Training Log Archive: jtorranc

Did nothing all weekend more strenuous than walking around a tiny bit of the trail network near the CNYO rogaine base camp. Dan and sister won the 6 hour female race. More significantly, since all the other all female teams registered as masters teams, they finished within six hours and therefore with a positive number of points. Even slightly more points than Barb Sleight and her partner. And with no significantly damaged ankles between the two of them.

To work and home by way of volunteer night at PCRM and the main branch of the library. Wonder how knees will feel about driving but not, unless Dan's sister has to bail on the rogaine, doing anything especially strenuous this weekend. Think I'll do much deep water running and just a little running on land next week in leadup to COCs.

Cycling to work and home. Library trustees meeting on the way home - first chance to see new DCPL director in action. Not quite as favourably impressed as with the now departed interim director but she does a reasonable impression of an irresistible force - quite possibly a good thing since DCPL does an awesome immovable object.

Of perhaps more concern than whether I'm running slow for a good reason, my doctor doesn't seem all that optimistic that my knees will allow me to run around like Peter Gagarin when I'm his age. Doesn't seem to have any illusions about my dialing back my activity level voluntarily but recommends I keep up the isometric exercises I did in the past to address chondromalacia patella.

C • Knees 3

Cycling to workand to and from appointment with doctor early in the afternoon to see whether anything fixable is physically wrong with me and then home again. Doctor isn't particularly alarmed at my perceived physical underperformance relative to the fairly recent past but is willing to play along as far as verifying that nothing is obviously out of whack in my biochemistry goes. It is also apparently my time of life for PSA tests to begin.

C • PSA...? 2

Back to normal routine. Commute in and home with grocery shopping along the way.