However slight – I’ll take it.
Rode my bike to work again today. Almost 3hrs in the saddle.
Will pass on BJJ tonight. I am tired and my shoulder doesn’t need to be tweaked. We ARE going tomorrow.
The answer is YES.
Rode to and from work yesterday. The ride home was done in the rain. I was…tired afterwards. Energy input minus energy output for the day left me down 3020 calories. No wonder I felt like jelly afterwards.
I feel good today. Shoulder MAY be improving day to day. But it is slow.
Happy Saturday.
How do I work exercise in to my day when I have to be at work at 3am? Well. It’s pretty numb but I rode my bike to work. 33km each way. Over 3 hours of riding today. I may have burned over 2000 calories today and my legs feel like jelly. It’s hot.
If they call me I have to go back (in the car this time). If not, I’ll take Aidan to BJJ.
Went roller blading in the sun today. #30 sunblock was a must. Aidan was the “fighter escort” on the bike. Quicker and more agile. We flew.
Healthful dinner with Annette and the boys. Then…CHEESECAKE. Annette was busy today but was up at 6:45 making cheesecake for the boys. It was fantastic. It won’t last long.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Pardon me? Yes. Still injured. Yes it is taking a long time. Very little blood flow to connective tissue and all that…. No I’m not getting any younger? Yes I’ve had it looked at. Yes.
Quit acting like I’m a teenager? Yes that’s good advice. Yes. No I haven’t lost any more weight. If I get sick? I’m sure I’ll be fine. Yes I am eating. I know I’m not 18 years old. Yes yes.
Nope I’m quitting BJJ for sure. No more running or dieting either. In fact I’m going to give up on enjoying life completely and develop an underachieving and self absorbed attitude just like everyone who thinks they know how to make my life “better”. Wish I’d kept my fat clothes…oh yeah, never had any.
I don’t think much of people who resort to the use of profanity. Guess that makes me a hypocrite.
I sometimes wonder if being injured isn’t a good thing. Why? Well, motivation i harder to come by when I am injured. The worrying and the pain takes mental energy to manage. Energy that is needed to re-tool my 
exercise regime to incorporate things that spare my shoulder. Being injured probably makes me tougher, providing I don’t let it get to me! Ha!
I went for a run tonight in the moonlight. The firefly’s are out. It was good to tear along the trails in the dark.
I’m going to move this blog towards a focus on BJJ and less on daily musings.
Daily musings, such as they are will be moved here.
Last night at Martial Arts Planet I watched Aidan work on side control in the No-Gi class. A transition to harvesting the near side arm. I spent most of the class on the side lines stretching and gently manipulating my shoulder.
Tonight, hopefully some in-line skating. I go back to physio on Thursday. No appreciable improvement so far.
You wake up, shower drive, meetings, computer stuff, drive, physio therapy, tortellini and tomato sauce, dishes, kiss kiss, bang bang…. blah blah.
Then someone nice gives you a call and is so positive that you smile.
Then you ask the boys if, on the off chance, they might consider contemplating, the possibility of riding my coveted Rocky Mountain race bike beside me while I run in the dark? Who am I kidding? They’re on their computers.
Then, I decide that bed is a better option, I get a drink, and Aidan brings in the dogs.
Now Aidan, to be fair, rides beside me a lot. he always has. But wait…
“What was that about a bike ride in the dark?”, Liam asks.
So we’re back. Ran 7.5km on dark trails and quiet streets. Liam rode and lit the way with my Petzl head lamp. And we talked.
Life is very very good.
The head of the humerus on my right side is rubbing on the socket. The physiotherapist at the Kingston Downtown Physiotherapy clinic gave me some exercises to do with my arm supported, some stretches, and they taped the shoulder to try and get the re-alignment started. I go back Tuesday to get re-evaluated. Chris Wellstood had some success with his shoulder at this clinic so I’m keeping my fingers (that still have some functionality) crossed. Kidding. Everything has healed on my hand albeit a bit crooked. Battle scars.
I want to be back on the BJJ mats as soon as possible but everyone is counselling patience. Yeah…When have I ever been patient?
Stopped by and picked up Annette from work for Starbucks before heading home. She had yoga so we had a quick latte.
Home now with a massive pile of laundry to fold. Then Aidan and I are going to play a little guitar then some “Reach Invasion” with Liam.
Want to run but I’m afraid all that sweat will peel off the shoulder tape so will take another rest (shite!) day.
This is my weapon of choice for tracking my runs. The screen displays 4 pieces of data live as I run and I have 3 screens. I leave elapsed time, current heart rate, distance run, and calories burned on the screen but there are many more optiond.
It’s a GPS, heart rate monitor and watch and it appears to be bombproof. I upload all the info to my laptop.
