It’s been a really tough week with no running. The only miles I got in last week was 2.5 on Monday the day my injury worsened. The diagnosis was an injury to the reflected head of the rectus femoris muscle. This is the quad muscle at the front your leg that attaches it to knee and hip. The reflected head is where it attaches at the top. At least we ruled out a stress fracture. I will need to take an additional 2 to 3 weeks off before resuming running. This next week I will be on vacation so when I get back I’ll begin to test it a little. This past week I managed to use the elliptical, bike, and rowing machine each day. Over the weekend and the last couple days has been a lot of extra yard work which is also good cross training.
Worked with my brother Tad a couple more days on the new hunting blind. Other than some minor finishing touches it is mostly complete. It is built much more solidly than the old one. It even has lift windows on pulleys on three sides and a real door. Also fixed up my bow stand in the back with an extra board for width and a new 3x4 foot plywood platform on top. The food plot is really coming along. Mowing down the brassica’s worked well. The seeds are really sprouting with good coverage and not many weeds. The corn is also growing real well with all the rain and heat. Last week I got the word about some free broad heads. I had heard it was a free 3 pack worth about $50. I was disappointed to find out this was not the case. It was still a deal, but they only sent one as a sample. The f-15’s look like a good model though. Received my permit, rules, and maps for the Ottawa Wildlife Refuge. Now to go scout it closer one of these weekends.
Gardening:
Here are some new pictures of the garden taken 07/28. Lots of yard work the last several days getting ready for a few days vacation. Wouldn’t you know the drive belt on the tractor would break with about ¾ of the mowing done. I’m not very mechanical, but was able to replace it with some help instead of having service come or drag it over there. Lots of baby pumpkins, squash, and watermelon. Hopefully they all make it to maturity. The rest of the garden is doing well. Lots of cucumbers, potatoes and onions. I picked almost a wheel barrow full of beans last night and that’s even with tossing lots of them away that were past ripe of chewed on by mice/voles. I can’t even imagine how many of these critters there must be. They sure do lots of damage.
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