I just got back from my physical exam. It was all quite routine, until my doctor commented, “If your blood pressure gets much lower, we might consider taking you off your blood pressure medication.” *blink* He said it like it was nothing, just a casual observation, but he [...]
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I guess my lumbering around the neighborhood and subsequent front-yard yoga/stretching really were garnering the attention I was paranoid about. Today, on my run, three different people came out to wave to me, and I got a couple of honks while stretching in the front yard. Apparently, at some [...]
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It’s my twelfth day running, and it doesn’t suck! It’s crazy, but I’m starting to think that I just might be able to stick with this… This morning’s run was almost a little fun. I didn’t ever feel like I wasn’t going to make it through any of my [...]
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Not much difference in performance on my fourth morning run, but MAN, does this hurt! All the little issues I’ve had over the years (sprains, pinched nerves, stress-fractures, an old weird neurological problem), have all begun to haunt me. Nothing major, or that would imply I’m damaging myself, just a [...]
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