Woe is me

Feeling like death warmed up, I sit at my keyboard writing this.

I think that I’ve got some form of cold, flu or even the dreaded, near fatal, Man Flu !!!

I had to leave work early, yesterday returning home and spending hours tucked up in bed.

Today, I just feel crap – tired, snuffly and generally under the weather. I’ll just take it easy (no walking today) and see if I feel any better tomorrow. Perhaps a short walk could then be on the books for tomorrow evening?

My other medical problem (no, not that embarrassing rash!) is my right knee. My knee has been painful, on and off, for a few months. It doesn’t get too much worse when I exercise although running is a lot worse than walking.

About a month ago, after a visit to the doctor who removed a load of gunk from my swollen knee, I started walking with a couple of walking poles.

This is NOT me !!!

Another, odd, benefit is hand swelling, or lack thereof. It is a little known fact (to non-distance walkers, anyway) that during and after a long walk, the hands swell. Sometimes they can swell enough to make rings painful and necessitating a loosening of wristwatches. The hands can even be painful to move! Honest!

So far, my longest pole walk is only thirteen miles but my hands have shown no signs of swelling.

Poles are the way forward.