As I type this I am in the same room as the three males in my life...hubby, son and dog. Hubby and son are watching the Man Utd v Arsenal game and dog is desperately seeking attention by dropping a very smelly, wet mini tennis ball onto various laps in the hope that someone might just throw it for him. He will give up eventually. It is quite likely, therefore, that I am going to be continually distracted and annoyed by any one of them! I will attempt to stay focused but I can't promise anything.
After last Sunday's walk/run at Loseley, my knee, which was fine at the time, became a bit stiff and uncomfortable so I have been taking it easy and being a good girl. I have not been to the gym at all but I did go for a swim with eldest daughter and have been walking the dog fairly regularly.
We swam at The Surrey Sports Park which is a fantastic facility about 2 minutes from our house. The water felt a bit on the chilly side to me but it was fine once I got moving. Unfortunately for me, the only stroke I have ever been able to do in the pool is breaststroke which is notoriously bad for someone with knee problems. I attempted my usual swim and found that it was, indeed, bad for my knee. It was also painful for my shoulder. In the end I decided that swimming on my back was the way forward (!) so that's what I did. I mixed up the swimming with some water exercise such as jogging and stretching and I felt that I had done myself some good by the time I climbed out of the pool.
I find it increasingly difficult to work out what I should be doing exercise-wise to benefit me. Am I supposed to be painfree before I start, in which case I wouldn't do any exercise at all, or do I give things a go and stop if the pain gets worse? The latter of the two options is what I have decided on. It will be interesting to see how I get on.
Hold on......just going to eat my roast dinner. BRB as they say!
You can't beat a good roast and that was a good roast.
Anyway, some good news on the old knee front was received via a letter from the consultant. In the letter he confirmed that I have a lot of arthritis in all parts of my knee but not grade 4. The most badly affected part of my knee is grade 3 which is under my patella. That is good news to me. In the letter he also referred to me as 'a very nice lady' (hooray) and wrote that for me to attempt any kind of jogging 'is completely and utterly wrong' (boo).
The other piece of good news is that I contacted the organisers of The Silverstone Half Marathon and asked if I would be able to take part in the event if I could not run and could only walk and they said yes!! That is a big relief to me and it means that I can, knee permitting, put a training plan into place and gradually build up my distance. I am still waiting to hear from the organisers of the upcoming 10k which takes place at the beginning of December. I really hope to be able to take part but I won't if I can't walk it. I hope to hear from them soon.
Jack at The Loseley...note shoes and carrying his t shirt and sweatshirt. He finished 4th! I still think that's not fair.
Today is Remembrance Sunday which is always a poignant occasion. The sun has been shining all day and it has been a bit chilly. My Dad was born on November 11th and poppies and Remembrance Sunday always remind me of him so I popped over to the cemetery and placed a poppy on his headstone and then went over to the crematorium to place a poppy for my Mum as she always supported the buying and wearing of poppies.
Tomorrow would have been Dad's birthday. He would have been 78. I cannot imagine that he would have been much different at 78 than he was and 62!
So, this week I shall be mostly working and trying to do some suitable exercise. I have booked a few yoga classes and I hope to get in another swim with my daughter. It's good for both of us. I also need to get down to the gym and get my act together there.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Have a happy and safe week everyone.
A x
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