[Monday and Saturday: 3 miles]
My running mileage is kind of low for this past week. I’ve been slowly recovering from my maximum effort on the 12th at the Iowa Senior Games. I guess that means I really try my best!
I actually think my strategy for the 200 M race could use some work, so I’m hopeing to eventually get to try that one again. And my starting block technique needs some work. And I’m hauling a lot more weight than I should be… So stay tuned.
I’ve been enjoying my work these days. They tell us we will probably be back in the office in August sometime.
The Iowa State Fair is in August too! And after my 2 year anniversary at my job, I’ll be moving to 10 vacation days per year!
This fall we plan to go to NYC where my wife will run in the New York City Marathon. I think that is in October.
I’ve also been enjoying wearing my contact lenses for the last 6 weeks or so. I have skipped a couple of days but not many. I have a selection of drug-store reading glasses that I can choose from for computer work and for reading. I feel like my eyes are focusing better, they definitely get a better workout than when using my progressive eyeglasses. With the glasses I am always tilting my head to get the best focus. That probably gives me good motor skill with my neck muscles but my eye focusing muscles don’t need to work at all. With contacts and the fixed focus reading glasses I have to do some of the zoom in/out with the old eye muscles.
It could be my imagination, but I think that is helping.
I once worked a short time on a computer gig at a home-based business. This guy had three computers in a room of his house (I think it was), where people worked to match trucking loads with available truckers. Anyway, he had some eye exercise gizmos that he used which he claimed helped keep his eyes in good condition. He was not enthusiastic about eyeglasses at all.
I didn’t wear glasses at all until I was in college, I was probably at least 20 years old. I was doing a lot of close work and my first glasses were actually bi-focals. Later I had single-lens glasses and was able to do that for a long time. Then I went to progressive lenses.