Training Log Archive: Bash

We're all in this together. Right? Well, not if you're Comfort Dental, a corporation with more than 100 U.S. franchisees, aka dental offices. This is their idea of a professional, caring ad to post during a pandemic when some of their competitors are running out of money due to government-ordered shutdowns.
https://www.facebook.com/comfortdental/videos/5679...

They're not making it up. They *did* stay open to treat patients when other dentists closed - and the State of Colorado slammed them for it!
https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/Co...

It was a glorious spring day and I had a letter to mail so I pushed my luck and did a run-walk to the nearest mailbox on gravel roads. It wasn't as flat as the treadmill but it was smoother than our trails. There were 17 vehicles illegally parked at the northwest corner of Palgrave Forest; that's the reason I'm no longer going there on weekends. That's just one of several places where people are parking.

Turns out the mailbox is a 4.82 km return trip so I had to do a short out-and-back on our driveway to get a nice even number. :) After that, I made my first-ever rhubarb-apple crisp and gave my foot the afternoon off even though I was keen to do yoga, lunges or foothab. If it's sore tomorrow, I want to know for sure that the run was the problem.

The treadmill walk-runs haven't hurt my foot so far so I increased the time and bumped the ratio to 1:3 walk:run.

Tonight we're watching the Trail Running Film Festival online. You can buy a $10 ticket until Monday at midnight and watch any time before early evening Thursday. They're also accepting donations for a Covid 19 Emergency Relief Fund.
https://www.trailfilmfest.com/

Errands take soooo long during a pandemic but there were a couple of good ones today. I made a curbside pickup at our local independent book store. I actually have a good supply of unread books but I know they need the business. Then it was the first pickup of the season for our CSA farm. It used to be a social event where we selected and weighed our own vegetables while eating homemade muffins and chatting with other community members. Now we line up our cars, pop the hatch open and wait for people in masks to bring our food. It's the first year they've sold all their farm shares; people are thinking more about food security.

Treadmill walk-run - 1 minute walking to 2 minutes running. Bumping it up because Wednesday's session didn't bother my foot.

Workout with Mrs. Gally's class - Circuit with weights, focusing on the upper body and core. There were 17 people today!

'Bent looked studious while doing his Continuing Dental Education.

After 16 days without any running and very little hiking on uneven ground, I returned to the treadmill to try another walk/run. This time I used the Barefoot Science inserts that I've been wearing indoors. I don't think the time off has made much difference; it doesn't seem to be an injury that improves with rest. I'll see if easing into running changes things much. If I have to be sore, I may as well be running! I look forward to my sports chiro becoming an essential worker again.

Another Zoom body circuit workout with Mrs. Gally's online class. She keeps our heart rates high!

My return to running will have to wait. Today was crisp, cool and sunny, and the Palgrave single track was dry and relatively quiet. It would be a crime to run on a treadmill when I could ride on such a beautiful day! The next few days are forecast to be rainy so I'll get down to the Adventure Basement soon enough. [Used bike computer distance since the watch isn't as good with single track.]

Dentists in France are expected to return to work soon in spite of the worldwide PPE shortage. They are protesting in a very NSFW French way, saying that they feel naked without proper PPE - oh la la! Note that 'Bent will *not* be joining the protest. :D
https://www.facebook.com/Barb.J.Campbell/posts/101...