5 x 150m hills on pavement

At my parent's house and did a workout Friday on the hill that I've done many times before.  The hill is not as steep as Roark's cove but it generally kicked my butt, even resting minutes in between, several minutes between #4 and #5.

Did a very minimal warmup and ran the first one slow.  The first one was a bit painful but all the others felt fine.  My final one was my fastest and the only one under 30 sec.

Stretches

5 x 150m hills on pavement ~ 29.6 - 33

As expected, the knee was sore on Saturday.   I probably won't run until at least Tues or Wed again, then decide whether I should race on Sunday 1/4.   Can't really cross train here unless I pay $15 to a professional gym.  Amazingly, none of The Villages rec centers have a rower or stairmaster.  

I'm sick, feverish at night, chest cough.  Tested neg for covid on Sat.  Was exposed on my flight on Wed night.  Maybe test again Sunday.   

It's been a bit stressful being here with my parents, while being sick, and out of my low stress element on the mountain.   I need to go to my mother's Drs appointment with her at 10:30am Monday.  I'm flying out soon afterward.   Airport is 70 min away and boarding will probably close about 1:15 pm.  Cutting it real close.  I have a backup flight on Wed if I miss this one.  (I will lose the $ for one of these). It's been tough to help my parents, my dad is incapable of really doing anything on the internet, both have memory problems, and my mother is suffering from spinal stenosis but keeps soldiering on, doing all the shopping, housework, cooking and serving my father.  I'm always amazed that my dad questions my ability to 'find my way around' and find information, seemingly oblivious to the www, needlessly obsesses about small insignificant details.   (I speak a bit freely here because I know my dad could never find my blog on the internet. Not kidding).

I took them out to dinner and I'm happy to have them together and celebrating their 66th anniversary.   End of life stuff is going to be tough.  But, I'd be happy to be in the physical shape my father is in at almost 86, despite his sedentarianism.  His longevity is amazing considering he eats sweets, chemical laden drinks, artificial sweeteners, low diversity of food, tons of animal fat, very little vegetables, nothing really healthy, carbs, low quality baked goods like cookies and pies from the supermarket.  He'll probably live longer than me.  

I am eating less and I'm probably quite light, around 140.  

66th anniversary