RE: Capturing the Light
Yes I do walk a lot it’s not surprising I feel it in my knees now I smashed bit kneecaps badly at 19 and was told I would need surgery and may never be able to run again during my basic training I snuck out 3 days later and did the Battle Fitness test a 10 mile run march with full kit and then an obstacle course passed the test but probably messed up my knees more and was carried back to the hospital as once I finished and sat down I could not stand back up
Never did the surgery but built myself up and did probably 10 more marathons and 3 triathlons before getting married and having kids slowed me down I loved bed running from about 14 I used to run on average 10 to 15 miles every day and during off season of Rugby and Soccer I used to do one long run on weekends of about 4 hours but never tracked how far it was.
and now my knees just won’t let me run anymore 😂
Yes walking is good for stopping and seeing the sights of course
Dude!! You were impressive. Fact is, you still are, but, holy guacamole! Way back when? You were unstoppable. Although, somebody should have!
Oh, wait! They did try that and it didn't work. Sometimes you hardheads just do more to prove that you can. Well, you did, in fact! LOL I am amazed that you still carried on after all of that and that you never were forced to get the knee surgery, (I say forced as in your body didn't break down to the point of walk or no walk)
Oh, I bow down to those knees! They have endured more than a mere mortal should ever be able to contend with!
Walking is good for stopping and seeing the sights! Yes!
For the most part my knees are kind to me if I am kind to them and these days I am good to them
I don’t know what drove me to run back then I know initially it was training for Rugby but even when I stopped playing I kept running I know I thought running was ok just for exercise since no one tackles runners
Sure they needed ice after a long run but we needed ice anyway to keep the beer cool 😎
The only time I feel my knees fir the most part is I I get down on my knees to get a low shot for a photo some days getting back up is tough but I manage
Oh, yes!!! That is a hard one! I have seen many photographers barely crawling up and believe it or not, half your age. Not that you are old or anything.... Looks innocently away
Oh, don't you sound just like a typical man. I need ice to keep the beer cool. Aha! Yes. That!
I am glad that your knees are still good to you and just know that there are things that you avoid doing to not irritate them. :)
I hope you have hopped the train already and headed East!
Yes on the train now been so busy this week lunches have been short so sneaking out to catch the 4pm train 🚂 so in Ct already and nit to many stops till home 🏡
Do you get more than 20 minutes? Oh, I want your job!!!
thats about the time i spend for lunch most days, not that I have to just because I am not one for long lunches , I sometimes go for a walk after lunch but always way less than an hur
I used to sit down for lunch and get paged before I could take a bite. So I started skipping lunch for a long time.
Then I found BALANCE!!!
I am telling you! It cures all!
I can relate when I was in Rwanda for a new mission, the previous closed but the radio network that was supported initially by about 12 techs, plus the other networks we had all remained, but for the first 6 weeks there was me and two local staff, I left the hotel at 4:30 in the morning, and normally got back tot he hotel at night after the kitchen closed around 11 at night, I would grab a snickers bar and a couple of beers, well sometimes more than a couple, eat the snickers, drink the beers and crash, I didnt even realise I was that bad till the Secretaries dobbed me in to the boss of the mission, and they realized all I had eaten was Coke, Beer and a snickers a day with a lunch on Sundays , I had to report to the office and go with one of the secretaries for lunch from then on in as they were worried about me, not healthy I know but what I had to do at the time, it took me ages ot build up my appetite again, LUlu and Mark felt bad and I lonly found this out recently eating big meals when I ate so little when they came to Bosnia when we first got togreher, that they also ate small meals when I was there, and would wait for me to crash and then have another meal LOL
EDIT WOW there I go again totally off at a tangent LOL
Ohh and I forgot Of course your weren’t saying I’m old just like a good wine I am well matured lol
Yes!!! The early train isn't as slow! Good for you!! Sneaking out! Oh, thief!!!
Oh, never too old unless you turned to vinegar! LOL
LOL Yeah I was in early well I am always in early do I do not feel bad sneaking out early these days
Me neither! And I think that saving up your lifetimeof sick time is ridiculous too!
Our sick leave never used to roll over, and for my first probably 20 years I never used a day of it, well no I took 2 when I broke my ankle, but i just found out 2 years ago you could use them as personal days as well as uncertified sick days I started using them all each year