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Stretching Into Summer

Summer is still a fortnight away, but I’m not ready for it. I’m a bit beat up. Spring sports – tennis & softball – have me nursing a painful Achilles tendinitis injury.

I’ve been doing everything I can to get it back in shape. Stretching exercises, lifts in my shoes, and wearing Skechers in the house. Still, it’s been a slow road. In the last month, I’ve missed 4 weeks of softball and 3 weeks of tennis. I’m less of an “athlete” than I’ve been since I retired 7 years ago.

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Still, I’ve been walking & cycling a good amount. I put almost 200 miles on the bike in the last month and despite a bit of limp, I’ve gotten in 8K+ steps a day, on average. That’s well below my usual number, but good for now.

Once I get better, I need to continue my daily stretching exercises. It’s easy to put them off, and then injury happens. You have to be diligent. As the Chinese proverb goes, the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, but the next best time is today.

Are you fighting any injuries as summer arrives?

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6 thoughts on “Stretching Into Summer”

  1. It’s winter in my part of the world. Was wondering why summer only starts in July for you… or is that because you’re close to Canada where summers are shorter? No injuries to report thankfully!

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    1. The summer solstice is 6/21 this year. That’s the official date, anyway. We start getting summer like weather around 6/1, but the stars haven’t made it official. Where are you at?

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      1. I’m over in Sydney which is enjoying winter temps of around 70F. I hopped on a 1920s vintage passenger train today with a bunch of railroad enthusiasts (I’m sure I met rain man) which ended up being a 9 hour odyssey. Recommend it!

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      2. Australia is on our bucket list for sure! We have some friends that suggested a couples trip there last year, but it looked like we were still ‘locked out’ from the CV19. Now I think everything is ‘open’ again, so we should get planning for 2024!

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      3. I’ll throw an extra shrimp on the barbie! When I was working for an American megacorp, I recall the SVP on her first visit ‘downunder’ rhetorically asking, “what’s going on here you guys, what’s the story, is everyone in Sydney on DRUGS? Everyone here keeps smiling and strangers have been randomly saying hi to me!”. I never really thought about it much until I had to go to the NYC office, where I found that saying hi to any stranger – including the bus driver – was quite a faux pas 😆

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      4. LOL – Yes, NYC not known for friendliness when you meet someone in public. I have a friend from there who says it is very common to say “they are nice once you get to know them.” I think it is so crowded, people just wear some kind of social armor.

        Where I live, in the state of Minnesota, we are known for what is called “Minnesota nice”. In the Midwest, you’ll find everybody wants to talk and learn about where you’re from.

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