Training Log Archive: RLShadow

Late morning walk with Homer. Mid 30's but quite windy. Fortunately I had dressed reasonably well for the wind chill of around 20 rather than the actual temperature of 34 or so, so I survived OK.

At the Rec Center. We had 6 courts, all full, with maybe 6-8 people waiting at the peak time.

Wrapped my ankle reasonably well and I think it held up OK with just a touch of bother by the time I quit.

Walk with Homer on a cloudy day with a little misty rain at the end, but all in all, not too bad. Headed north on Maple, with a stop at the creek behind the United Church of Christ, which he declined to go in (or even drink from).

Another walk with Homer after stopping at Home Depot. El Camino trail again, this time heading north. There's a short trail that goes from the rail-trail to Winona Blvd, where we used to live, ages ago. I took that trail and walked past our old house at 301 Winona. Then headed back, but not exactly the way we came up.

Forgot to bring the GPS. The route:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6143774

Tried playing pickleball for the first time in a bit more than a week. Wrapped up my ankle with Ace-type elastic wrapping material. Possibly that helped my ankle escape further aggravation, or possibly playing only 50 minutes helped, or a combination. Anyway, my ankle didn't bother me while playing or right after playing. Feels very slightly worse for wear at the moment.

Around the "big block" with Homer. Ankle felt a few tweaks but generally was OK.

I wanted to look at a couple of things at Home Depot, and Homer was due for a walk, so I combined them into one trip. Stopped at Home Depot in Irondequoit, then drove to Hollenbeck and Ridge, parked, and we did a walk on the (relatively new) El Camino rail-trail in the city. Walked as far as Clifford, then worked our way back on city streets.

Certainly a different "look and feel" than the E and SE parts of town where I frequently do walks. I can't say I ever felt unsafe, but I was certainly more aware of my surroundings (things like, hmmm not sure if that's a street I want to walk down, so I won't turn here) with an eye out for anything that would suggest I was getting into an unsafe situation.

My ankle felt OK the whole time; used an elastic ankle wrapping thing, possibly that helped. Or maybe (hopefully) it's just getting better.