I like to run at sunset, but that's now so early I'm still full from lunch. Winter's timing is appalling.
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running (6 out of 6)
- Started running again.
- Helped with getting WebSub to CR and AS2 and Micropub to PR.
- Had a couple of days of mini-meltdown thesis-panic low productivity and oversleeping.
- Did my US federal taxes.
- Finished integrating Social Web Protocols into a draft of chapter 5.
- Finished a fairly large overhaul of Social Web Protocols.
I love wearing a facemask. Keeps my nose cosy and warm (important in Scotland), and nobody can recognise me! Bonus: went running by the canal the other day and didn't swallow a single midge.
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The good thing about being unfit is that when I do manage to get out for a run 15 mins / 1 mile is enough for the same physical release and seratonin hit that I needed to run 45 mins / 5 miles for when I was in practice. Way more time efficient.
Week in review: 10 - 16 April
Taking mobility for granted
On Monday evening my left knee started being painful, and very gradually has got worse over the past couple of days. I now can't use stairs comfortably in either direction, and sloping ground is starting to cause problems too.
It hasn't taken much for me to realise how much I take good mobility for granted. I feel hugely guilty whenever I've stepped in a lift to travel one or two floors today, and keep forgetting and skipping at stairs like I usually would; one step is enough to remind me that that way lies only pain. I'm distressed that I'm unlikely to be able to run this week.
Other inconveniences include having to remember not to sit with my legs folded under or beside me or crossed over like I usually do, and tying my shoelaces and picking things up from the floor being more difficult.
I'm not in that much pain, and it's all pretty minor really, and it'll probably be gone soon, but even this is having an impact on going about my day. I'm really posting this to remind myself, and anyone reading, to take more time to imagine life in this ableist world for people with more severe or long term mobility issues.
(Yes Mum, I've made a doctor's appointment).
3.81 miles, gps on runkeeper: first run since I've been back in Edinburgh. Might make sunset runs a thing.
