Back to the scene of the crime

Today, exactly three weeks after my ankle "incident", Jana and I went back to Lake Chabot to tackle the inner loop the direction I wanted to do it back then. I also wanted to see if Miguel (the guy that carried my ass on his back for over a mile) would be there. He said he hikes that loop every morning. We tackled the 8.75 mile loop in 2:43. I was powering up the hills as much as I could. Someone commented on my last post about this and it makes total sense to me. Who knows, maybe I'll eventually be running the hills and walking the flats and down hill portions. That would be interesting. We never did spot Miguel. Maybe next time. I won't give up. I want to thank him again for what he did.


The day started off very cool and overcast. I have no idea what is up with our summer here in the bay area. It was about 60 degrees when we got there. It did clear up but I never took off my long sleeves. The dogs really enjoyed the cool air. Here are just a few pictures to share.

I'm actually looking forward to my Pilates class in the morning. And, get this - I'm going to swim laps again too!! I know! I can hardly believe it. For timing reasons this time, I'm going to swim first and then go to Pilates. I hope it will work out okay.

I have an appointment with Floyd tomorrow also. My ankle felt very good today. It feels better than it did before I sprained it three weeks ago. I have a lot more range of motion than I ever did after my last sprain in May. I still can't get over the fact that I ran a 50K in June with it the way it was. Pretty foolish, huh?

Until later.............