Training Log Archive: Charlie

A dog walk in the morning, then a trip to the doctor at 10 for follow-up on the shoulder. The shoulder seems to be doing well. Some modest exercises for now, then real rehab starting in about 3 weeks.

Then home, where I was tired enough that I spent the rest of the day mostly napping.

Event: New York Central Park Hudson Valley Orienteering Local Event
 

Drove down with Rhonda to NYC to visit Jess and go orienteering in Central Park. R&J went together, and I went with my cousin's son Jake, just walking, and lucky to be able to do that.

Here is the map. Click on the map to toggle the route off and on. A nice day, but a bit tiring by the time we got home.

AOWN. In the Ramble, going from 1 to 2 we came on some guys with giant telephoto lenses, photographing an owl up in a tree.

C • Central Park 1

C • Why all the way around the baseball field? 4

Dog walk with R&S. Feeling a bit bloated. Pain not bad. Nice side effect is that my hamstring feels much better from the Percocet.

C • Funny 1

Stroll around People's State Forest with R&S. Nice day.

Dog walk with R&S, cousin Matt and my son Charles. Charles determined to keep up, breathing hard, but doing much better than anticipated.

Off to Farmington Surgery Center with the lovely Rhonda to take care of me. Vitals and IV, 99% oxygen, 54 pulse, BP a bit elevated at 140/86. And then a stroll into the OR, and soon that's the last I know of it for a while. Dr. Beebe comes in to tell me about it after. Quite a large tear, had to be secured in three spots. He wants me to move it, but not under any kind of load. Logging on AP might be the extent of what is appropriate now. I will go see him on Monday for the next evaluation.

Then home around 1:30, stopping at the pharmacy for a stash of Percocet. Doesn't hurt much, feel a trifle nauseated, but not all that bad. Very nice to have my belated breakfast. Very well ministered to by the lovely Rhonda.

C • Nothing like 1

several rounds of the so-called hospital loop with Rhonda and Sassy. Walking is very comfortable, particularly with a little pain meds smoothing out the hamstring. A very fine late afternoon, and just kept going another loop at a time.

My shoulder is not particularly uncomfortable, considering. I am to move it, but not use it. Moving it is a bit more uncomfortable than keeping it still, but not excruciating, and certainly not moving it much at this juncture.

C • Recovery Time 2

one more loop with Zack, in the moonlight. Very pleasant.

dog walk with cousin Matt and his son Jake. Very nice company.

Helping out my neighbor Matt with some digging.

C • suspect terrain? 2

another nice dog walk, this time with Zack

Very enjoyable but brief visit from PG and Gail, on their way back from Thanksgiving with Peter's cousin and family, and a stop in Litchfield. Very nice to see them, always the best part of a holiday gathering. Entertaining stories.

Rhonda's morning class. Last one for me for a while.

C • Why the last one for a while? 9

Spent most of the afternoon at my neighbor Matt's house with my backhoe. He is making a flat area on the hillside to accommodate a play set for his young daughters. Digging out some big boulders for a retaining wall, and then digging and filling. Made my back and neck hurt.

A couple of dog walks, but mostly just taking it easy. Had a massage today. Always feel pretty mellow after that.