From KT – July 2, 2012
Good Evening to the Good People of DaVita-Land!
Well I guess there are two ways to look at today.
The half-empty look would say I worked all morning and then another 1.5 hours in the early evening, so not a great vacation day.
The half-full look would say that I am lucky to have the wonderful job I have, I love serving the Village as best I can, and the afternoon and evening post-work have been awesome.
I prefer the half-full look. After I worked this morning, Denise and I had a healthy lunch outside on a deck with a good view of nature’s beauty. Chicken and veggies, left-overs from the night before. Then we went for a drop-dead gorgeous 90 minute hike, and had some serious conversations. Then I went for my one hour intense/efficient road bike ride, 11 minutes coasting downhill (which has some good balance/skill building elements, despite no cardio value – one of the things many new studies show is that us over 50 folks (( I am 56)) need to consider the Big Four, meaning cardio, strength, flexibility AND balance, as we age), followed by 45 minutes of re-capturing the 1900 vertical feet over 5 miles. With a little bit of stretching, you get the 60 minute total. My climbing time was only 25 seconds slower than yesterday, which was a personal best. So a total of 150 minutes today, 90 of them pretty healthy but mellow, the other 60 quite intense.
Tonight Denise made pork tenderloin, with incredibly fresh snap peas and some high-fibre rice pilaf. Once again we ate out at our little table on the deck. Once again we saw the glory of nature around us. Once again we felt most lucky.
Now we will call our 2 kids. Normally we talk on Sunday’s, but yesterday we missed each other.
I hope most of you had a great day today, and felt the power of 3600 partners across the World. The Village lives, when people decide it does.
One for All … & All for One … your mayor, kt
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Diane Auger said,
July 3, 2012 @ 9:16 am
Sounds like a great day overall! I will have to keep the Big 4 in mind as well–I’m 56 too! I have some issues with my knees so there are things I can’t do like bike ride (which I really miss)and no jumping but there are a lot I can do so I concentrate on those activities. We go through a series of stretching in my boxing class before we spar which seems to help with balance. It’s amazing how a simple thing as a stretch can make such a difference. Hope all have a wonderful day and a great 4th..Happy Birthday America!!
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Kris Kloppe said,
July 3, 2012 @ 10:12 am
Thanks for the tip on the “Big Four” for all of us “over 50” folks (I’m north of 60). I’ll keep that in mind when I’m biking. It’s a great sport. I love to see all the beautiful scenic views while riding down here in Florida. I also do scuba diving, swimming & bowling. I believe keeping active helps keep our bodies young! Enjoy your 4th of July!
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Melissa O'Connell said,
July 5, 2012 @ 9:58 am
I had a great July 4th…spent the morning with some of my peeps from Weight Watchers and ran my first 5k. WOOHOO..I ran 3.94 miles in 41.29 minutes. I have a picture from 2 years ago where I could finally walk a 5k with ease and now 2 years later I was able to run it….it was the best feeling. Thank you for doing the MTM…it is a great inspiration. Have a great one.
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In response to comments on his July 2 Journal KT said,
July 5, 2012 @ 10:59 am
Diane Auger – Sounds like a great day overall! I will have to keep the Big 4 in mind as well–I’m 56 too! I have some issues with my knees so there are things I can’t do like bike ride (which I really miss)and no jumping but there are a lot I can do so I concentrate on those activities. We go through a series of stretching in my boxing class before we spar which seems to help with balance. It’s amazing how a simple thing as a stretch can make such a difference. Hope all have a wonderful day and a great 4th..Happy Birthday America!!
KT – I do need to get back to yoga … I may do that on Friday. So healthy! kt
Kris Kloppe – Thanks for the tip on the “Big Four” for all of us “over 50″ folks (I’m north of 60). I’ll keep that in mind when I’m biking. It’s a great sport. I love to see all the beautiful scenic views while riding down here in Florida. I also do scuba diving, swimming & bowling. I believe keeping active helps keep our bodies young! Enjoy your 4th of July!
KT – Helps keep our souls young too!!!! kt
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