Training Log Archive: RLShadow

- 1-leg raises up and down from 4.5-inch high platform, 2x20 each leg

Pickleball at the Rec center; only had the gym for a bit more than an hour. Five people: Paul, trailsnail, Cheryl, Jayne, and me. One person sitting out each game. Lots of fun, close games.

Durand mapping. Road over with Cheryl and Homer, but we parted ways when I pointed out to them that my mapping pace was going to be way slower then their preferred walking pace. Cool day with a wind off of the lake making it even cooler at Durand, but once in the woods, it was fine. My R knee complained a bit on some of the steep uphills, and I experienced a sharp pain at one point when walking on level, paved ground -- almost like the knee was hyperextended even though it really wasn't.

Reasonably productive hour or so of mapping.

- Straight-leg raises with 5 lbs on each foot (2x10 each leg)
- Leg extensions, with knee supported about 10 inches off the floor, with 5 lbs on each leg (2x20 each leg)
- 1-leg raises up and down from 3-inch high platform, 2x20 each leg

Planned on using an hour and a half of free time (in between two grandson baby sitting stints) to get started on some actual mapping of Durand, but that plan was foiled by a light but persistent rain. So I spent more time walking some more trails.

Morning walk with Homer, to Finn Park, through the field, with a stop at the creek for Homer to swim, then through the next field to Gravel Rd. Back via the Rt 104 path.

Bike ride on a very pleasant day (around 70 F, sunny, little wind). To minimize stress on my knees, I tried to be in gears where I wasn't pushing that hard. I had the bike odometer set to read out in cadence, and my goal was to try to be in the 90-100 rpm range, and for the most part, I succeeded. No issues with knee discomfort.

Short walk at Durand with Homer, the main objective of which was to utilize a small time window I had this afternoon to walk some trails and get GPS tracks to get started on the re-map of Durand.

My knees didn't really bother me on the hills, but my out-of-shapeness definitely did.

Mid afternoon walk with Homer (short, just to the adjoining neighborhood), on another very unseasonably warm day.

Tues morning pickleball group. Overall, enjoyable. I played one game left-handed (and lost in a close game, 11-9). Others were right handed. Iced my elbow immediately after playing, to see if that helps. Knees didn't bother me.

Mid-morning walk with Homer. Another great day. Another walk somewhat overdressed. It was 52 degrees on our home thermometer which seemed too cool for wearing shorts and short sleeves on a walk, so I started out with blue jeans, t shirt, and very light jacket (the one from Pike's Peak). After a mile, the jacket came off, and soon after that, I wished I could have changed my long pants into shorts.

Too nice of a day to not be outside, and I didn't want to (yet) bike 2 days in a row given that I had a few knee issues on my bike ride yesterday, so I went on another walk with Homer.

The plan was to walk him over to Finn Park to the stream, where he could have a swim and get cooled down. This was foiled; while walking on the trail towards the open field, I saw, about 100 meters away, a lady with a (leashed, fortunately!) dog.

She saw us, as did the dog, and the dog was very interested in investigating (and who knows, maybe fighting and killing) Homer. I concluded that the dog looked like it could be a pit bull. It got a bit unnerving when the lady was attempting to hold back the dog, but wasn't able to. She held onto the leash, but she was being pulled in the direction of us, despite her best efforts not to be.

She was looking frantic. She started yelling out to me (in some sort of accent, not sure what nationality) that the dog was (indeed) a pit bull, and she didn't know what it would do to my dog. That was non-reassuring to say the least. I stayed still with Homer, now we were about 50 yards apart. She was on a side trail, and I was thinking that once she got the situation under better control, that Homer and I could pass since we were on the main trail, and wouldn't be going directly past their location. She must have read my mind, because she yelled out "Don't bring you dog any further!"

I was annoyed that we couldn't therefore make it to the field and stream, and kind of upset at her for bringing a dog that is that unpredictable (apparently) into a public park. But then I softened my anger a bit, thinking that maybe she had very good intentions of "rescuing" a pit bull, and who knows, maybe it was her first day with the dog, and she really didn't know what to expect from it. She clearly was very concerned about a possible dog to dog encounter and was doing what she could to keep it from happening.

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- Straight-leg raises with 5 lbs on each foot (3x10 each leg)
- Leg extensions, with knee supported about 10 inches off the floor, with 5 lbs on each leg (3x15 each leg)
- 1-leg raises up and down from 3-inch high platform, 3x10 each leg

Knees feel somewhat better today. Not sure, as usual, whether it had anything to do with my last PT session (essentially identical to today's), or the short bike ride yesterday, or taking one Aleve last night before bed, or random variability.