Use it or Lose it

Nice run from home to city creek picnic area 14 and back.  Mr. Salmon guy passed me like I was standing still on the hill between 11th & 12th.  I gave some semblance of chase, but he turned and stormed up the hill to 13th.  Wowsers, it was HOT running back on 12th Avenue!!

Did my shoulder stretches, and even did some running stretches. :)

Nice early morning hike with my son to the Broads Fork beaver pond in Big Cottonwood Canyon.  Great day for hiking - overcast with a faint drizzling of rain from time to time.  Wild flowers starting to come and should be in full bloom in 2-3 weeks. ~6 miles out & back and ~2400 feet climbing.

Evening: slow 3 mile run to city creek gate and back.  

Okay, off to shower and finish my shoulder stretches and exercises for the day.  My shoulder is getting better ROM and strength, but its also starting to hurt a bit more through out the day - don't know if it's because I've been pushing it pretty hard with my home pt or if the cortisone injection is starting to wear off.

By the time I was ready to run today it was 11 & hot & sunny.  I could probably have handled the heat, but since I scorched my chest and arms on a hike over the weekend no way did I want to be in the sun for an hour.  So I did the most dreadful thing I could think of and cleared the junk off my treadmill, dusted it off, and gave it a whirl!  It was nice listening to music for a change, but it wasn't so nice to see how much I have slowed down since last year!!  Anyhow, I mixed some faster paced running with some slower paced running and took a couple short breaks to move my water sprinklers around.  Better go shower and stretch now.

Morning - nice slow easy run up to the 3 mile marker in city creek canyon & back.  Cool with a nice cloud cover today; I feel so lucky to live close to city creek - it is such a beautiful peaceful place to run!!

Better go stretch now . . .