Category: Fitness

  • Strava segments at REI

    Disclaimer: I used to stand outside the first REI store in Seattle in the 1970s with my now incredibly old REI card and number and wait in line for the amazing products that I was sure I needed to camp/hike. I get REI. I get it in downtown Seattle. What I didn’t see for so…

  • Eating Healthy v Vitamins

    I ran into recent prescription and treatment medications including a COVID OTC test which had trouble with my B Vitamins which were a fairly normal OTC combination. Nothing unusual or fancy. It did get me to thinking and I tossed out those and I am now running through the remainder of my D and C…

  • Hamstring Rehab

    I like the idea of “listening to your body” but what happens if it is much better but still a sensation, not of pain, but of stiffness. Does one completely idle? Run hard until stiffness sets in? Try another run and see? Hmmm. Wait, going downhill I slowed up and tried for fluidity and no…

  • Mt Washington + Ollalie

    I like telling stories. I always figured that telling stories was my way of processing information or events. Or maybe that stories were my way of remembering what it was that happened and focusing on portions of the occurrence. I have also heard that story telling is to allow others to get a handle on…

  • Challenges

    I am challenged by not moving as much inside a smaller space. Exacerbated by inclement weather. So I have begun going up and down external stairs to my new home for exercise. I am challenged by not having as much non-traditional movement during the day, bending and flexing. So I have begun squats and playing…