Enough About Me...

...let me tell you about my week. I got out for a run Monday, in between the raindrops. It was my best run in a long time--made it 5-plus miles without my knee brace and felt fine.

It was a dark and stormy morning, as you can see from this snap of the neighborhood palms, but it was also a morning that teased me with a taste of spring to come. Blossoms!


Tuesday I went to the gym--no photos taken and not much fun had by all.

Yesterday I went to Kaiser to get my knee X-rayed (haven't received the results yet) and then, because I had a spare hour before I had to be at work, I went over to the city and just walked around for a while. It proved to be a lovely opportunity to space out, so I did. BTW, the round silo (shaft? architectural element? thingy?) in the middle belongs to the San Francisco MOMA building.

Finally, to return for a moment to the subject of running--which for me encompasses all corporeal elements, physical and mental--here's a tip on a very interesting new blog. That it belongs to my son the doctor hasn't influenced my assessment of it at all. (If my blog weren't a serious and dignified space, you would see a smiley face here.) Anyway, do check it out. It has good information for anyone who is old or anyone who isn't old but is planning to be so someday.

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Sunshine said…
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12:23 PM
@m9f said…
I like your pics! Hope the knee works out...keep up training when you can.
1:12 AM
AJ's words said…
Clear things are not always cool, when things are blur we keep wonder what's next, based on that philosophy you makes me wonder with the blur pic.haha cheers!!
9:45 PM
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