Training Log Archive: RJM

1off, 1 on, very gingerly and slow, with hotpad warmup etc. 24F. Felt ok

Gym at school. Gently.. No problems

usual at gym

Very cautious first try on a cool (40f) day. - 1minute very slow running, 1 walking in neighborhood. And uses heating pad and stretching before Also the calf sleeves No tightness. So far so good

And some

BNP hiking with June.

Home (gym was closed), with some weights

45-50F today, and neck hasn't bothered me in many weeks (last recorded minor discomfort was in early November), so couldn't resist gingerly trying my first biking since Sept 19. Felt ok, minor tightness in calves. Have now scheduled mri and circulation appts for a few weeks from now. I will monitor neck and back closely. I have been doing traction about every other day for a week now

Ankle is better today. Family time so no exercise

55 f. Cascade oxbow tree Id.

Writing all day. As normal nodtly standibg at school with some sitting to read. But spent an hour or so sitting to type at home followed by couch rest and then got mild ankle lock at bedtime. I am a mess

Gym.
This afternoon i went to dr. salata again to assess the calf recovery. Explained that i am on 6 weeks recovery from last relapse (which was 6 weeks after previous relapse). Since there hasn't been real improvement (and i keep feeling these 'impending' tightnesses in both calves), we now have to investigate weird possibilities. They appear to be vascular constrictions, some sort of spinal constriction, something else in the calf itself, and then (going further out on the limb) 'compartmentalization syndrome'. To investigate these i am cleared to schedule a meeting with a vascular guy (check if clogged vessels are preventing proper flow there, which is possible for a high cholesterol guy and of broader concern), MRI on spine, MRI on calf. If those are all negative, then the uncomfortable test for compartmentalization (needle to measure intramuscular pressure, then exercise until cramped, then remeasure). In general, this means ruling out as many possible weird causes as possible.
He also said that there probably is no harm is trying to run again - we've seen that it must not just need more healing time. I will try that before scheduling the MRI, though I think i will get the vascular checkup on general principles

macedonia park on return from Dr

at home, with some weights too. I have had no neck problems for perhaps 2 weeks, i have used traction about once every other day this past week. Stretching is about once a day.

Gym

UAFS tree id. Warm today

Gym

home, then some weights.
I am becoming a little lax about stretching and traction - still once a day almost always on both, but occasionally missing. Trying to control eating a lttle, but xmas is a hard time for that

Gym.

in Gym. with Upper body weights

BNP, starting to work on tree ID. Chilly

family taking the time, so nothing today.
It appears that not doing anything aerobic has affected my weight. This is the most I've weighed since perhaps 2000. I need to do what i can (but even fast walking seems to bother the calf....)

Gym. Avoided legs

Gym, then some weights. Time is getting short as the semester ends, and inlaws arrive may have to skip some days over the next while

BNP, open marshy area south of dock. Cool and a bit damp, overcast. There is a lot more RCG and Lythrum here than I had thought. And found a big phragmites patch over towards the south house (i think mike or allen was working on that last summer). Speckled alder and winterberry pretty common in open areas. Found a few MR

Gym