walking

 

Easter Sunday I walked a 3800m loop over Mt. Tolmie and thru the University of Victoria back home

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I put the DJImini 2 up from the mountain side and looked at the construction on Glastonbury Rd.

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This walk gets more enervating each time I walk it.

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Maybe my mountain climbing days are over.

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Anyway, it certainly is wonderful weather for outdoor activities at 13°C (55°F).

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Jesus Christ is risen! Amen.

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N.B. Today's 2009 image is of the younger, 72 year old Bill who has enjoyed an active life in good health — and still at it! 

Tuesday morning I walked a 3km loop over Mt. Tolmie.

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My slower pace going up The Grind gave me a heart-rate of 110bpm

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Going up Glastonbury, there was a large flatbed truck parked in the construction site driveway.

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I know what you're thinking: who cares? Right.

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The photo does prove I was there, on what date and time.

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I came back down Glstonbury to shorten my enervating walk.

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Tuesday I walked up The Grind and over Mt. Tolmie on my 3800m loop.

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The Grind for the uniitiated is Glastonbury Rd. hill.

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Anyone who who thinks it's NOT a grind has never walked up it without stopping.

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I do this steep walk to keep in line with my cardiologist's admonition to: “Get out twice a week and get your heartbeat up to 120bpm for twenty minutes.”

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But not everyone does what their doctor tells them.

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It's a real privilege to have this cardio walk right in our backyard — 80m to the trailhead.

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Today's photo was taken in Finnerty Gardens.

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Sunday morning I cycled the 31km loop along the Victoria Seaside Cycling Route.

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Starting out from home, it was up and through Uplands and past Willows Beach to Ross Bay.

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After completing the Dallas Road Cycling Paths it was past the Parliament Buildings and across the Johnson Street Bridge.

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Once on the Galloping Goose Trail and across Selkirk Trestle it was up to the Switch Bridge and the Lochside Trail connector to McKenzie Avenue.

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There were hearty individuals swimming in the icy waters at Ross Bay which was a unique sight for me.

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Cattle Point has an iconic monument I've not seen before. It's a large stone sculpture honouring Staqeya, the lone wolf of Discovery Island.

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Thursday, I cycled to Cadboro Bay from home via UVic House#4 and Hobbs Roads single-track. This was my first ride since spending two-weeks in hospital whci started January 1st 2024. It's been along road back to health but I'm getting there with God's Help. Amen.

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I hiked a 3800m loop, clockwise through University of Victoria and over Mt. Tolmie.

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It was a beaautiful, sunny morning at a balmy 8°C (46°F).

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This was my first walk without a walking stick since leaving hospital two months ago.

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I'm a little shaky but didn't fall down.

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My left leg rectus femoris has experienced a numbness since my illness. The leg control is still functional but limited by the numbness on the muscle's surface.

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It's almost like the symptoms from a stroke.

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The rectus femoris muscle is one of the four quadriceps muscles that sits in the middle of the front of the thigh. The rectus femoris attaches from the pelvis to just below the knee (on the patellar tendon). It is responsible for knee extension and hip flexion.

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Hiked 2200m loop up Kingsberry trail and over Mt. Tolmie

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With the wife's ill health I didn't want her left alone too long so my 3800m loop has been shortened.

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The property under construction at 1765 Glastonbury is proceeding as it should.

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We ahve pictures-to-prove-it.

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I saw what was thought to be a glacial erratic until a drill hole was dicovered it.

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Either way it presents an anomoly due to its location.

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Saturday morning I walked our 3800m, clockwise, route over Mt. Tolmie and University of Victoria grounds.

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It was a beautiful, sunny morning with a stiff wind.

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Anyone dressed for the weather could only enjoy it!

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All the local paths I walk are muddy. Many even have ankle-deep, standing water on them.

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Don't believe everything reported regarding the weather: There's no drought conditions where I walk (off pavement) and this is the coldest (not warmer) late-February and March temperatures I've experienced in Victoria over the past 87 years here.

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