Earbuds again? I hear you ask

[SueAppleRun]

This morning both our alarms went off at 7 am because Willow is children sitting and needs to leave about 8am

I was supposed to be at work at 8am but apparently we are so short staffed this evening it’ll benefit everyone if I work a late shift!! ooooo what shall I do with my morning then?

A browse round here leads me first to an old post Oldfloss wrote on the Strength and Flex site, please go and look over there, such good advice. But….. I’m sure I can’t stand on one leg for 15 seconds let alone do calf raises and squats one legged squats while doing so.

So then I found a post called run on….. by Instructor57 with a video link that I started and turned the sound up, then stood in front of the mirror admiring my tan and standing on one leg, wobbling about, I managed 10 seconds i the left and 7 on the right before having to lightly put my hand down, then squats on one leg then calf raises, now I’m nicely warmed up let’s get the ear buds out……

I’m not even going to write anything about them, yesterday they were a good buy, today a waste of money stupid stuttering bluetooth, and look even more like hearing aids than ever…..

So I went on my own, set the watch off, walked to the end of the road and ran, free and happy and hey, my breathing doesn’t sound too bad. It’s hot so I stuck to side roads mostly under the shade of a few trees, I planned 10 minutes out and 10 minutes back but at nearly 10 minutes I took a left turn and joined the main road to make a just about 20 minute loop.

As I reached home I had a minute to go so I crossed the square and into the park we never run in, stopped me and the watch, turned around, cross the square again, stepped onto the grass to let 2 children pass, both of whom said thank you which lifted my heart.

Kettle on, stretch, drink water while tea cools and come here to say thank you.

My feet, ankles and calves felt great, I will keep those up. I’ve always known I can’t balance on one leg but just maybe I can get a bit better at it! 😀

Now…..back to the earbuds,

The photo is the moon rising above the river on our dog walk the other night

[dijep Graduate10]

I love your photo , I tried to get a good picture on my dog walk last night, the moon looks so huge at the moment.I laughed reading about standing on one leg, I got through phases of practicing while cleaning my teeth, wash basin handy if you wobble. Also another good place off when you are stuck in the queue at the checkouts.

Hope it's not too hot for you today at work.

August moon above field

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to dijep]

What a lovely photo, thanks, I will persevere with the one legged thing and see if i can wobble less, I do squats while brushing my teeth, there’s only so long i can brush them for until I get bored. I’m not even sure what I will be doing at work today, all plans went out the window but I’m working with lovely people so it’ll be good 😊

[nowster Graduate10 in reply to dijep]

I was commenting on the moon illusion while out driving on Tuesday evening. I think it's the still-light sky combined with the moon that stays nearer the horizon for parts of the month at this time of year.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_...

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to nowster]

You are right, it’s beautiful out at night although only a little cooler

[Beachcomber66 Graduate10]

Hi you two! I have been through the one legged thing recently. You will improve if you keep trying. In a nutshell, I could stand on my left leg (my weaker leg) no problem at all. On my right I was as wobbly as a wobbly thing which is very wobbly indeed! It was a symptom of two things; first an injury to a tendon which runs along the inside of my foot (which caused pain in my foot arch) second my hip stability needed some work. I did rehab for the tendon, and threw in some clams and crab walks with varying strength small exercise bands for my hips. All much better now. The wobble creeps back in from time to time, but not much and not for long. Happy de-wobbling!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Beachcomber66]

Thank you so much, I will keep it up and see how i go, it wasn’t much good this morning but I was trying to put my hair up at the same time, interestingly my left leg is fine and that’s the one I broke years ago and the right was very wobbly.

[Beachcomber66 Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

Takes a while; weeks rather than days

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Beachcomber66]

Yes 👍 I’ll keep at it

[Sarararara Graduate10]

Can you post the link to Oldfloss ’ one-legged squat post please? Sounds like a fun challenge but I can’t find it.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Sarararara]

healthunlocked.com/strength...

[Sarararara Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Oooh loads! Thank you ♥️