Hello September.  Nice to see you, oh wait.  It's practically October.  Yep, practically October & I can't even tell you the last time I exercised.  Well, before last night.  Back in May I started running, but I must have forgotten in June, because well....I stopped!  I ran the Spring Lake Five, or shall I say, my friend Suzanne dragged my ass most of the way, but I still did it.  I think that was the last race I ran.  Oh wait, we did the George Sheehan in June.  Yeah, that sucked.  It was hot & we walked some.  Oh well.  What can you do?

So last night I went home & packed my gym bag & went to the gym.  I hadn't even noticed that my fancy food store like gym pass had fallen off my key ring.  Luckily they gave me a nice new one.  Lets see if I keep using it!

Now for some of you that don't know this, I had some ankle issues a few weeks back which required me to wear this hideous boot.  By far the ugliest piece of footwear I have ever worn.  It did the trick & my ankle seems better.  But I didn't get a lot of great news from the doctor.  His exact words were - that's an angry ankle.  No, that would be me doctor, the angry girl, with the bum ankle.

I have been a bit nervous about running on it.  I could tell from looking at the X-Ray that there was minimal, if any cartilage, left in the ankle joint.  At one point he said it was an ugly joint.  I take umbrage at that!  :)  Ugly is so...well mean!  But he's right & something tells me that all the pounding I have done over the years has taken its toll.

When I got to the gym I decided to take it easy & swim.  A quick half hour to get myself back into some type of workout plan.  Thankfully the pool was not crowded.  As I reached in my bag I grabbed a green swim cap.  Little did I realize til I got in the pool that it was the cap I had worn when I did the Alcatraz triathlon.  Wow.  I bet people were thinking....where'd she steal that hat?  That girl doesn't look like she could escape from anything.  Maybe she's a San Francisco seal lion.  Because that's what I looked like in my new suit.  Which by the way, fit on the bottom, but not on top.  Ugh...one size is too small & this new one is too big....except in the stomach.  Great.

I did feel like my old self (plus a few pounds) in the pool last night.  I think I will keep this up for a bit.  Maybe try jogging a bit tomorrow.  We are walking (thanks to my lousy ankle) in the Tunnel to Towers Run this weekend.  I hope the weather is nice.  I convinced Jerry's niece to do it with us this year.  I think that would make him very happy.

Thanks for reading!

Never Forget - Gerard Dewan - Ladder 3 - FDNY

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