Training Log Archive: Bash

AdventureDog and I hiked around sunny Palgrave West and didn't see a soul. My foot felt better today than yesterday. I'm taking that to mean that yesterday's 30-minute treadmill walk/run had no negative impact on my injury. It may even have helped but I'll need to experiment some more.

Such a beautiful day!

Another treadmill walk-run - 1 minute on, 1 minute off - while catching up on Mountain Outpost. I'd rather be on the trails in our forest but if I want to get back to running for real, I'd better stick to activities that don't seem to bother my heel. Hiking on a relatively even trail seems fine too but rough or steep terrain is not good.

I'm trying to focus on the silver lining of having several months (or more) without racing or meeting up with friends. There will be less temptation to run earlier than I should. I just need the will power to take things really slowly. It would be helpful if I could get my foot loosened up by Dr. Thumbs-of-Death but that won't be possible for a long time. I may have to learn chiropractic techniques on YouTube. (I was going to insert a winky-smiley here but I can't guarantee I won't try!)

TRX upper body plus a few minutes of 1-footed, eyes-closed balance work.

Foothab after another busy pandemic day. We crunched numbers and finalized our plan on how to keep 'Bent's staff paid in the coming months. Next there will be some applications to fill out but they're not available yet.

Next week: Updated communications to patients. Also, teledentistry has been approved temporarily but what will that really mean?

And it's the weekend, woo hoo.

Brisk lunch break hike in Palgrave West to enjoy the sunshine and the forest. AdventureDog supervised me.

I'd planned a treadmill walk-run since my gimpy foot seems OK with a flat surface. Unfortunately, it wasn't as happy with orienteering on uneven terrain a few days ago, even though I didn't do much running.

It was such a gorgeous day that I tried a walk-run to the nearest mailbox with a letter. I started with 1 minute on, 1 minute off, then started playing around with it.

Even though it was rush hour, only one car drove by. The world is *really* quiet out there, which is super weird but good. I felt conspicuous.

Today, Aviva announced that they don’t need another week after all to decide whether this situation meets the criteria for Canadian dentists to make a claim on their pandemic insurance. If they pay the full amount, it will cover a month of payroll, which is ‘Bent’s largest expense by far while no revenue is coming in. Every little bit helps. The new government programs will be much more helpful though.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-i...

Along with many others, 'Bent has carried pandemic insurance on his dental practice for his entire career. It's supposed to pay out within 24 hours and it would cover about one month's wages for his employees. Yesterday the insurance company asked for yet *another* week to decide whether they were going to pay Canadian dentists.

Their loophole is that the office closures are "voluntary" even though it is illegal in Ontario to do any dentistry except to treat a short list of "true emergencies" defined by the dental governing body, using a subset of the usual techniques (no high-speed drills) and only if the patient has no symptoms. 'Bent estimates that 1-2 patients per month might fall in that category and he will direct most of them to the dental emergency clinic in Newmarket. He has donated most of his masks and gloves to the local hospital, as dentists were asked to do.

Given that true dental emergencies can be extremely serious - even life threatening in rare cases - the government could never order all dental offices to shut down completely. So pandemic insurance could never be claimed, apparently. We'll see what they decide next week.

Originally, I didn't name the insurance company but the Globe and Mail posted an article about this today. I just read the comments and it seems that 50% of commenters think insurance companies are crooks and 50% think dentists are crooks. Sorry, 'Bent.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-d...

After a long day, 'Bent and I went for a short, brisk hike in the forest behind us to remind ourselves that the outdoors still exists and is beautiful.

Even though our schedule has had some openings lately (!), 'Bent and I have been thinking that we shouldn't go to Tree Hugger ABC in Collingwood over the next while for a number of reasons, including ethical ones. Now the Mayor has made it official, specifically asking part-time residents not to come. If they insist on coming, they should stay indoors like everyone else. But really, they should stay home if that's where they usually get their health care. That's sensible.