I just ran 5 miles around campus. Not incredibly confident about the right knee. (Reminder: Surgery was on the left knee.) I had to stop and stretch quite a bit, and I had taken some Aleve before running. Even so, it was great to run around campus in the "warm" weather. (It is 43 degrees.) Students are scarce on this Friday afternoon, which is a nice change, not that I have anything against college students. It's really overcast but that didn't bother me. Just glad I didn't have to bundle up to be outside.
I'm icing the knee right now and hoping for the best. I didn't really have significant pain but some strange sensations, which make me nervous. Before the kidney stones, I was running lots of miles on the knees without major issues, so I know it can be done, even though I'm getting older and could stand to lose a couple of pounds. I have been wondering if losing some weight would help the knees out. I know it's not really realistic to expect to lose a lot, but....just a thought.
My new (replacement) Garmin is in action. I love the Garmin. It's such a fun toy. Kudos to the Garmin company for their customer service for getting me a refurbished one so quickly. I also have a new Zune that Bill got me for Valentine's Day. He loaded some music onto it already. I learned today that it appears he loaded on HIS music, but I can fix that. The gadget itself seems great. I need to learn to make some playlists on there for myself for running. I'm sure there's a way to do that.
I gotta go get the little boys (Gus-Gus and Murphy) from daycare. On Fridays they go to the K9 Playhouse in Waterloo. Our hope is that they come home tired and a little less annoying, especially Murphy, who has boundless beagle energy. At daycare, Murphy hangs out with his best friend Louie, who happens to be a therapy dog, and who Gus happens to despise. It's pretty funny (or maybe only funny to us, but that's okay, too).
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