Rowing Machine8:58 [3] 2.0 km (4:29 / km) slept:5.5 weight:165.4lbs shoes: 2012 merrell trail glove
7 AM
Gym1:00:00 [3]
With Eric in the gym. Stretching, bands, deadlifts, pull downs, push-ups, back extensions, squats.
9 AM
Note
Got a corticosteroid injection in my R trochanteric bursa. That was what the doc came up with after reviewing my MRI. She said it might take a month to really be effective. Meanwhile, it is a bit sore today.
The other thing that came up is that my BP has been elevated of late, after a fairly lengthy prior period of being relatively low, so starting on some meds for that, the lowest dose. Rhonda checks hers fairly often, so I checked mine a few weeks back and it was high, then kept a record checking it every day for two weeks.
Hike44:58 1.55 mi (29:01 / mi) +45m26:36 / mi ahr:114 max:147 shoes: 2019 Icebug Aurora BUGrip
In the snow, about an inch so far, still falling, but not likely to amount to much. In icebugs, which were not much help on sections where the snow was on top of ice.
Hike1:29:29 5.23 mi (17:07 / mi) +144m15:46 / mi ahr:156 max:184 slept:7.25 weight:162lbs shoes: 2020 Blue Gel Kayanos
With Rhonda at McLean. A fair number of people there, but not like last time we were here and couldn’t get into the parking area. Pretty cold today, but we were moving briskly.
Hike27:12 1.28 mi (21:15 / mi) +41m19:21 / mi ahr:116 max:166 slept:6.0 weight:164.2lbs shoes: 2020 White Gel Kayanos
7 PM
Note
Finally home after a long day accompanying Rhonda to a follow up medical appointment in NYC. Traffic not so bad, but waiting 3 hours to be seen was pretty tough. This was easier to deal with (like a lot of things) in pre-COVID days when a person could take the train, and when a person could also go spend the night with Jess and family.
We decided not to go see them, because Cooper's school got closed down for a few days because someone had tested positive, and while he was negative, Jess wasn't comfortable about her aged parents showing up right now. So maybe next month, when R needs to go back to see a different doc.
Hike1:13:27 3.85 mi (19:05 / mi) +78m17:57 / mi ahr:124 max:167 slept:4.0 weight:164.8lbs
With Rhonda at the lake. Perhaps a bit subdued, but really just doing fine. I'm under general orders not to do anything strenuous for a week, and that seems fine to me right now. I have to irrigate my nose a few times a day, which is not onerous, and no real discomfort.