First trail run (/walk) in a while. I could not coax Ella to come along. Daisey and Macy came along. A very cold, gray day. The pond has an ice skim on it. Tim’s water wheel has frozen ice cycles. I wished for my camera. There was a group of ducks swimming in a small unfrozen area. They made me cold just looking at them.
I’ll be glad to get my monitor back. It needed a new battery and a new housing as it did not sustain the pressure to test for leaks. While I still lust for a Garmin Forerunner, with this uncertain economy, I’ll keep my monitor, which works just fine. We are in expense lock down mode. I really don’t need any additional excercise accoutrements. I merely need to get mobilized. And it felt good to do that today.
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 01/18/2009
- Time: 15:35:00
- Total Time: 00:35:00.00
- Calories: 151
- Distance: 1.75 miles
- Average Pace: 20:00/mile
January 18th, 2009
First: Happy New Year Everyone! I’ve not logged on since my Christmas morning walk. My belated Christmas present was a sinus infection that put me out of commission. I have a family history of virulent auto-immune disorders in my family. Accordingly, I try to minimize my exposure to antibiotics. So I wait and wait until my symptoms are intolerable, and then I go to the doctor. But whatever crud that I have has firmly taken root. Only today was I able to breathe well enough to exercise.
I walked with my dogs. Daisey pulled so badly it was also an upper body workout. Ella is very gun shy. Someone was blasting some shells, and that scared her, so she was under my feet.
We had nice holidays. I had a nice NY’s dinner, though one couple had to cancel because they were ill with this stuff. I made some Chinese Five Spice Duck leg quarters served with caramelized red onions and spinach and a side of butternut squash ravioli. I had anticipated making some homeade sweet potato gnocci, but elected to quell that ambition as soon as I found the pre-made ravioli at BJ’s. With some butter, sauteed onions and bacon with a sprinkling of grated cheese–the gnocci could never have topped it. (It is also what is orginally called for in the original Bon Appetit recipe). I made a luscious, beautiful lemon tart for dessert. I found a neat appetizer which was eggs stuffed with crab meat (with some wasabit). Man were they ever good! I consciously fixed a manageable, but elegant and delicious dinner. I’ve had some pretty ambitious dinner’s that left me exhausted and unable to enjoy my guests. All in all a lovely evening with good friends. And we were all able to stay up until midnight!
I’ve not been able to taste a meal since just before Christmas. Unfortunately that has not slowed my eating! Very modest weight gain over the holiday–less than 2lbs (since T-G). I consider that pretty good–particularly since I was immoderate in my eating. What I could not taste in quality I made up for in quantity!
I have been doing my medicine ball workout on a softer note than before. So nothing has gone to flab. I did send my Polar monitor off to have the batteries refreshed. I’m looking forward to getting it back–which should coincide with my return to full vigor.
I did use this time to brush up on some of my investor skills training. I re-read several of my technical analysis books while sitting by the wood stove with my dogs and cats around me. The reading is dry, but I lubricated the process with some beer and wine! Actually, it was nice to go through these books after having them rest for a couple of years since my last reading.
Sometimes I feel like one of those video game characters where there life force goes from green to pale yellow—and then it starts to blink which means you’re in real trouble if you encounter yet another germ. In the future, I’ll not wait until it is blinking before I go to the doctor.
Workout:
- Type: Walk
- Date: 01/13/2009
- Time: 17:50:47
- Total Time: 00:30:00.00
- Calories: 129
- Distance: 1.5 miles
- Average Pace: 20:00/mile
January 13th, 2009
