<p>My knee feels very good. I guess I don’t have arthritis yet.</p>
<p>I worked out for 3 hours and 23 minutes on a recombent bike today. 3 different shifts over a 12 hour period. When I feel like working out, I just walk over to the gym. </p>
<p>The middle shift was low intensity. I was watching the Giants game, and I figured if I was going to watch the game, I might as well get some exercise. So I burned up 500+
calories watching the game. And the Giants won, so it was a win-win.</p>
<p>NMINN:</p>
<p>Wow. Muir Woods looks spectacular!</p>
<p>NorthMinnesota, I love your trip.</p>
<p>ohio, my chiro used ultrasound with my last ART treatment. He said he rarely uses it because he’s not sure how effective it really is, but he was working pretty hard on a deep compartment so he thought it might help with the recovery. I don’t know if the ultrasound helped, but the last treatment seems to have done the trick.</p>
<p>Many years since I’ve been to Muir Woods, but I loved it there.</p>
<p>I got off to a late start this morning - needed extra sleep from the plane flight. What’s good is that everything feels fine today after the short run yesterday. I guess taking some time away from exercising isn’t a bad idea from time to time. Your body has the time and resources to fix up nagging problems that it never seems to be able to recover from completely.</p>
<p>I plan on visiting Marshalls to get a bit more in the cooler weather gear. I absolutely love the Nike long-sleeve quarter-zip. They only had them in white at Marshalls - I’d love to get another few in other colors. The price at Marshalls was great several weeks ago. They are cool when it’s warm and warm when it’s cool.</p>
<p>I can put a Capilene 3 over it when it gets colder.</p>
<p>BC:</p>
<p>I was glad you solved the mystery when you said that you were flying thru Atlanta. I was really scratching my head trying to figure out how on god’s green earth you had found scorpions in a cabin in New Hampshire!</p>
<p>One thing I’ve noticed with “geezer fitness” is that I don’t spring from the gate the way I used to. My first mile out the door is getting slower and slower. Ideally, I should be walking and warming up, but I simply can’t take the time. The pace of that first mile, which I try to keep easy, is, um, slow. The 2nd mile at about same effort level is a good 30 seconds faster usually. 3 gloomy miles this morning. Legs are coming back- a little.</p>
<p>Michael- thanks for the info. He belongs to the Bellevue Club (since it has a pool) in Center City, but one of my triathlete friends is actually a spin instructor at the gym in the Comcast building.</p>
<p>Ouch, ohio, I feel your pain. I too injured my knee while doing things totally unrelated to running. Hang in there!</p>
<p>I managed to run 4.1 miles last night and did some core exercises as well. Had too many carbs in the past couple of days since we ran out of eggs, and I had to make oatmeal for breakfast. Made a Costco run last night and stocked up on fruit (Costco had several varieties of organic apples!) and breakfast necessities. Mr B was happy this morning.</p>
<p>MOfWC, interesting, we have a Bellevue Club here in my neck of the woods. I wonder if the two are related. Eons ago, I ran into Bill Gates at our BC - he used to play tennis there.</p>
<p>I never knew that Gates played tennis.</p>
<p>Yup, he did. I googled for images - this kinda looks like him [Bill</a> Gates Plays Tennis - Pictures - Zimbio](<a href=“http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/lUqyDXJLJw0/Bill+Gates+Plays+Tennis/01RVW5ZM8_Q]Bill”>http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/lUqyDXJLJw0/Bill+Gates+Plays+Tennis/01RVW5ZM8_Q)</p>
<p>No pictures here, but mentions Bill:</p>
<p>[Bellevue</a> Club REFLECTIONS Magazine](<a href=“http://www.bcreflections.com/2010/september/Tennis.asp]Bellevue”>http://www.bcreflections.com/2010/september/Tennis.asp)</p>
<p>Definitely a recreational player. I winced on that first picture - you can do a lot of arm damage the way he’s about to hit that ball.</p>
<p>2.25 miles, picked up the pace (my running has been slower running outside). Felt great but I had limited time - we need to go grocery shopping tonight as the house is almost empty. It takes a few days to catch up to the household chores.</p>
<p>MOWC, small world! My daughter, Shoshana, is also a personal trainer, TRX instructor, group fitness instructor and Spinning instructor at the Bellevue. I would bet your son has seen her around there even if he hasn’t taken any of her classes. I’ve worked out there a few times with my daughter and the facilities are gym rat heaven.</p>
<p>Back to TRX today–felt good to be working out again. Neck is feeling great. I’m signing up for spinning on Friday. Being forced to take time off may have been a good thing for me. I felt very strong today.</p>
<p>Swam this afternoon with my friend. Then went home and spread grass seed and planted more bulbs. It was enough for me.</p>
<p>Michael- that’s funny. I’ll ask him.</p>
<p>Cool, sewhappy. Yardwork is hard! I’m back to brain exercises tonight…</p>
<p>Hiking tomorrow, although I must say that I haven’t seen much of this alleged sunshine the weatherman keeps talking about. It rained all day here. But, I’m going on a leap of faith. </p>
<p>The [Welch</a> Dickey Loop](<a href=“http://i218.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/albums/cc14/hwc_1000/welch%20dickey%20trail/welch_dickey.jpg]Welch”>http://i218.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/albums/cc14/hwc_1000/welch%20dickey%20trail/welch_dickey.jpg), up to the summit of Welch Mountain, across to Dickey Mountain, and back to the car.</p>
<p>Supposed to be a high in the upper 40s with a pretty good breeze, so I have no idea how to dress. I’m stuffing a lot of layers into the backpack.</p>
<p>This weeks is a little on the chilly side. I turned on the heat this week. We’re supposed to have some freezing temperatures on Friday night.</p>
![http://i218.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/albums/cc14/hwc_1000/welch%20dickey%20trail/welch_dickey.jpg]Welch](http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc14/hwc_1000/welch%20dickey%20trail/welch_dickey.jpg%5DWelch){kind=link}
