5K Friday!

Church Point (named because you could see the steeple of the Catholic Church from anywhere in the town) held a 5K to raise money for SIDS research. The timing of this race coincided with when I wanted to walker 3 miles anyway, plus I have some dear colleagues whose baby died from SIDS very soon after I went into the hospital, plus I love Church Point because it was the first place Liam and I went to "Courir de Mardi Gras", so it was perfect. The couple that put it on were super nice, and when I arrived they knew who I was and treated me like gold. Liam ran his first 5K, I think his official time was 1:05.25, but looking back on it I think it was quicker because I know he ran the whole way, so I might have that wrong. My official time was 2:11.0, which includes time subtracted for an urgent bathroom break. BUT it was great to be out there again, and I had the sweetest lady that decided to walk with me, and then a bunch of kids met me at about mile 2.5 and walked the rest of the way with me. I don't have the pics yet, sorry! I'm eternally grateful to all of them, and I'll definitely do this one next year too!

The other side to this is that my personal goal was that once I reached 3 miles, I would start using the cane instead of the walker. This is going to make me MUCH slower but I'm going to try it.

All my focus right now is on strengthening my super weak hip flexors, right ankle, and core. I'm also doing a lot of finger strengthening exercises constantly, so if you see me doing weird stuff, just go with it!
The AWESOME thing this week is that I'm starting to feel a bit more! I've been walking to the neighbors barefoot on gravelly blacktop to try to stimulate some feeling, and I'm either lucky or it must have worked because it Hurts to do that now! And I can feel if I have socks on, or if something's in my shoe...these are all good things ya'll!

My awesome neighbors are giving me their exercise bike and elliptical, so I'll be able to do more workouts at home. I'm ready to start looking for a road bike again. I don't have the money right now but I want to begin practicing on my rollers, so now's as good as a time as any! (YES rollers, they really are that safe if you do it right!)

I'm planting a vegetable garden, I've been cooking, and we've been going to the library more.  I've been attending meetings with BikeLafayette and the Lafayette Consolidated Government bicycling subcommittee. Plus there's therapy and job hunting and the mounds of paperwork ones has to fill out in my position, which barely is leaving me any time to work on my business. BUT it's coming along! And I have some leads to some minor stuff with the vet school and a local vet too.

SO life's been worse, I've been chill, ya'll have a good weekend!