Pentagenarians & Beyond: May 11, 2025
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Traildoggie
Cathlete
Good morning. we rode the regular trail this morning for 15 miles. took a little longer because we are paying close attention to the population of common mergansers. found two again this morning, sitting on gravel bars one on a creek another on the river. assume they have nests nearby.
on the way back to our car I was riding along an area of trees and shrubs about 12 mph when a deer nose came out of the bushes. i heard his hooves dig in, he rocketed across the trail in front of me. i didnt have any time to react. not sure how far in front of me he was, maybe 6-8 feet? not much. did not have a chance to brake, he was in front and on the other side in 2 leaps. scared the crap out of me after i realized how close it was. i would have definitely come up the loser in a collision. a deer ran in front of me once a long time ago but nothing like how close this was.
DH is having problems with his knee so tomorrow cant come soon enough to see orthopedics.
diane sue I hope Im not repeating myself here. for the back pain try lidocaine patches. OTC and go right on the sore spot. i use one on my low back when it hurts. . if your pain is higher up you will need DH to put one on for you. I use is Salonpas from costco. about $15 for a box patches. they are sticky and floppy and peel on and off and come in at least 2 sizes. i have trouble with waistband of pants peeling it off. they help a lot, stay on for 8 hours.
on the way back to our car I was riding along an area of trees and shrubs about 12 mph when a deer nose came out of the bushes. i heard his hooves dig in, he rocketed across the trail in front of me. i didnt have any time to react. not sure how far in front of me he was, maybe 6-8 feet? not much. did not have a chance to brake, he was in front and on the other side in 2 leaps. scared the crap out of me after i realized how close it was. i would have definitely come up the loser in a collision. a deer ran in front of me once a long time ago but nothing like how close this was.
DH is having problems with his knee so tomorrow cant come soon enough to see orthopedics.
diane sue I hope Im not repeating myself here. for the back pain try lidocaine patches. OTC and go right on the sore spot. i use one on my low back when it hurts. . if your pain is higher up you will need DH to put one on for you. I use is Salonpas from costco. about $15 for a box patches. they are sticky and floppy and peel on and off and come in at least 2 sizes. i have trouble with waistband of pants peeling it off. they help a lot, stay on for 8 hours.
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irongrl
Cathlete
I spent today recovering from my 8 hour shift at Home Depot yesterday. I did a short Peloton ride and Restorative Yoga.
Carolyn-Nice job with Jane Adams Gentle Yoga, Morning Energy Practice. I hope you had a very nice Mother's Day.
Valerie-Nice job on your trail ride this morning. I'm sorry about your husband's knee.
We stopped using Open Office a while ago. We installed Office 2021 on all of our computers but if Microsoft forces Office to become subscription only we will switch to LibreOffice, which seems to be a newer version of OpenOffice. I installed LibreOffice on my laptop to see how it worked with excel files and I didn't have any issues going back and forth between the programs.
Hi to Diane Sue, Cathy & Shannon
Carolyn-Nice job with Jane Adams Gentle Yoga, Morning Energy Practice. I hope you had a very nice Mother's Day.
Valerie-Nice job on your trail ride this morning. I'm sorry about your husband's knee.
We stopped using Open Office a while ago. We installed Office 2021 on all of our computers but if Microsoft forces Office to become subscription only we will switch to LibreOffice, which seems to be a newer version of OpenOffice. I installed LibreOffice on my laptop to see how it worked with excel files and I didn't have any issues going back and forth between the programs.
Hi to Diane Sue, Cathy & Shannon
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Traildoggie
Cathlete
Judy i downloaded open office because i need a word processor program occasionally for simple things. what im looking for is a way to alphabetize a list. ive been looking for 'sort" and anything that will organize things in A to Z way. I used to use WordPerfect and never learned Word or Office and dont want to start now. there must be a function like that but i don't see it. if you happen to know offhand what i should look for that would be great. if you don't, don't worry, i can sort things myself. not trying to give you extra work to do here.
SRP
Cathlete
Good morning, everyone. Saturday I did a power walk followed by yard work, dog walks and walking around during a family gathering … my legs were totally worn out. Sunday I was a couch potato, still tired from Saturday. I have been trying to do power walks on the weekend as something different for my cardio. It’s a good workout, but it’s just not working for me. I need to go first thing in the morning in order to beat the traffic, because we don’t have sidewalks out here. I am finding that the impact and fast, repetitive motion tires my feet and knees too much, since I have to do yard work and house work on the weekend. So I guess I’ll go back to my regular DVD cardio.
Carolyn – it’s been chilly and rainy here too. In fact, it’s raining as I type this. Suits me fine. I don’t want summer to come, LOL. Nice work with your yoga.
Valerie – I had to google what a merganser looks like. It’s a very striking duck, isn’t it? Whew, you are so lucky to have missed that deer! Did you have to stop to calm down after the fact? I would have. I’m sorry about DH’s knee. I sure hope the doc has a solution.
Judy – I’m glad you had some nice recovery time after your long day at Home Depot.
Hello to Diane and Cathy.
Carolyn – it’s been chilly and rainy here too. In fact, it’s raining as I type this. Suits me fine. I don’t want summer to come, LOL. Nice work with your yoga.
Valerie – I had to google what a merganser looks like. It’s a very striking duck, isn’t it? Whew, you are so lucky to have missed that deer! Did you have to stop to calm down after the fact? I would have. I’m sorry about DH’s knee. I sure hope the doc has a solution.
Judy – I’m glad you had some nice recovery time after your long day at Home Depot.
Hello to Diane and Cathy.
Traildoggie
Cathlete
Shannon i actually didn't stop. it happened so fast I didnt miss a single pedal stroke. there was this flash of a deer head in front of me, very close, and it was gone. i heard the hooves jamming into the asphalt. DH was behind shouting if I was OK. looked like a collision would happen and then it didn't. good thing for me deer are very fast. hard braking would have sent me over the bars.
DH pulled up next to me, rode to where we usually stop in half a mile. it was too close to even react. never got that awful anxious sense of a near miss. the trail has some very lumpy sections because of roots buckling the asphalt so instead of being on the right I was on the left which is where the deer launched from.
there are several kinds of mergansers. common, red breasted, and hooded in the US. all look quite different. these are common ones. they hang out on freshwater like rivers and streams.
walking does get tiring. i cant do distance as I used to so what I do is make the lesser distance more intense with uphill.
we rode a lot this past week and are taking today off. been chilly and rainy here yesterday especially. we work around the rainy spells. will do upper body later today.
DH pulled up next to me, rode to where we usually stop in half a mile. it was too close to even react. never got that awful anxious sense of a near miss. the trail has some very lumpy sections because of roots buckling the asphalt so instead of being on the right I was on the left which is where the deer launched from.
there are several kinds of mergansers. common, red breasted, and hooded in the US. all look quite different. these are common ones. they hang out on freshwater like rivers and streams.
walking does get tiring. i cant do distance as I used to so what I do is make the lesser distance more intense with uphill.
we rode a lot this past week and are taking today off. been chilly and rainy here yesterday especially. we work around the rainy spells. will do upper body later today.
Today I did JS HiiT Walk for 30 minutes, 212 calories burned, average heart rate 136, and maximum heart rate 169. I didn’t sleep well last night and was really dragging this morning.
Valerie, nice job with your usual ride, but that deer incident sounds scary.
Judy, taking time to recover from the 8 hour shift sounds like a good idea. You probably walked a lot too.
Shannon, nice job with your weekend walking.
Hello to Diane Sue and Cathy.
Valerie, nice job with your usual ride, but that deer incident sounds scary.
Judy, taking time to recover from the 8 hour shift sounds like a good idea. You probably walked a lot too.
Shannon, nice job with your weekend walking.
Hello to Diane Sue and Cathy.
SRP
Cathlete
Good morning, ladies. Yesterday I did LMR Total Body. It’s a good workout. I also had a video call with the team who is going to Africa. We leave in about a month. We fly out of Newark … I sure hope they have all their issues worked out before we go.
Valerie – I sure am glad you’re okay after the event with the deer. Regular walking is still fine for me, like when I just take a normal road walk for the fun of it. It’s the power walking that gets me, and I usually don’t feel it until after I get back. I hope you enjoyed your rest day.
Carolyn – I’m sorry you didn’t sleep the other night. I hope last night was better. Good job on getting your workout in, even though you were tired.
Hello to Diane, Judy and Cathy.
Valerie – I sure am glad you’re okay after the event with the deer. Regular walking is still fine for me, like when I just take a normal road walk for the fun of it. It’s the power walking that gets me, and I usually don’t feel it until after I get back. I hope you enjoyed your rest day.
Carolyn – I’m sorry you didn’t sleep the other night. I hope last night was better. Good job on getting your workout in, even though you were tired.
Hello to Diane, Judy and Cathy.
irongrl
Cathlete
Yesterday I did a 30-minute Peloton ride and 10 minutes of ab work. This morning I did 45 minutes of Yin Yoga. My left hip, knee and low back are really bothering me so I may make this an active rest week. I probably need to go to the chiropractor too.
Shannon-Great job with your Power walks, all the other walking you did over the weekend and LMR Total Body.
Carolyn-Great job with JS HiiT Walk. I’m sorry about the sleep. Yes, I did a lot of walking at work on Saturday.
Valerie-That deer incident sounds frightening.
Hi to Diane Sue and Cathy
Shannon-Great job with your Power walks, all the other walking you did over the weekend and LMR Total Body.
Carolyn-Great job with JS HiiT Walk. I’m sorry about the sleep. Yes, I did a lot of walking at work on Saturday.
Valerie-That deer incident sounds frightening.
Hi to Diane Sue and Cathy
This morning I did Ramped Up Upper Body. My time was 55 minutes and 183 calories burned, average heart rate 110, and maximum heart rate 147. I did rest better.
Shannon, nice job with LMR Total Body. I agree that it’s a good workout. Your upcoming trip sounds interesting. I hope that the airport in Newark has worked through some of it’s problems by then.
Judy, great job with the Peloton ride, Ab work, and Yin Yoga. I’m sorry that you are having pain.
Hello to Valerie, Diane Sue, and Cathy.
Shannon, nice job with LMR Total Body. I agree that it’s a good workout. Your upcoming trip sounds interesting. I hope that the airport in Newark has worked through some of it’s problems by then.
Judy, great job with the Peloton ride, Ab work, and Yin Yoga. I’m sorry that you are having pain.
Hello to Valerie, Diane Sue, and Cathy.
Peaceful Rainbow
Cathlete
Popping in to say hi! I got to Derek's yesterday. It was so nasty hot when I arrived! 99 degrees. Nick is hotter today and tomorrow, but yesterday in Bismarck! will be my hottest day. Got in some good hikes in Marquette. I even decided to try to do the trail along Dead River Falls. And the use of the word trail is used loosely. It gets used quite a bit, but it's not an officially maintained area like the other places I go there. Basically you for a good portion of it, you figure out your own way. Including steep hillsides that are nothing but roots. It's crazy. And it used to be that you went over 4 tree branches that someone had laid down side by side to cross over a small inlet to get over and continue along the river, but they had moved apart, so I had to work my way down and cross on a fallen tree that was maybe 15-18" across. My biggest drawback in short legs. I told Derek it was either brave or stupid. At the point where I'd gotten past all the falls, and in spring they are very cool, sat to rest by a pond area at the top, and contemplating the return I was totally thinking stupid, because I was going to have to go back down that rooted hillside. LOL But, part way back I noticed that away from the river if you went down a hillside that was mostly just hill, there was a gully at the bottom and I followed that till I had to go up again, and then I'm standing up there contemplating my life choices and looked down to realize that I could see the fallen tree, and while it was very narrow and right along the river, a path that meant I had to deal with less rooted downhill. Turned out to be quite the adrenaline rush. LOL Minnesota Zoo is very good and it was hot! that was my first hot day. I had gotten in before 10 and was done by 1:30, so missed the worst of the heat. Definitely want to go back. Today we drove a couple hours to the Theodore Roosevelt National Park and did the drive there. Amazing landscape and the prairie dog towns are so fun! Saw quite a few bison, though no large herds. Had a couple along the road, but managed to get past them, helps that it's spring and not mating season, but we were definitely being careful. Saw some pronghorn, but they were along I-94 during the drive. Going to his zoo here tomorrow. Friday I head down to Nick's. I've gotten in a few workouts, and after my day and a half of hiking various places around Marquette I didn't think my legs were ever going to forgive me, but by the next day they were okay. Given how much they were complaining that night, I was really surprised.
And Derek is famous now. He was on the local TV channel for their monthly zoo spot. https://www.kxnet.com/studio701/zoo-news/baby-bison-arrive-at-the-dakota-zoo/
And Derek is famous now. He was on the local TV channel for their monthly zoo spot. https://www.kxnet.com/studio701/zoo-news/baby-bison-arrive-at-the-dakota-zoo/