Thursday, November 18, 2010

Three Things Thursday

It has been freaking cold in the mornings out my way. Tuesday & Thursday I was scheduled to run, which I did. Wednesday I went out to walk the dogs. Each time it was 22-24 deg at 6:30am. Luckily, we don't get much precipitation here in the high desert, so no worries about ice. My legs, torso, fingers, toes, and head have been comfortable enough. But the cold air on my face (and into my lungs) is bothersome. I think I need to try running with the balaclava. Up until now, I've only worn that for cold weather cycling.

But I won't be breaking out the balaclava anytime too soon. Saturday morning I plan on joining two of the folks from my running group on the second half of their 17mile run. For me this means a later/warmer start time as they will be about 1:40 into a run that they started at 7am. I'm looking forward to this because it will be much warmer by then - at least mid 30s - and because ~8miles is my favorite distance. Plus I've offered to stay back if one of them hits the wall so the other can run through to the end. It's all upside to me really, and it's nice to be able to help out with their training.

Today I had an eye appointment. I was there for 1.5 hours because my eyes are very complicated. My left eye has extreme nearsightedness with amblyopia but decent close vision. The right has decent far vision except for asitgmatism, along with slight presbyopia and poor close vision. Over the years, I've tried all kinds of solutions from bifocals to reading/driving glasses, and even mono-vision contacts. For the past 6 months, I've been going without any correction during the day and using an old outdated pair of driving glasses at night. It's working fairly well for me except that I really can't see well enough to drive at night. I'm doing an experiment over the next week to help dial in a prescription for new driving glasses. While I was there, I found a cute new frames that are much more modern that what I have been wearing. I'm kind of excited about the prospect of being able to drive again at night sometime soon and do it with style. :-)

12 comments:

  1. My eyes are really bad too. I sometime thing my next Rx will be either dog or cane

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  2. I had my first pretty cold run of the season this morning. I'm still riding as well--I think I'm gonna try to ride outside until it gets icy.
    I hope your eye experiment works out!

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  3. You are really altruistic there, aren't you? LOL

    Make sure you show us a photo with new glasses once you've got them.

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  4. That is so cool to help out on their long run. Plus you look like the good guy and get to sleep in and start later, ha!

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  5. i always read that as "baclava" (the dessert, not sure if i'm spelling it right) lol. i must have sugar on the brain!

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  6. I had my first run last night where I had to put on the full length tights..I wasn't happy but whatever.
    Apparently...my eyes are getting better as I get older. My thing is trying to find a pair of contacts that actually fit my eyes..guess I have weird eyeballs.

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  7. BRRR! That's cold, even for us Canadians. :)

    Have a great run tomorrow!!

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  8. Wow, its hasnt even been *knock on wood* that cold here. ITs close though

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  9. At night is the only time I need my glasses to see too. Unless I have to read power point slides from really far away. Then I need them too, but for the most part I don't wear anything either.

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  10. 22-24 degrees at 6:30 in the morning? Are you freakin' kidding me?
    Tonight when we were coming home from dinner, I looked at the temp on my car and shivered when I read 47! ;)

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  11. sounds like good stuff all round :)

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  12. There's a lot of cute frames right now! I hope the new lens prescription for your glasses helps!

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