This Week

Monday started with a thirty-five-minute sprint on the basement bicycle! I didn’t have much time so I just pushed it as hard as I could for the whole time. I was sweating buckets in no time.

Tuesday FGB and I got outside and did a twenty-one-mile bike ride in an hour and forty minutes. FGB did really well. A persistent canine from the week before chased us, but he kept his distance. He probably was remembering the sting of pepper spray he received when CK and I last rode. At about 18 miles into the ride we saw a big husky sitting ominously in the rode. FGB had to get to a drawing class that was starting in 15 minutes so we didn’t have time to back track. We were at the top of the hill, he was at the bottom so we decided to try and blow past him. I got the idea that If I just rode straight for him he might get out of the road as if I were a car. I got up to 25 MPH and headed straight for him. FGB was to my right and back about 10 yards. My plan worked he was startled by my aggression and darted off into the field. Unfortunately he sighted FGB coming up behind me and decided to take after him. I pulled out my can of Halt and prepared to loop back towards FGB all the while shouting for FGB to kick it up a notch. The dog growled and snarled at FGB’s heels which caused FGB to spring forward with a great burst of speed leaving the beast panting in the road. Another successful session of Indiana interval training.

Thursday was a Doc’s appointment and I will say this all is better then could be hoped for. I have been using a new nutritional supplement and feeling great. On top of feeling great my creatinine (not sure if I spelled that right) level has dropped from 2.7 to 2.4 not great but the first improvement I’ve seen. My blood pressure was down to 130/85 and the protein in my urine was down from 4 grams to 1.3 grams. I told my doc what I was using and he said, “I can’t argue with the results.” The protein levels dropping are probably from the medicine he has me on but he says it wouldn’t explain the drop in the creatinine level. I celebrated with a some Chinese food and about 30 minutes of hacky sacking with FGB.

Today Friday was sunny and beautiful. The wife desired some out door activity so we decided to head up to Pokagon and hike. The woods in the North had barely any greenery except for some grass and other plants on the forest floor and a few bushes that were beginning to green up, but the temp was 50 degrees the sun was shinning and we felt great. I strapped the now 25lb baby to my back and we headed out. We took a wrong turn early on and ended up doing a 1 mile loop back to the trailhead. We decided that this wasn’t enough so we set out again towards our original goal to walk a three-mile trail of an adjacent Forrest Preserve. The final total was about 6 miles in about three hours. I was raring for more. Since the weather is supposed to be nice again Saturday FGB and I are going to go for an AM ride and then after lunch will take the wife back up to Pokagon for a 3 or 4 mile hike. I love Spring and miss all of my IL friends and my CA friend.