The hike.

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Good, bad, ugly.  All three in it.  The bad is that I was only on the trail for about an half hour.  I had hoped to do a two hour run today.  It wasn't the rain, or wind, both of which came and went though lightly.  It was when I got to a point, and right above my head, not a thousand feet, thunder clapped loudly enough for me to... well... take notice.  All I could think was... I AM awake now... if I hadn't been before?  Well, there is awake and then there is AWAKE.  Yeah, so, I called it and headed back.  Actually, that is the ugly and the bad.  The good?  The first time I did that path, I made it, barely, half to three quarters the distance I made it today.  The second time on the path I nearly made it the same distance, only stopping to rest in the shaded area.  It was rather sunny that last time.  What is good about that?  Well, both of those hikes took between an hour and an half and two hours.  This time I made the distance in about fifteen minutes.  No sit breaks, though I stopped for water twice on the way up and then when I got there, none on the way back.  It took about ten minutes to return.  I probably spend a minute at my stop point.  I figure it is probably a mile up and back, a two mile hike is what I did. 

Yes, I know that is still gimp.  It is what I have, where I am, what I am starting with.  I can't change that.  But the improvement is... remarkable.  Yes, there is a mild incline up.  Not huge, but sometimes a bit of a hump.  And, yes, I had my pack and water with me.  So, it is all apples to apples.  It was much cooler, being overcast and slightly wet.  That might be a part of it, but certainly not all of it.  Yeah, I am improving.  I have a very long way to go.  One step at a time.  I am hoping, by this fall, to begin 50 yard windsprints.  If I can keep some of it going, by spring doing 100 yard sprints.  I won't ever do the 440, definitely not the 880 again, but shorter sprints I might be able to do.  A set of ten, and that will be that.  Timed, so I can see if I am improving.  But... not yet.  Fall, maybe.

Oh, I won't be taking the Christmas lights down today.  Too wet, with an outlook of more wet at any moment.  But I will dig back into the living room, at least a bit.  I did buy some bits that might allow me to create a shelf.  I'd like to do that first thing.  If it works out, I can remove the junk floor-based shelving, or the rest of it, and then move everything for vacuuming.  I am still hoping to lift weights tonight, though no promises.  When I finish up, a shower would be good, maybe a bath too if I can work that in.  That would allow me to just tinker tomorrow. 

I am actually starting to feel like doing something, if my body is now starting to want to find an good point to wrap things up.  You know how it goes.  I'll see what else I can do.  I didn't take a nap, so wouldn't mind doing that if need be, and then just working whenever I get back up.  My friend called.  I told him I'd be in town about 16:00, if he wanted to get out.  He did.  But when I called him, after finishing early for the above reasons, he was already out.  All good, one to three fewer thing for me to do.  Well... back to it.  Nah, a bit of a break, and something cold to drink.  Ugh.