July 13th,  Thursday

Spent 40 minutes in the exercise room today hitting the weights pretty hard. I covered my arms and shoulders, my legs and some moderate core work. I jogged on the treadmill for 5 minutes until my Achilles tendon started to ache. I was happy to get in some solid work.

I also took three half -hour hot Epsom salt soaks for both my feet in the last twenty-four hours. I did this on the recommendation of Rich Refi and with the validation from my wife, both of whom touted the healing qualities of Epsom salt.  After the first soak both my feet felt a little more tender in the problematic areas. This morning’s soaked seemed to be a little more soothing and things felt better. So tonight I decided to add another soak on the premise that maybe in the long run this will be an effective treatment for both my injuries. I will update my progress with this treatment.

The following is a note for my senior readers about term life insurance.

As I was facing the termination of my term life insurance policy that I’ve had for a number of years, I was facing the possibility of a three to four times rate increase for a new policy. At the same time through Runner’s World magazine I read about a company called Health IQ which offers special rates on life insurance for people who can prove they are in good physical condition.  I contacted them and  bought an excellent policy at a very reasonable rate after I was able to validate my physical condition. Basically if you can prove you can run an 8 minute mile your eligible. So if anybody would like to know more about these possibilities, please respond with a comment to this post and we can talk.

Stats –

I-Mad and I-Mid  = 5

a.m.HR= 54BPM

SLEEP = 8 HOURS

WEIGHT =#152

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