Nancy's Blog

I went to Leslie's and we ran from her house north on 40th West to 106th and west up to daybreak and ran around the lake.  As we were running across one of the bridges my foot stuck on a raised edge and I fell down.  Leslie tried to catch me and she fell down too.  We both jumped back up and kept running.  The weather was just perfect for running and Leslie went slow so I wasn't dead at the end.  We were going to swim in blackridge reservoir tonight but we decided not to because of the thundershowers.

Met the BBK's at parkway palisades but not for the early miles.  We ran our 2 miles route around parkway palisades and then met at the base of the big hill.  Most of the group was going to do hill repeats.  Debbie, Kris and I decided to run along the parkway trail.  I ran slow so I could make it for 60 minutes.  Debbie and Kris turned around a couple of times and came back for me.  I made it for 60 minutes but was very tired at the end.  Then I came home showered and cleaned for about an hour.  Then I went to tend Christine's kids for the day because she had two Dr. appointments.  They are still trying to find out why she can't lift her leg.  The first Dr. was a physiatrist. (Whatever that is)  He said her brain had forgotten how to tell her leg how to move.  The next Dr. was a neurologist and he told her she had nerve damage and needed physical therapy.  So for now she will go back to physical therapy and see if it helps.  After I was finished tending, Leslie and I rode bikes.  We rode up 118th just past daybreak and back.  It was 10 miles and it took us 40 minutes.  I'm glad Leslie has a computer on her bike now so we can tell how far and fast we are going.

Met the Bunners at the rec center for our bike ride.  There were 7 of us.  We did the usual course down redwood to 126th then west to 3600, north to 118th, west to 40th west, north past the temple to 98th, east to redwood and back home.  It was a good ride and I really got a workout trying to keep up with all the fast people.  After dinner Leslie and I went to the Blackridge Reservoir to swim.  There were lots of people there swimming and canoeing.  It was a lot warmer than last time.  We only swam for about 15 minutes when it started to rain and thunder.  We got out right away.  Next time maybe we can swim longer.  I wasn't cold at all when we got out.

Went to Leslie's to run this morning.  It was cool and sprinkling rain but it felt good.  Leslie went very slow for me.  We only went 3 miles because Leslie's knee was hurting.  When I got home I did my arm weight exercises.

I did my leg weight/stomach exercises along with 75 mens pushups.   Then I did lots of cleaning, took a nap, went to scouts and then went to dinner with my husband and son.

Leslie and I met our running group a Cheris's house.  We went on a 11 mile run.  Leslie and I started out while the others did a warmup run.  We ran down Redwood to 134th then west to 2700 and then south to 144th then west to 3600, then north to 118th, and then east to redwood and back to Cheris's house.  Leslie went slow for me so I was tired at the end but not dead.  It was rainy so we were soaked at the end but I was not cold.