The school is building a bridge over the canyon I finish up my runs at. So for the past week (it was supposed to be open this week but they are running behind schedule). The bridge is really cool, very modern design. I am looking forward to the view from up there and getting back to my full canyon run. So the detour I have to take is all uphill and it is steep. It actually adds nearly a half mile to my run, so that has been good. I have been looking for ways to gradually increase my distance, so this has been good.

As I was running today I was thinking of something I had read about the need to relax the body when running in particular the hands, which in turn would relieve stress on the shoulders and back. This running coach was teaching this concept to his runners by giving them Pringles chips to run with. They were not to eat them! But instead would hold them in their palms when running without crushing them. Since I didn’t have any Pringles I just visualized them in my hands. Works pretty well! For some reason my shoulders have been really sore these last couple of days, so I was hoping this relaxation would help. I is now the afternoon and my shoulders still hurt!

My ms symptoms seem to be coming back a little, I think it has to do with the heat. I had been relatively symptom free, but now I seem to be getting the spells every now and then. I just talked on the phone for about 30 mins and I felt them coming on quite regularly. Still, it is better than before for sure.