1.5 hrs yesterday looking for a file that I've been trying to find and have repeatedly asked our dept secretary to be on the look out for for almost a month  I moved a client's appointment to next week because the file still hadn't been found.  Yesterday, I practically tore the entire office building apart looking for it and our dept secretary said she had looked through her (incredibly messy) office twice.  After she left yesterday, I went into her cubby and found in about 10 seconds.  All I can say is she's very lucky she wasn't here when I found it because I probably would've said some things I wouldn't regret.  She also left the downstairs file storage room wide open, key in the door, lights on.  Other people in the building have access to that hallway.  That key is also the key that opens up our exterior office doors.

Today she called in sick.  Our boss is out of town for his daughter's wedding.  When he called in, he asked how my work load was.  I told him if I was still here when he got back, he was going to be a very lucky man.

Eye-Yi-Yi!!  That woman is going to drive me to insanity or manslaughter!

After work I did about 30-40 min of core/ST.  I was going to get up and go for a walk this morning but it was pouring.  Instead, I came in to work early.

Later, Dudes and Dudettes ~~

Steve--that sounds like a tough family situation.

Thanks for all the encouragement and advice. A couple clarifications:

• I'm nowhere near considering knee replacement. In fact, one key factor in cutting back or eliminating running is to improve the odds of never having to do that. The only surgery even remotely under consideration is scoping but, as I noted yesterday, my doc saw that as something to consider only down the road if things get worse. Right now I can function pretty normally with a constant but mild discomfort/ache/stiffness. That flares up to a tender achy throbbing when I aggravate it but even then it's manageable right now.  The goal is to keep it from getting worse.
• Running fast or long makes things much worse so I haven't done it for a while now. But it's gotten to the point where even a 5 mile run at a slow 10+ minute pace (my easy/slow pace used to be more like 8:45 or so) leaves the knee aching quite a bit. Slowing down even further doesn't seem to make a difference, so that's not the issue at this point. Shorter slow runs--probably on smoother surfaces--seem to be best option at the moment. There's always some discomfort; it's about managing the flare-ups.
• I'll need to experiment with alternatives forms of exercise, too. What I miss most about running is the simplicity and ease of doing it--anytime, anywhere, most weather--along with the structure that a marathon training plan provided. I'll have to figure out some other way to structure things to ensure I stay active.  Walking, hiking, cycling, etc. for aerobic workouts and maybe other work to maintain/improve flexibility and strength. I could use that, too.

Really, this is a pretty common part of aging. I had just hoped it would come a bit later.

Onward.

((Tramps))

Tet - never sent you my CONGRATS - you are pretty amazing!!

Steve - so rough for your BIL's kids.

I have talked about Justin a lot in the past here and have to say right now he seems to be on the right path. He recently received his AA 8 month chip and has been staying on his meds - best I can tell anyway. He has been living with us and unfortunately we are fully supporting him right now -- he needs shoulder surgery in Jan (which I worry about the pain control) and his SSDI was totally cut off because they paid him too much last year when he was working for awhile -- so annoying because my DH did report his income. He does have a case manager helping him with that, but until things are resolved its on us. Right now staying focused on recovery and his girls are the top priority and as long as he maintains that I am happy.

Finally back to computraining today - one hour on the bike followed by 1.2 miles on the mill for my challenge