One Step Back

Sigh. Yes, another step back. This time, I hope it's just one, not two. It turns out my knee was not happy with the elliptical trainer. The first time I tried it, a week ago Saturday, it was fine. The second time, I completed 10 minutes on the elliptical and 5 on the stationary bike. The next day my knee was achy and a little more swollen than usual. I had a PT appointment with Susan that evening and she told me maybe I wasn't ready for the elliptical trainer. She suggested I stick with cycling and swimming, or at least try backing off the elliptical time to 8 minutes, instead of 10. I've just taken it easy and iced since Thursday, but I hope to get back to the gym a few times this week. It's disappointing, but makes it clear I was doing more than my knee could handle. I'm still looking for that "sweet spot" of time where I don't trigger a flare up. I'm told once I find that spot, I will be able to eventually increase my time on the bike and/or elliptical trainer slowly. Baby steps at first, then larger increments later.

Otherwise, I've been working hard and traveling. It was Minnesota this week. One funny story from last week happened when I was sitting in Caribou Coffee in Minneapolis waiting for my print sales rep to show up. Dave arrived and as I was packing up my computer, I looked across from where we were sitting into the childrens play area in the shop.

I looked back at Dave and said, "Is it me or is there something wrong with this?" I took a photo of what I was looking at with my camera phone. So, where do you think the play hunter set is for the kiddies? To have stuffed animal heads mounted on the wall, there must be one somewhere! From what I understand, the nightmares don't last long... only in Minnesota. ; )