Howdy Jay, and all to follow...

Just core work today with some stretching....

I called for my Moderna booster yesterday and got an appointment - 4 weeks out!  I had no idea the wait would be so long.  I think they are focusing on getting the kids vaccinated and those of us wanting boosters got pushed back.  As long as someone is getting the vaccine I'm ok with it.

Core work today and some extra dog walking and leaf raking.  We have sunshine and  50's on tap after 4 days of off and on snow showers.  I'd like to get more of the leaves up before winter really hits.  Though it would help if more of them were actually off the tree.  It's taking an extra long time this year for them to drop.  And maybe its my imagination but they seemed extra vibrant this year.

Jeanne - coldest so far this year in Seattle too but only 42F.

KSA - is that a paved bike/ped path that would seem safer from falling than dirt.

ps - I need to ask Leslie if she fell or not on her fabulous fat ass ultra.

dnaff - instantaneous boosters at all the drug stores out here.  By happenstance ours were giving out $50 gift certificates so, if there was any soreness, I didn't notice it.

kicked out of some of the homes, , , 

He's shown up drunk.

We keep hiring him.

. . . stealing booze from a customer.

. . . living in our parking lot for over a year.

I think we're enabling the guy, . . .,

. . we're storing his work truck while he's in jail.

Steve - sounds like you have a little Seattle brewing out there except we give ‘em free housing even in waterfront apartment just purchased buy the city to help the homeless.

It would be neat if JK ran  the JFK.

two miles - last gasp leafing just as I was getting used to all the wind and rain like Seattle’s November’s used to be, clearing skies permitted a sunrise circuit down at the lake just like I used to do this past wonderful summer without running in the rain for 136 days in a row. Maybe it will do it again, . . . but until the end of March this time.

Good morning (barely). Thanks for the start, Jay.

Steve--that workplace of yours...wow.

Leslie (and other country-ish fans)--Recently came across a new-to-me artist, Emily Scott Robinson, I thought you might like. Sweet voice and some good writing on slice-of-life storytelling songs. First few cuts on the "Traveling Mercies" album are a good place to start

In the 20s again this morning, so I waited until mid-morning to get out for a ride.  20.4 miles.

Leslie - enjoy the high - you earned it both for the run and awesome report. great work.

Jlynne - let me know if you can lose the 5 lbs - I have pcp appt in 3 weeks.

lots of boosters available around here.  happy no one's having the reaction I did (headaches)

Had dentist appt this morning, so will walk this afternoon.

have a greta day!

marj

 

 

 

Holly - does your foot bother you while you're working as well?  Do you wear heels?

 

 

When I first stand up after sitting, I have to brace myself for the first couple of very painful steps, then it is okay after that.  Some days my foot hurts more than others, and this does not seem dependent on if I walked or ran on it that day.  Evenings are almost always pretty painful.  And I do not wear heels anymore, although my work shoes have a slight lift, which the doctor said is better than completely flat.

Roch - my surgery is on the 24th, the day before Thanksgiving.  I had two of my shoulder surgeries during the height of the pandemic, the first one before they had vaccines, so I am not terribly worried.  The hospitals keep the Covid patients quite separate from the surgical areas, from what I have seen.  Plus, after 3 shots of Pfizer, I am as protected as I am going to be.

Went over at lunch and got fitted for my post-surgical boot, and also picked up (for $225) the ice chest wrap thing that plugs in and circulates ice water around your foot.  I am supposed to wear this 24/7 for the first 72 hours, then every other waking hour and the whole night for days 4-10, which actually won't happen because I am not carting that thing into work, so it will just have to be non-work hours at that point.

I never posted yesterday after my swim workout, which was made more difficult because 1) I'd worked out the upper back, shoulders, biceps and core at lunchtime, and 2) I made the mistake of offering to share my lane.  I should not be surprised anymore when someone who is offered a lane to share acts like they are insulted, without so much as a "hey, thanks!"   But yeah, 10 minutes into my swim I offered to share my lane with the one man that was waiting for a lane, and for the next 30 minutes he proceeded to be a less than courteous lane partner.

I did ~12 minutes each of breaststroke, backstroke and freestyle, pull only, with the pull buoy, for the first ~mile, then swam 4x100 at a 1:30/100 pace plus 1:30 between reps, one 200 yard freestyle in 3:13, then 200 yards of kick board drill, flutter kick.  I had planned to insert 200 yards of flutter kick between the pull buoy reps, but out of courtesy for my lane partner, I delayed until he was gone.  I won't stop offering to share a lane with people but I think I will start (politely of course) speaking up about courtesies and letting them know that if they can't stay on their side while sharing the lane, don't accept an offer to share.  Ironically, just after I finished swimming at about 4:53, a class that was not listed on the daily schedule filed into the pool and began their exercises at 5:00; so if the Jamoke had waited to get his own lane, until I was done, he would have gotten a grand total of 7 minutes in his own lane.      

I share the experience with you all so you can marvel with me that my wife has managed to stay married to a complainer like me for 30 years now. 

Today's swim workout will likely be more of the same routine with a little more yardage, a little more flutter kick, some underwater dolphin kick drills, and less complaining afterward.