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Thursday Jan 31, 2019 #
Note
slept:9.0 weight:160.8lbs
Surgery scheduled for 1:30 pm. I would be more jolly with some breakfast and a cup of coffee, but alas, that is out of the question.
C • but 3
Wednesday Jan 30, 2019 #
Note
slept:7.0 weight:164.2lbs
Cataract surgery this morning. It did not go well. I will have an operation tomorrow to remove a part of the lens capsule that fell into the eye. There will be a story to tell when my eyes calm down enough to make writing stories tolerable. Eyes are pretty sore right now.
Tuesday Jan 29, 2019 #
2 PM
Hike 47:50 2.2 mi (21:44 / mi) +78m 19:35 / mi
ahr:100 max:147 slept:7.75 weight:164.8lbs
Little outing to the Indian Council Rocks with Zack and Sassy. Some pretty serious ice in spots. Lucky for me I was equipped with microspikes. Zack was in icebugs. Sassy was at a bit of a disadvantage, Last time she got groomed they were a little over-enthusiastic and trimmed her toenails, so she didn't have the traction she is used to. But she never complained. Just did a bit of slipping and sliding.
Monday Jan 28, 2019 #
Note
Zack is back. Pretty epic drive, 60 hours on the road, 99 hours total elapsed time, 4,200 miles. He is surprisingly alert after all this. Bounced up this morning after only 7 hours in the sack.
7 AM
Hike 1:04:30 3.39 mi (19:02 / mi) +84m 17:40 / mi
ahr:118 max:170 slept:7.0 weight:162.4lbs
With R&S at the lake. Quite icy, but really fine in our microspikes.
4 PM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
Sunday Jan 27, 2019 #
11 AM
Orienteering 52:40 4.54 km (11:36 / km) +150m 9:58 / km
ahr:129 max:169 slept:9.0 shoes: 2017 Icebug Anima BUGrip
Brown course at Blue Mountain. Excellent. Pleasant day, beautiful woods, fun course on excellent map. Even a brief visit with the course setter. Also quite fine that I could do this almost on the way back from Jess’s place after spending the night in NYC.
Map and route
Quite a nice time, and good navigation on my part. Only problem at all was getting into the map at #1. I was generally in the right area, but not making sense of things until I remembered to look for the stone wall beyond. The control was right behind me. Otherwise reading things well and coming right into them. GPS track went a little nuts between 2 and 4, but I squeezed it to fit. Not sure what that was all about.
Map and route
Quite a nice time, and good navigation on my part. Only problem at all was getting into the map at #1. I was generally in the right area, but not making sense of things until I remembered to look for the stone wall beyond. The control was right behind me. Otherwise reading things well and coming right into them. GPS track went a little nuts between 2 and 4, but I squeezed it to fit. Not sure what that was all about.
Saturday Jan 26, 2019 #
7 AM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
slept:7.0 weight:164.2lbs
3 PM
Note
Birthday party for Cooper. Among the guests were Matt, Hua and Tai and hung out with them after.
Friday Jan 25, 2019 #
8 AM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
slept:6.25 weight:163lbs
2 PM
Hike 53:07 2.24 mi (23:43 / mi) +70m 21:36 / mi
ahr:124 max:161 shoes: 2011 icebugs
This was not all that entertaining - walking by the lake on snow that was alternately icy and crusty,breaking through. Slipped a few times, but no falls.
Thursday Jan 24, 2019 #
6 AM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
slept:6.0 weight:164.2lbs
This was it for the day. Rained hard all day and barely got out the door at all.
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019 #
9 AM
Note
Went to see the podiatrist who operated on my toe 4 years ago to complain about the general state of my foot. He seemed a bit perplexed by it. Took an x-ray which he thought looked fine. Thought my plantar fascia was real tight, asked if I stretched. I stretch a lot. Then I explained to him what I thought was going on and he understood.
When I cut the tendon in 1980, the guy who repaired it made a pretty big error. Instead of re-attaching the tendon, he cut off the short end and pulled it through,thinking maybe it would stretch out, I guess. Well, no, it never did. And so I went through then next 30 years or so with a toe that angled down and a lot of associated pain. Then in about 2013 I tripped on a rock and broke the toe, right in the joint, and after another year this new guy figured that the right thing was to fuse the joint with a big screw and lift the toe up.
That worked,more or less, but with the current problem: pressure from the shortened tendon creates tension in the foot,and thereby screws up the calf and (I think) causes the constant strain up my R leg into the quad and hip.
What to do? He says he can lengthen the tendon, make a cut in it and slide it so it is a bit longer. Recovery is 3 weeks completely no weight bearing, and then maybe another 3 or 4 beyond that. I kind of want to try it, but it is a bit frightening, as any prior operations on this foot have turned out to have adverse results.
Not going to do it now, anyway. Too many reasons for me to not undergo that sort of operation now, places to go, uncertainty over Rhonda, etc. And maybe wouldn't do it until November or December. That's enough time to get another opinion on it.
When I cut the tendon in 1980, the guy who repaired it made a pretty big error. Instead of re-attaching the tendon, he cut off the short end and pulled it through,thinking maybe it would stretch out, I guess. Well, no, it never did. And so I went through then next 30 years or so with a toe that angled down and a lot of associated pain. Then in about 2013 I tripped on a rock and broke the toe, right in the joint, and after another year this new guy figured that the right thing was to fuse the joint with a big screw and lift the toe up.
That worked,more or less, but with the current problem: pressure from the shortened tendon creates tension in the foot,and thereby screws up the calf and (I think) causes the constant strain up my R leg into the quad and hip.
What to do? He says he can lengthen the tendon, make a cut in it and slide it so it is a bit longer. Recovery is 3 weeks completely no weight bearing, and then maybe another 3 or 4 beyond that. I kind of want to try it, but it is a bit frightening, as any prior operations on this foot have turned out to have adverse results.
Not going to do it now, anyway. Too many reasons for me to not undergo that sort of operation now, places to go, uncertainty over Rhonda, etc. And maybe wouldn't do it until November or December. That's enough time to get another opinion on it.
11 AM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
slept:6.0 weight:166.2lbs
Tuesday Jan 22, 2019 #
5 PM
Snowshoe 40:00 [3] 1.3 mi (30:46 / mi)
slept:5.25 weight:165lbs
dog loop with Sassy. I tried going out earlier with icebugs and gave up pretty soon, not liking post-holing through the crust much. Not as much a problem for her, as she mostly stayed on top. Cold, but pleasant enough. Some tracks from various neighbors who found their way in and walked parts of the trail. out and back.
Monday Jan 21, 2019 #
6 AM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
slept:8.0
8 AM
Note
Pleasant morning in sunny San Diego with George, Leslie, Sarah, Andy,
Forrest and Mia. Included a trip to the dog beach, where there was some impressive winter surf and plenty of canine hijinks, and a visit to Modern Times brewery, where Andy is the engineering manager - and then to the airport and home.
Forrest and Mia. Included a trip to the dog beach, where there was some impressive winter surf and plenty of canine hijinks, and a visit to Modern Times brewery, where Andy is the engineering manager - and then to the airport and home.
Sunday Jan 20, 2019 #
9 AM
Orienteering 55:42 5.47 km (10:11 / km) +91m 9:24 / km
ahr:132 max:159 slept:8.0
Brown course at Anza.
Nice day, just a bit overcast, good for running.
1. You could see people leaving the start for quite a way, but the first control was well out of sight, so beyond knowing the general direction of travel, plenty of navigation left to the leg. Could see the two hills, one well right of the line, and passed left of the one on the line and it's substantial rocky ground, up the spur, counting reentrants. This was fine.
2. Also fine,on compass and contouring along the side of the big hill, could see the small hill from a distance. Caught up to Bob Cooley just after.
3. Again on compass, over the top and down the reentrant. Further down than I was expecting it, getting a little anxious but there it was. I was past Bob by now and didn't see him again.
4. Up to the ridge line and could see the big hill in the distance,just a matter of getting there. As I got closer, saw Erin McDowell coming in from the left.
5. On compass, gentle sidehill, lots of small ups and downs. Distinctive bigger hill about 100 M short of control, so felt pretty confident. Erin and Johanna Merriss a bit ahead of me.
6. Long leg, struggling to catch up to and to keep up with Johanna and Erin. Trying to keep discipline with the compass, but drifting a bit right from time to time. I was looking for something distinctive to correspond to all the green dots on the map. I guess they were just ocotillo, but those are more or less everywhere, so not generally helpful. Anyway, finally got upon the big ridgeline, and there were quite a few people both right and left. Hesitated a bit, then noticed the big gully off to my left and assumed, correctly,that it would be at the top. So probably lost about 3 minutes here.
7. Along the ridgeline, trying to keep a rough pace count and checking the prior gully a bit. Fairly near the control I saw Erin heading back toward 6,last I saw of her.
8. On compass, and with my glasses and hat off, as I was starting to fog up quite a bit. Not a bad leg for pretty much flying blind.
9. Long slog up the hill, picking my way down the rocky gully to the control, which was almost all the way at the bottom.
10. North a couple of gullies then a climb up the one that faces directly E toward the control. From on top I could see the three line hill, but not the flag, and wondered if the clue meant the control would be at the bottom, or at the bottom of the top line. Anyway, decided to go for the bottom, and endured a steep descent first, which involved banging my knee into a cholla bush. Probably lost two minutes picking spines out of my knee. And the control turned out to be near the top, anyway, so back up.
11. Not my best work. Tried to go on compass and count spurs, but I seem to have drifted left and missed the right spur. Once it was clear to me I had gone too far I looked back and saw it quite a bit farther down the hill. Lost another 2 minutes here.
12. On compass, hoping for the best, and eventually I saw the finish banner.
Not bad overall, but as always, room for improvement. Apparently I only finished a minute or so behind George and Leslie, but they turned the wrong way out of the finish and showed up at the car about 45 minutes later. I was wondering.
Brown classic course
Nice day, just a bit overcast, good for running.
1. You could see people leaving the start for quite a way, but the first control was well out of sight, so beyond knowing the general direction of travel, plenty of navigation left to the leg. Could see the two hills, one well right of the line, and passed left of the one on the line and it's substantial rocky ground, up the spur, counting reentrants. This was fine.
2. Also fine,on compass and contouring along the side of the big hill, could see the small hill from a distance. Caught up to Bob Cooley just after.
3. Again on compass, over the top and down the reentrant. Further down than I was expecting it, getting a little anxious but there it was. I was past Bob by now and didn't see him again.
4. Up to the ridge line and could see the big hill in the distance,just a matter of getting there. As I got closer, saw Erin McDowell coming in from the left.
5. On compass, gentle sidehill, lots of small ups and downs. Distinctive bigger hill about 100 M short of control, so felt pretty confident. Erin and Johanna Merriss a bit ahead of me.
6. Long leg, struggling to catch up to and to keep up with Johanna and Erin. Trying to keep discipline with the compass, but drifting a bit right from time to time. I was looking for something distinctive to correspond to all the green dots on the map. I guess they were just ocotillo, but those are more or less everywhere, so not generally helpful. Anyway, finally got upon the big ridgeline, and there were quite a few people both right and left. Hesitated a bit, then noticed the big gully off to my left and assumed, correctly,that it would be at the top. So probably lost about 3 minutes here.
7. Along the ridgeline, trying to keep a rough pace count and checking the prior gully a bit. Fairly near the control I saw Erin heading back toward 6,last I saw of her.
8. On compass, and with my glasses and hat off, as I was starting to fog up quite a bit. Not a bad leg for pretty much flying blind.
9. Long slog up the hill, picking my way down the rocky gully to the control, which was almost all the way at the bottom.
10. North a couple of gullies then a climb up the one that faces directly E toward the control. From on top I could see the three line hill, but not the flag, and wondered if the clue meant the control would be at the bottom, or at the bottom of the top line. Anyway, decided to go for the bottom, and endured a steep descent first, which involved banging my knee into a cholla bush. Probably lost two minutes picking spines out of my knee. And the control turned out to be near the top, anyway, so back up.
11. Not my best work. Tried to go on compass and count spurs, but I seem to have drifted left and missed the right spur. Once it was clear to me I had gone too far I looked back and saw it quite a bit farther down the hill. Lost another 2 minutes here.
12. On compass, hoping for the best, and eventually I saw the finish banner.
Not bad overall, but as always, room for improvement. Apparently I only finished a minute or so behind George and Leslie, but they turned the wrong way out of the finish and showed up at the car about 45 minutes later. I was wondering.
Brown classic course
Saturday Jan 19, 2019 #
Event: SDO: Anza Borrego Weekend
5 AM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
slept:8.0
10 AM
Orienteering 1:09:20 6.6 km (10:30 / km) +108m 9:43 / km
ahr:131 max:174 shoes: 2017 Icebug Anima BUGrip
Borrego goat race, the shorter of two courses, the Lamb. Mass start with several twists:
1. There is a forked control. Go left or right.
2. There is a box with 4 controls. Go in any order.
3. There is a map section whites out except for a corridor. 3 controls along the corridor to be found, but no circles or clues.
4. There is a trail-o control when you reach the last regular control. 5 min penalty for missing the trail O control.
5. You can skip any one additional control, with some exceptions.
The corridor was generally where people had the most difficulty. Mostly because they misunderstood what was meant by the corridor. I understood it ok, but it was a bit hard to execute, and my vision was quite fogged by then.
1. Easy enough, down the broad recent rant, following a big crowd, but long course had a different control. Stopped to extract a cholla from the side of my shoe. I was a little left, but realized it and came in from the side. Lots of people overran and I saw them coming back as I was leaving for 2.
2. Longish leg. Seemed like I was going slow left of the left largish hill, up and over.
More later
the Lamb, map and route
1. There is a forked control. Go left or right.
2. There is a box with 4 controls. Go in any order.
3. There is a map section whites out except for a corridor. 3 controls along the corridor to be found, but no circles or clues.
4. There is a trail-o control when you reach the last regular control. 5 min penalty for missing the trail O control.
5. You can skip any one additional control, with some exceptions.
The corridor was generally where people had the most difficulty. Mostly because they misunderstood what was meant by the corridor. I understood it ok, but it was a bit hard to execute, and my vision was quite fogged by then.
1. Easy enough, down the broad recent rant, following a big crowd, but long course had a different control. Stopped to extract a cholla from the side of my shoe. I was a little left, but realized it and came in from the side. Lots of people overran and I saw them coming back as I was leaving for 2.
2. Longish leg. Seemed like I was going slow left of the left largish hill, up and over.
More later
the Lamb, map and route
6 PM
Friday Jan 18, 2019 #
6 AM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
slept:7.5
At Sarah’s place in SD
4 PM
Hike 43:02 1.96 mi (21:57 / mi)
ahr:95 max:133 shoes: 2017 Gray Gel Kayanos
Around the outskirts of the golf course at Borrego Springs with George.
Thursday Jan 17, 2019 #
3 AM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
slept:5.25 weight:164.8lbs
Wednesday Jan 16, 2019 #
7 AM
Hike 1:20:36 4.89 mi (16:29 / mi) +104m 15:28 / mi
ahr:121 max:181 slept:6.5 weight:164.8lbs
R&S at the lake. Rhonda is up to 3 times a day.
10 AM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
1 PM
Running 16:52 1.3 mi (12:59 / mi) +73m 11:03 / mi
ahr:141 max:159 shoes: 2011 icebugs
one dog loop, with the dog.
Tuesday Jan 15, 2019 #
7 AM
Hike 1:16:04 4.49 mi (16:56 / mi) +119m 15:39 / mi
ahr:131 max:184 slept:6.5 weight:163.4lbs
Monday Jan 14, 2019 #
2 PM
Hike 55:18 3.2 mi (17:17 / mi) +81m 16:01 / mi
ahr:68 max:121 slept:7.0 weight:165lbs shoes: 2017 Gray Gel Kayanos
With R&S at the lake, Rhonda a bit sparkier today.
3 PM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
Sunday Jan 13, 2019 #
7 AM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
8 AM
Hike 1:13:49 3.97 mi (18:36 / mi) +93m 17:20 / mi
ahr:140 max:173 slept:7.0 weight:164.8lbs
Cold - 9 degrees F at the start.
12 PM
Gym 30:00 [3]
Some weights, some stretching, with Matthew, Tai and Hua. A few bench presses, a few deadlifts, a few dumbbell squats, a few pulldowns. R forearm and elbow not liking the pulldowns at all, or the deadlifts all that much.
Saturday Jan 12, 2019 #
7 AM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
slept:7.0 weight:163.6lbs
1 PM
Hike 1:09:30 3.37 mi (20:38 / mi) +78m 19:14 / mi
ahr:124 max:171 shoes: 2017 Gray Gel Kayanos
With Rhonda and Sassy. Rhonda a little slower today, but game. Sassy energized by having yesterday off and by the delicious cold wind in her face.
Friday Jan 11, 2019 #
5 PM
Gym 19:00 [3]
slept:5.0 weight:165lbs
Thursday Jan 10, 2019 #
11 AM
Hike 59:40 3.34 mi (17:52 / mi) +82m 16:36 / mi
ahr:124 max:184 slept:6.75 weight:163.8lbs
2 PM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
Wednesday Jan 9, 2019 #
4 AM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
slept:6.0 weight:163.6lbs
Tuesday Jan 8, 2019 #
9 AM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
slept:6.75 weight:164.2lbs
1 PM
Hike 1:09:09 3.73 mi (18:32 / mi) +89m 17:15 / mi
ahr:113 max:165
Monday Jan 7, 2019 #
5 AM
Gym 35:00 [3]
slept:7.75 weight:163.8lbs
Rhonda's abbreviated class, with Karen and Jackie
7 AM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
1 PM
Hike 1:08:10 3.87 mi (17:37 / mi) +89m 16:26 / mi
ahr:75 max:124
At Lake McD, with the usual suspects. Coldish, but clear and dry. Quite pleasant.
Sunday Jan 6, 2019 #
7 AM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
slept:7.0 weight:164.8lbs
10 AM
Orienteering 56:33 4.68 km (12:05 / km) +204m 9:55 / km
ahr:122 max:166
Tarrywile Green course. Wasn't 100% sure I was going, but the weather looked favorable. Arrived just in time for it to start spitting a bit, so I wore a contact in my left eye to read the map. This exposed how compromised my right eye is now by its cataract. Things look pretty fuzzy. Among the issues: I saw a few other orienteers out there, but couldn't tell if they were people I know or not. Saw a bunch of strange looking creatures on top of the hill going to #4. I think they may have been turkeys. They looked somewhat bird-like, but only judged them to be turkeys because they were in the forest (and therefore unlikely to be great blue herons, for example). Saw something vaguely blue looking up above me when I was heading more or less to #5. What was it? A tarp? Some clothing? A person?
After I finished I saw a couple of young people across the parking lot, and decided to get close enough to find out if I knew them. So once I was that close, the only thing to do was to introduce myself and chat a bit. They are Russians, living in Astoria. Quite pleasant, Andrei and Julia.
Back to the run. Kind of wet, got into a little barberry here and there. Went right to most of them, with some minor errors. Worst was #5. when I hadn't gone nearly far enough and spent some time wandering.
While it had been spitting, it started raining in earnest just when I got into the car to come home, with some sleet thrown in.
Map and Route
After I finished I saw a couple of young people across the parking lot, and decided to get close enough to find out if I knew them. So once I was that close, the only thing to do was to introduce myself and chat a bit. They are Russians, living in Astoria. Quite pleasant, Andrei and Julia.
Back to the run. Kind of wet, got into a little barberry here and there. Went right to most of them, with some minor errors. Worst was #5. when I hadn't gone nearly far enough and spent some time wandering.
While it had been spitting, it started raining in earnest just when I got into the car to come home, with some sleet thrown in.
Map and Route
Saturday Jan 5, 2019 #
8 AM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
slept:7.75 weight:164.4lbs
I had been intending to get up to Forest Park for the 5K, but the prospect of driving up and back in the rain was even less appealing than the prospect of running the race in the rain, so it didn't happen.
Friday Jan 4, 2019 #
8 AM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
slept:7.75 weight:164.4lbs
9 AM
Hike 54:50 3.34 mi (16:26 / mi) +80m 15:18 / mi
ahr:94 max:147
12 PM
Running 17:40 1.29 mi (13:42 / mi) +72m 11:41 / mi
ahr:144 max:158 shoes: 2011 icebugs
Legs felt heavy.
Thursday Jan 3, 2019 #
7 AM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
slept:7.5 weight:165.2lbs
12 PM
Hike 1:38:08 6.05 mi (16:13 / mi) +141m 15:07 / mi
ahr:124 max:180
Still tender from the back squats the other day, and got more tender the last mile. Sunny, not super cold, but windy by the lake so it seemed colder.
Wednesday Jan 2, 2019 #
5 AM
Gym 40:00 [3]
slept:6.5 weight:165.2lbs
Part of Rhonda's morning class
8 AM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
3 PM
Running 22:39 2.02 mi (11:13 / mi) +19m 10:54 / mi
ahr:155 max:165 shoes: 2017 Gray Gel Kayanos
At the lake, jogged down to the barrier and back to where I met Rhonda, who was walking, then back to the barrier walking with her and back again to the car.
Hike 32:03 2.03 mi (15:48 / mi) +20m 15:20 / mi
ahr:105 max:157
Tuesday Jan 1, 2019 #
8 AM
Gym (Yoga) 19:00 [3]
slept:6.75 weight:164.2lbs
10 AM
Hike 1:35:42 5.09 mi (18:48 / mi) +117m 17:33 / mi
ahr:101 max:125
Met up with Mike and Elsa at the lake. Sassy and Elsa have turned out to be reasonably congenial companions.
4 PM
Gym 10:00 [3]
I had ambitious plans, but after doing a set of squats that I maybe wasn't adequately warmed up for, I could tell I was going to be sore and packed it in.