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Friday Mar 25, 2016 #
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I've actually been pretty good about doing my PT exercises - did them Tuesday and Wednesday and had a PT appointment on Thursday. Just haven't felt like logging them.
I had a double PT appointment yesterday - first for my new leg issues and then for my shoulder.
We've decided that my shoulder is making good progress and I should just keep doing the PT exercises, building up to more resistance with the color coded bands. I'm having very few problems most days so this seems like a good plan. I was very sore on Monday, but I attribute it to the plain ride - it's just really hard not to slouch in airplane seats no matter how many articles of clothing I stuff behind my back. I even put my neck pillow in the small of my back but still the contours of the seats almost force my shoulders forward. I also think I lowered myself down a few rocky hillsides on the Long course using my arms and that probably put a bit of a strain on my shoulder as well. The soreness went away by Wednesday so I'm feeling really optimistic though that I've got the underlying issue under control and if I'm good about the exercises it will be less and less of an issue in time.
My leg is another story - it's not improving. I'm seeing a different therapist for that and she seems to know what she's doing and has some ideas on what she thinks the issue is. Thursday was just an evaluation, we start for real next week. She just gave me a few stretches to start with. I like her, too, and again, am pretty optimistic that it can be resolved.
I am going to go orienteering tomorrow. Since it's not getting better with rest, I figure I might as well. I'm not staying in very good condition these days so I have to do something.
I had a double PT appointment yesterday - first for my new leg issues and then for my shoulder.
We've decided that my shoulder is making good progress and I should just keep doing the PT exercises, building up to more resistance with the color coded bands. I'm having very few problems most days so this seems like a good plan. I was very sore on Monday, but I attribute it to the plain ride - it's just really hard not to slouch in airplane seats no matter how many articles of clothing I stuff behind my back. I even put my neck pillow in the small of my back but still the contours of the seats almost force my shoulders forward. I also think I lowered myself down a few rocky hillsides on the Long course using my arms and that probably put a bit of a strain on my shoulder as well. The soreness went away by Wednesday so I'm feeling really optimistic though that I've got the underlying issue under control and if I'm good about the exercises it will be less and less of an issue in time.
My leg is another story - it's not improving. I'm seeing a different therapist for that and she seems to know what she's doing and has some ideas on what she thinks the issue is. Thursday was just an evaluation, we start for real next week. She just gave me a few stretches to start with. I like her, too, and again, am pretty optimistic that it can be resolved.
I am going to go orienteering tomorrow. Since it's not getting better with rest, I figure I might as well. I'm not staying in very good condition these days so I have to do something.
Monday Mar 21, 2016 #
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Am thinking about heading to the Western Canadian Champs and Canadian Champs this summer and making a 3 week road trip out of it (so 5 days of driving to get there and another 5 to get home). I have the time - yay for not having to work this summer - and it certainly wouldn't cost any more than flying and then renting a car and this way I could bring as much stuff as I wanted. Seems like a good idea...
Saturday Mar 19, 2016 #
orienteering race 1:41:50 [3]
US Champs Long Course: This was a great course and I only wish I had been in some sort of condition to actual race it and not just survive it. I probably did not chose the best routes to #1 and #8 most likely but they made sense at the time. Probably could have saved several minutes on each leg but hard to know for sure.
While I normally don't mind climb, I am enough out of shape that I found myself having to stop a couple times. I was a little light headed in a couple places where the climb was really bad but there really weren't alternatives. I also had to slide on my butt a few times to get down some hills and was on all fours to get up some others. I was afraid if I lost my balance I would roll down a hill for hundreds of meters before stopping.
But every flag was right where I expected it to be and there was only one control where I had to stop and think carefully about where it was going to be.
I've decided to skip the sprint tomorrow and fly home early. My leg is really sore and tight and walking is painful so I can't see how I'd enjoy it. And this way I won't be taking a red eye and be useless on Monday. I was glad it was relatively easy to get on an earlier flight. But I am sad to leave California - the terrain was quite spectacular and despite everything I'm glad I came.
While I normally don't mind climb, I am enough out of shape that I found myself having to stop a couple times. I was a little light headed in a couple places where the climb was really bad but there really weren't alternatives. I also had to slide on my butt a few times to get down some hills and was on all fours to get up some others. I was afraid if I lost my balance I would roll down a hill for hundreds of meters before stopping.
But every flag was right where I expected it to be and there was only one control where I had to stop and think carefully about where it was going to be.
I've decided to skip the sprint tomorrow and fly home early. My leg is really sore and tight and walking is painful so I can't see how I'd enjoy it. And this way I won't be taking a red eye and be useless on Monday. I was glad it was relatively easy to get on an earlier flight. But I am sad to leave California - the terrain was quite spectacular and despite everything I'm glad I came.
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Funny encounter. I was climbing a hill and I decided to climb to the top of a ridge and then go down the reentrant I needed instead of contouring. So I'm climbing up and I'm huffing and puffing and see a boulder out of the corner of my eye and think okay, just get to the boulder and as I get close it suddenly stands up and snorts and moves and it's a humongous cow with big horns and I let out a little screech. I quickly moved away from it and didn't look back and didn't hear anything so I can only surmise it either sat back down or moseyed on in the other direction. But boy did that give me an adrenaline rush!