Had a decent walk today.

By Vince Higgins · Nov 14, 2020 · ·
  1. I had a heart attack in 2008. I had gotten quite fat, and did not get much exercise. I have had a bicycle most of my life. In 2006 I got a nice one because an opportunity arose for me to commute to work easily by bike. By 2008 I was riding ten miles comfortably, and had lost thirty pounds when it happened, while I was riding the bike.

    A passer by saw me and called 911.

    When I came too, I felt much better than I had in weeks. I was getting tired, and having heart burn. I was back to work in two weeks. Back on the bike in three. The docs tell me that the exersize I had been doing greatly improved my outcome. By 2012 I was doing sixty mile rides in five hours, and have done a few over 100.

    The last year has had many health challenges. A broken bone six months ago has taken me mostly off the bike. I broke a foot riding it. I can ride, and I recently did some hills, but find that I am getting skittish about breaking another bone at my age. I can't handle a stationary. I get too bored. Music helps.

    Lately I have taken to keeping in shape by walking, and fortunately there are hills nearby to make them pretty cardio. Now I am nursing a blister, so the walk was short. The last two days have been almost entirely on pavement. I am nervous about twisting an ankle on the back country trails. Kinda sucks. Looking at walking sticks, kind of like ski poles, for better traction, especially down hill. The blister developed on a spot the shoe rubs going down too.

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Comments

  1. Malisky
    That's a fine view. Sometimes I wish I lived somewhere more isolated too, in a greener environment. I'd be more motivated going for a walk for the sake of simply strolling, through a scenery of natural beauty and fresher air... and less people.
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  2. jim onion
    May your good health continue. I need to start getting in shape myself.
  3. Vince Higgins
    Where I live is not very isolated. Out of the frame to both sides of the image is very developed. Much of where I go hiking would have been developed were it not for public pressure. The arrow in this image I just added above (i cannot put it in the comment) shows the direction the view was taken in. Hand in hand with xenophilia is a lifelong fascination with geography and I frequently use this digital 3d globe to research my writing.
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