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so far, so good!

yesterday

- warm up
-- jump rope
-- mobility

- bouldering x 90 mins
not great, not terrible. it was crowded and i ran into a friend of my wife's who is a more advanced climber than i (up to v7 or so). consequently didn't spend as much time as i should working on technique on easy climbs. it's okay to have some harder stuff to work on but i'll get better, faster, if i focus on technique. in my defense, it has been a long-ass week.

- strength circuits x 2 each
-- A push up x 20
-- A TTB x 5
-- B pull up x 5
-- B fingerboard hang 3 x 5s

shoulders, back, and neck a little sore today, but it's hard to tell whether that's from climbing or all the general twisting and lifting and so on. and the stress, which i do a good job of minimizing but is definitely there in the background.

operation went "perfectly" according to the surgeon. crucially (no pun intended), she didn't have any meniscus damage to speak of, so she can start putting weight on the leg right away. means recovery will be much faster. i have to say, the whole experience this morning was really impressive: everything was smooth, everyone was professional and friendly, from the tech who put in the IV to the anesthesiologist to the people working at the information desk. surgery was scheduled for 7:30 and they got her in the OR at 7:28. with recovery time and post-op instructions and stuff, we were home by noon. she has been in pain since but not an unbearable level. the US health care "system" is insane and unjust on so many levels, but if you're lucky enough - as we are - to live in a big city and have good insurance, it's hard to imagine getting better care of this kind. i'm tired (got up at 4:00 this morning so we could get to the hospital two hours early) but happy things went well and that she's feeling okay now.

was able to get out for a short run this evening.

- run x ~5k, time ??
watch still not unpacked, lol. T+DI 154 but on the way home there was a little breeze and that helped.

dude i wish that thing had been around earlier, too! vertecs are so expensive and unwieldy. a suction-cup-mounted thing seems perfect.

- run 29:59, 5.31 km
just to get the juices flowing a little and be in the heat. T+DI 147.

there's been a weird tightness between my shoulder blades, up pretty high, for the past few days. not sure what that's about; doesn't feel like the knots i get headaches from. it does seem to be lessening.

wife's ACL is torn. i took her to get an MRI yesterday and the doc followed up today to confirm it. looks like she will be able to have surgery next week. she is understandably devastated: exercise in general and running in particular are very important to her and she suffers when she has to sit still. she sobbed when she got the news, and tbh i cried, too, right then and also later, by myself. it absolutely sucks, and the timing could almost not be worse. we're moving on saturday, we're trying to have a baby, we're supposed to go visit her family in south dakota for july 4th... fuck.

part of what sucks - a small part, relative to her being badly hurt and grieving - is losing, even if temporarily, my training buddy! getting excited about running, climbing, mountaineering, all of that stuff is out the window for now because even though i can still do them, i don't want to do them as much without her. it's a source of joy and intimacy for us. and i can't be sharing progress or making plans or anything because it'll make her feel bad. got to figure out what to do about that.

- tennis w/dad x 45 mins
early morning, was beautiful outside. (but don't worry vag, we'll catch up to you soon.)

- run 1:02:26, 9.62 km
not hot but humid. still have a crick in my neck but it'll go away soon.

yesterday was a little better with the bag, running to and from the gym without my laptop. i figured out how to cinch the side cords down and that helped. will give this a few more goes and then recommend or not. the bag design otherwise is good: lots of pockets, very comfortable materials. if i were buying it again i'd size down to a small from the medium i bought, just to be able to close the lower chest strap tighter, but it works as a medium. anyway i'll keep a running commentary (no pun intended).

yesterday

- run 33:40, 5.38km
so humid

- bouldering x 2 hours

- run 10:57, 1.78 km