Sunday, 4/5/2020 to Saturday, 4/11/2020

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My left IT band appears to be healed. I stretch before and after each run ... usually.
I ran 4 times for 20.31 miles this week.
I took 49,995 steps this week according to my Garmin Vivoactive HR (VA-HR) smartwatch.
My VA-HR gives me steps, heart rate, hours slept and floors climbed (take those last 2 data points with a grain of salt).
My Withings WS-50 Smart Body Analyzer scale gives my weight.

Sunday, 4/5/2020

7277 steps, 54/133 resting/peak HR, 7:29 hrs sleep, 10 floors climbed
run: 4.35 miles, 38:19, 8:48 pace, 102 feet elevation gain, 127 avg HR, 161 avg cadence, 44F, 89% RH, 5 mph SW wind, wind chill 41F, overcast

I got up around 7:30 AM and got together Christine's breakfast of tea and rye toast with apricot jelly. Then ... I got dressed and got out there for my fourth run in a row. It was a bit above 40F with little so I wore shorts, a long sleeve tech, Brooks beanie and heavy running gloves. I set up a slow and steady pace. I just wanted to be out there. I was out early enough so that I saw very few people which was just fine with me. I kept it short with my Out to the pier route. My splits were: 8:51, 8:48, 8:52, 8:52 and 8:21 over the last 0.35 mile.

My darling wife, Christine ... her temperature is normal and she is still weak and achy. I brought up a toasted cheese sandwich for lunch and leftover potatoes and carrots from last night. I didn't feel much like cooking tonight.

COVID-19 news as of 8:42 PM ... Worldwide - 1,274,282 cases, (up  72,8250, 69,428 deaths (up 4,766); Europe - 637,826 (up 30,355), 49,113 deaths (up 3,036); US - 336,673 cases (up 25,316), 9,616 deaths (up 1,165); NY - 123,018 cases (up 8,327), 4,159 deaths (up 594); Monroe County - 516 cases, 19 deaths

Monday, 4/6/2020: 5969 steps, 46/103 resting/peak HR, 7:31 hrs sleep, 171.7 lbs, 7 floors climbing

Well ... a day of rest from running and another day of work at Ricoh. I had 3 teleconferences before 1:30 PM. Along with a bit of getting stuff to work remotely ... a printer there and a printer than wouldn't work here (but not for me). Then ... I headed in to post signs for a new printer. Sometimes you just have to do stuff onsite.

What's for supper? Well ... my darling wife Christine ... told me to "wing it" with the chicken breasts that I had defrosted for supper. So ... bwhahaha! So I winged it with our new Instant Pot for the third time. I could hear Han Solo .... "Don't get cocky, kid!". I put in olive oil to coat the basin ... sauteed the chicken breasts ... cut the potatoes, celery, carrots ... seasoned it with poultry seasoning, maple syrup, 2 bay leaves, a beef bouillon cube and a smidge of ground tumeric. Then ... wait for a hour while the Instant Pot does its magic. Open it up ... dish it out ... delicious! I take all the credit ... I am getting better ... lol!

COVID news ... grim as usual as of 9:45 PM. Worldwide - 1,347,401 cases (up 70,112), 74,701 deaths (up 5,125); Europe - 664,881 (up 25,650), 52,518 (up  3,321); US - 367,004 cases (up 30,647), 10,896, (up 1,301); NY - 131,916 cases (up  8,658), 4,758 deaths (up 599); Monroe County - 543 cases, 26 deaths (up 7). Trump ... twitting that his teleconferences tell important info about COCID-19 and that all else is "fake news" that America has been told for years ... wow! While the US deaths rise over 10K ... and some South states with Republican governors OK Sunday services as "essential services".

Tuesday, 4/7/2020

11733 steps, 46/139 resting/peak HR, 8:29 hrs sleep, 171.5 lbs, 7 floors climbed
run: 5.35 mile, 45:00, 8:24 pace, 121 feet elevation gain, 133 avg HR, 161 avg cadence, 52F, 43% RH, 9 mph NE wind, overcast with light sprinkles

My darling wife, Christine, is feeling blah. Her temperature is normal or below but she is still as weak as a kitten. I take care as best as I can. She likes tea and toast. She is always appreciative of my efforts at taking of her.
 
But .. after my work-from-home day which involved going on-site to take meter reads from almost all my SCIF and not networked Ricoh printers ... I needed to get out. So ... I did. It had clouded over and it felt colder than the actual temperature. I chose shorts, a long sleeve tech and light running gloves. I chose my Out to the pier route for a bit over 5 miles. There weren't too many people out so it was easy to be socially distant. It started to sprinkle on me after mile 3 so I sped up a bit. My splits were: 8:30, 8:25, 8:21, 8:27, 8:20 and 8:22 over the last 0.35 mile.

More COVID-19 news ... grim as usual. Worldwide - 1,430,999 cases (up 84,465), 82,009 deaths (up 7,447); Europe - 699,743 cases (up 35,505), 57,273 deaths (up 4,820); US - 397,525 cases (up 30,677); NY - 138,863 cases (up 8,147), 5,489 deaths (up 731); Monroe County - 570 cases, 31 deaths (up 5).

Wednesday, 4/8/2020

10715 steps, 49/138 resting/peak HR, 8:10 hrs sleep, 170.4 lbs, 11 floors climbed
run: 5.35 miles, 45:22, 8:28 pace, 95 feet elevation gain, 131 avg HR, 161 avg cadence, 54F, 64% RH, 10 mph W wind, partly cloudy

The usual work from home stuff: try to keep up on stuff virtually, do meter read virtually, only go in when you can't do stuff virtually. I clocked in at 9:30 AM since I had to make a grocery run at BJs during "senior hour" from 8 AM to 9 AM. I tried to use a home-made mask that I made out of Christine's silk scarf ... epic fail! It fell off before I got into BJs. I made do with just light running gloves. I would estimate that 75% of the shoppers had face masks. I was able to score some Lysol spray that kill 99.9% of viruses ... win!

I had to get out after work ... but first I had to work up supper for Christine and I. I had put out a pork tenderloin to thaw. I didn't even ask Christine for instructions on how to do the Instant Pot. I sauteed the pork while I cut up potatoes, carrots and celery. I added maple syrup, ketsup, poultry seasoning, Simply Spain from Penseys as seasoning. Boom ... one hour on Meat pressure cook. Then ... boom ... I was out for a Out to the pier route run. I set up an easy pace and got out there. It was 54F so I wore shorts, a long sleeve tech and light running gloves. I endured it ... and was dripping sweat when I got done. My splits were: 8:20, 8:23, 8:37, 8:33, 8:37 and 8:07 over the last 0.35 mile.

Well ... I had to towel off a bit before I got to dish out our supper. I dished out Christine's supper first. She yelled down that it was excellent before I got to mine ... a good sign. Mmm ... tasty! My fourth Instant Pot supper ... even "cooks" like me can make great meals!

COVID-19 news ... grim! Worldwide - 1,519,014 cases (up 86,783), 88,551 deaths (up 6,564); Europe - 434,062 cases (up 31,951), 14,774 deaths (up 1,926); US - 434,581 cases (up 31,951), 14,779 deaths (up 1,931)' NY - 151,171 cases (up 10,480), 6,268 deaths (up 779); Monroe Count - 627 cases, 34 deaths (up 3). I fear that once it gets warm (granted that it's already warm in the south) that social distancing will get out the window and that the number of deaths will skyrocket because TRUMP wants to open the economy back up to save his re-election chances.

Thursday, 4/9/2020: 3363 steps, 48/99 resting/peak HR, 8:02 hrs sleep, 4 floors climbed

Another day of working from home. I slept in late, didn't shower, wanted to monitor my Ricoh printers at L3Harris from home ... silly me. I got an IM from their help desk just before noon of a printer that had a SC670-03 error. So ... I got dressed and headed into B601. I called my go-to Ricoh tech and she suggested that I replace the ELP surge suppressor, cycle the power and monitor the printer. My Ricoh boss told me that we had a box of 50 dust masks at B601. I took 10 and left at least 30. So it was a good thing to get the masks so I can look socially acceptable when I got into a store like BJs, Wegmans or Aldis.

COVID-19 news ... grim as usual! Worldwide: 1,604,570 cases (up 53,353), 95,714 deaths (up 5,792); Europe - 764,987 cases (up 22,631), deaths 65,668 ( up 4,148); US - 468,566 cases, )up 18,132), 16,691 deaths (up 1,236); NY - 161,504 cases (up 10,621), 7,067 (up 799); Monroe County - 680 cases, 40 deaths (up 6). 

Friday, 4/10/2020: 1821 steps, 50/111 resting/peak HR, 7:37 hrs sleep, 171.6 lbs, 7 floors climbed

I was in a cranky and tired mood all day. Christine was still feeling weak but did come downstairs before breakfast to show me how to cook oatmeal in the microwave (just 1/2 cup oatmeal plus1 cup water and microwave for 3 minutes). I dressed it up with yogurt and some fruit for her. There was a bit of wet snow in the morning that accumulated (but not up by Lake Ontario) which had a lot of my Facebook friends posting pictures. 

Then it turned sunny and very windy. I thought about running after work but was very tired and didn't really relish the idea of running in April with a wind chill of about 20F. I was relieved when Christine called me and told me she had called the Olive Garden and had ordered a Good Friday supper.

Curbside pickup at the Olive Garden was adjusted for the CoronaVirus era. A woman in a mask took my name and about ten minutes later brought out my food and placed it on a tray behind my car. I got out and got it while she backed away. It was excellent! Christine had ordered salad,, breadsticks, shrimp alfredo and pasta.

COVID-19  news ... grim as usual! Worldwide - 1,701,783 cases (up 95,687), 102,900 deaths (up 6,958); Europe - 804,534 cases (up 38,941), 69,887 deaths (up 4,138); US - 502,876 cases (up 33,749), 18,747 deaths (up 2,012); NY - 172,358 cases (up 10,575), 7,844 deaths (up 777); Monroe County - 712 cases, 46 deaths (up 6)

Saturday, 4/11/2020

9117 steps, 47/134 resting/peak HR, 7:15 hrs sleep, 174.6 lbs, 13 floors climbed
run: 5.25 miles, 46:09, 8:47 pace, 105 feet elevation gain, 128 avg HR, 162 avg cadence, 36F, 59% RH, 13 mph W wind, wind chill 26F, sunny

Well ... the sun and wind beckoned me out for a long run that didn't happen! Why? Well .. the first clue was that my weight from up 3 pounds. This was probably due to still being full from last night's Good Friday supper from the Olive Garden. I set up a very sluggish pace and struggled to hold it during the entire run. It was windy and it was even tougher to hold a pace into it. I went out onto the pier and got my feet drenched when a wave crashed over the edge when I was 99% out and on the way back. There were walkers and runners out but all seemed to be maintaining the proper social distances. Still any run is better than no run. My splits were: 8:47, 8:33, 8:42, 8:47, 8:59 and 9:10 over the last 0.26 mile.

I made it back home and just lazed around the rest of the day. I had no energy whatsoever. My darling wife, Christine, is still weak. I didn't make anything for supper. We relied on tuna fish sandwiches, tomato soup and frozen waffles. Not exactly gourmet food but enough to sustain us.

COVID-19 news - Worldwide - 1,780,587 cases (up 80,030), 108,937 deaths (up 6,073); Europe - 835,457 cases (up 30,923), 73,448 deaths (up 3,576); US - 531,864 cases (up 29,468), 20,524 deaths (up 1,788); NY - 180,458 cases (up 9,946), 8,627 deaths (up 783, 5th day in a row above 700); Monroe County - 742 case, 49 deaths (up 3).