I crawled on hands and knees once, took a long time to get on stand. It was still, frozen and 5 degrees. Took so long I almost didn't beat daylight, as soon as the lights came on 3 deer stood not 25 yards away, they never knew I was there. Took the biggest. The land is flat for miles and miles dotted by wood lots, deer always know what's going on. Only hill here is made out of trash, the landfill.
A lot of acorns in Meigs there not white oak but still plenty
best race I ever ran was a 15K in air temp of 18 and wind chill of -6. By the end, I had gotten so hot at my core that I had my shirt unzipped and sleeves pushed up above my elbows. But my forearms and hands got so numb that when I tried to wipe away the snot running down my face it was like slapping myself in the face with a frozen salmon.
I just hate running, period
I hate running, but it's the one thing I can do to keep from getting old fast. And when I run, I love running in the cold. The colder the better. I have yet to find weather too cold to run in. All my best race times have been in January, February and March. If all you can think about is how cold you are, you don't have time to think about how tired you're getting.
In races, I'm finally getting competitive in my age-class. Because I'm almost the only person in my age-class! Seems 60 is the cut-off point for most runners. Surprisingly, Men 50-54 and 55-59 are extremely competitive age-classes. I guess because so many guys get into running at that age to fight off the aging process. But by 60, everyone has dropping out.
He runs a couple miles every other day. My goal is to get him in good enough shape that he can run a 5K.
Tore my ACL and MCL in football and meniscus a couple yrs later being stupid. Had surgery on both. Competitive weight lifter in HS and college, my knees were shot. I got some PRP therapy injections several yrs ago and have been doing " Knees over Toes " therapy and my knees are great . I pull a weighted sled backwards at least 5 days a week , it is a great way to improve knee mobility and stop pain. I'm too dumb to explain it but the book tells you why it works . You can even start off by just walking backwards .
