Training Log Archive: Sandy

Retraced my steps yesterday for the most part but didn't find the mp3. I figured it was a long shot but that I should at least give it a go. Added on a bit at the end. Knee a little tight the last 20 minutes; need to build up the endurance.

Same general loop as the last two long hikes but changed it a bit.

Battery died on the MP3 player about an hour in. This would just be a minor nuisance but when I got home, the pocket that I had stuffed in when I took it out had just the wires and ear buds and not the actual player. I guess I must have dropped it. Too tired to retrace my steps today and unlikely I'll find it in any case. I think I remember about where I was when I stuffed it in my pocket but not really positive. :(

Yoga class. Knee not so great and had to not do many things.

Random abs after I got home.

I have a cardinal's nest in a plant on the side of my house. It's not really a tree, more like a tall bush. It took some damage over the winter and so I was cutting it back to a couple feet when I found the nest (a bird came squawking at me out of the leaves which got me to look more closely). I stopped chopping down the bush, but worried I had already cut away too much, the nest was no longer that hidden. I've been keeping an eye on it though and most times when I look, I see tail feathers and a head with a beady eye just over the rim of the nest. Some times though the nest is empty and I fear that they've given up. But then the next time I look, she's back. I guess she has to go eat occasionally. Sometimes I see a male hanging around in the branches of the bush when the nest is empty but not always. I thought maybe the male was protecting the nest while the female went to eat, but now I'm not so sure. It would be cool if eventually there are little baby birds in the nest.

A nice hike in the Wissahickon with Sandy A. I strained a muscle in my back side at yoga yesterday and it's pretty sore. Need to get back Kili shape.

I like this instructor. Could barely hold poses long enough; lots of wobbly legs and arms. But feels so great.

Hike in the Wissahickon. Followed by some yard work. Knees better but not completely back to normal.

Knees pretty painful this morning although not much muscle soreness which surprises me.