I am way behind on blogging. I didn't do much running this week because I wanted to see the doctor and make sure my knee was not getting permanently injured. Quick wrapup of events. Monday - finished up Swedish Weaving Convention. Back home and time to unpack. Tuesday - back at work. Lots to catch up there. Lunch with Leslie to pass on some ideas and gear for the 50 miler. Found out my son's car that was stolen was found. Severe eye pain in my right eye. Back to Leslie's in the evening with more gear. Wednesday - eye still extremely painful. Emergency eye doctor visit with diagnosis of RCE (recurrent corneal erosions). More on that in my other blog. Contact placed on my eye to act as a patch. 3 mile walk in the evening with Twilight. Thursday - my daughter and son-in-law from Italy (en route to Georgia) came into town for 2.5 weeks. Love having them here and they are mainly staying at my place as their base. Friday - puppy to the vet. $250 later - found a thorn imbedded and infected in her paw. Knee doctor - knee is healing. He instructed me to do lots of massage, some strengthening exercises, continue stretching, more icing and heat - avoid downhills. Eye doctor - need to have PTK laser surgery on the right eye on November 5th to correct the RCE. Late night call from Leslie that she finished all 50 miles (my little running friend is all grown up now). Saturday - took Jenn and Jeremy to Antelope Island for the 1st Mountain View Trail Half Marathon. Saw a herd of 100 antelope right by the road. After setting up our aid station (we were moved to the last aid station), we had 90 minutes to kill, so walked 4 miles with my son-in-law. Helped 120 runners through the aid station. Loaded up the van. Ran 2.5 miles to the finish, stopping to help some cramping runners along the way. Ate lunch. Unloaded the van. Loaded 11 people in a 7 passenger van to get 8 of them 13.1 miles back to the starting line.
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