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rebeccmeisterFor the third morning in a row, I did not make it to rowing practice. When I woke up yesterday morning, my right foot hurt, in a way that I now know is associated with plantar fasciitis. It hurt again this morning, and I had to figure I should probably avoid overdoing things.*
So instead I loaded up the bike trailer with a bin full of megaphones and coxboxes, plus a second bin to hold the updated boat light charging station, and biked over to the boathouse to install everything.
This is a temporary installation location, which will hopefully be out of the way for when the construction crews go through and replace the cladding that has corroded away:
Previously, most of this stuff lived just to the right of the breaker box and power outlets, so the existing power strips were an appropriate length and configuration. We should probably get some heavy-duty extension cords for this temporary arrangement, though.
Then I went to our usual rowing coffeeshop destination, except none of my teammates were there because they were helping a different teammate move his new deck from his front yard to his back yard.
So from the coffeeshop, I headed north to Troy to the farmer's market, where I dropped off 5 empty milk bottles and 3 empty egg cartons, and picked up a small bottle of milk, a small bottle of cream, a dozen eggs, a loaf of bread, 3 onions, some heirloom cornmeal, and 19 bottles of maple syrup.
One of my rowing teammates recently made me aware of a relatively new bike shop located in downtown Troy, so after the market I stopped by the hardware store and bought a some new bypass pruners, and then went over to try and find and check out the bike shop. The shop owner didn't have my favorite tires in stock, but was familiar with them from touring in Africa, and he did have the 3 U-locks I need for my Bicycling students. The Troy shop might become my new main shop simply because it is far more pleasant to bike to it than it is to try and bike to the 2 shops located just off Central Ave in Albany. Plus, trip-chaining. After he reads thisscrottie will once again advocate for moving to Troy, and I will concede he's probably right that we should (or at least move closer!).
Then I dropped off 18 of the 19 bottles of maple syrup at the boathouse:
They are the prizes for the winners of the 5k walk/run event that the rowing club holds every spring as a fundraiser (IceBreaker Challenge 5k!). I happen to think they're a mighty good prize, for about five different reasons, but especially including that they support one of our local maple syrup producers.
After the second boathouse dropoff, I headed up to the grocery co-op to pick up a couple of things, and then returned home for a brief while. George and Martha were very curious about the contents of this paper bag I pulled out of my pannier:
I am pretty sure they were smelling the butter from the croissant inside, but they did not manage to nose the bag open to get at the croissant directly.
Then I headed back to the boathouse again, this time to work with a couple of teammates to mark out the course for the 5k on the bike path:
We used the measuring wheel to help ensure our distances were accurate. We also cross-referenced the measurements against my hiking GPS and also an app on my smart-o-phone. Louie the dog helped us remember to appreciate the fact that we were outside, and he also marked the course, in his own way.
And now I am home again, and the weather radar image contains some interesting bright colors, and it's rather windy. I'm glad that the weather was relatively sunny and warm for the time while I was out running errands, delivering things, and marking the course. This year was far easier than last year, when we had to trudge over patches of ice and snow, and also some downed trees near the turnaround point.
*My current hypotheses for what might be going on relate to some recent changes to my footwear, and a worn-out bike saddle. So I wore a different set of shoes for biking and walking today, and things seem maybe *slightly* better than yesterday.
So instead I loaded up the bike trailer with a bin full of megaphones and coxboxes, plus a second bin to hold the updated boat light charging station, and biked over to the boathouse to install everything.
This is a temporary installation location, which will hopefully be out of the way for when the construction crews go through and replace the cladding that has corroded away:
Previously, most of this stuff lived just to the right of the breaker box and power outlets, so the existing power strips were an appropriate length and configuration. We should probably get some heavy-duty extension cords for this temporary arrangement, though.
Then I went to our usual rowing coffeeshop destination, except none of my teammates were there because they were helping a different teammate move his new deck from his front yard to his back yard.
So from the coffeeshop, I headed north to Troy to the farmer's market, where I dropped off 5 empty milk bottles and 3 empty egg cartons, and picked up a small bottle of milk, a small bottle of cream, a dozen eggs, a loaf of bread, 3 onions, some heirloom cornmeal, and 19 bottles of maple syrup.
One of my rowing teammates recently made me aware of a relatively new bike shop located in downtown Troy, so after the market I stopped by the hardware store and bought a some new bypass pruners, and then went over to try and find and check out the bike shop. The shop owner didn't have my favorite tires in stock, but was familiar with them from touring in Africa, and he did have the 3 U-locks I need for my Bicycling students. The Troy shop might become my new main shop simply because it is far more pleasant to bike to it than it is to try and bike to the 2 shops located just off Central Ave in Albany. Plus, trip-chaining. After he reads this
scrottie will once again advocate for moving to Troy, and I will concede he's probably right that we should (or at least move closer!).Then I dropped off 18 of the 19 bottles of maple syrup at the boathouse:
They are the prizes for the winners of the 5k walk/run event that the rowing club holds every spring as a fundraiser (IceBreaker Challenge 5k!). I happen to think they're a mighty good prize, for about five different reasons, but especially including that they support one of our local maple syrup producers.
After the second boathouse dropoff, I headed up to the grocery co-op to pick up a couple of things, and then returned home for a brief while. George and Martha were very curious about the contents of this paper bag I pulled out of my pannier:
I am pretty sure they were smelling the butter from the croissant inside, but they did not manage to nose the bag open to get at the croissant directly.
Then I headed back to the boathouse again, this time to work with a couple of teammates to mark out the course for the 5k on the bike path:
We used the measuring wheel to help ensure our distances were accurate. We also cross-referenced the measurements against my hiking GPS and also an app on my smart-o-phone. Louie the dog helped us remember to appreciate the fact that we were outside, and he also marked the course, in his own way.
And now I am home again, and the weather radar image contains some interesting bright colors, and it's rather windy. I'm glad that the weather was relatively sunny and warm for the time while I was out running errands, delivering things, and marking the course. This year was far easier than last year, when we had to trudge over patches of ice and snow, and also some downed trees near the turnaround point.
*My current hypotheses for what might be going on relate to some recent changes to my footwear, and a worn-out bike saddle. So I wore a different set of shoes for biking and walking today, and things seem maybe *slightly* better than yesterday.
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Date: 2025-03-24 06:07 pm (UTC)Donald has plantar fasciitis. He was told, by the doctor, that he needs to stretch his foot IN BED before he ever puts weight on it. Yes, in the middle of the night for those trips to the toilet. Yes, in the morning.... This is to keep the fascia from breaking and re-breaking. The first step after a prolonged rest is the most damaging.
Once the foot is stretched, then keep stretching it at every possible opportunity, and definitely before getting out of any chair.
How did your wheel compare with your GPS?
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Date: 2025-03-24 07:13 pm (UTC)This year, the wheel and GPS were in good agreement with each other! Last year we very much determined that the wheel does NOT work when attempting to traverse over snow, heh.
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Date: 2025-03-24 08:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-03-24 08:18 pm (UTC)