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Geriatric Fitness

Geriatric Fitness

**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Well…if I’m going to be able to ride and Fox Hunt again…I’m going to have to be fit….. So…I’ve been working hard at improving my fitness level….. There’s been too much sedentary time on the couch…in around surgeries….. I’ll be like one of those old bolted together Erector-Sets sitting on top of a horse….. *****(The Erector Set—Another Retro Game From My Youth)***** Where I now have four new joints and a reamed-out heart…my…

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**Mounted Hound Walk—A Choice**

**Mounted Hound Walk—A Choice**

I had a choice this weekend……. Should I attend the necessary “virtual” symposium about sports medicine for Athletic Trainers……. OR……. …..should I go…….to the Mounted Hound Walk…..(?)….. I knew what I wanted to do……. …..but I also knew what I “should” do……. This is usually the time of year when I have to go to Kissimmee, Florida for my annual three-day sports medical seminar… I hate the “should’s” in life……. They are usually so predictably boring……. …..and I wasn’t disappointed……….

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Fun With Ducks…….

Fun With Ducks…….

Right now…..I should be doing paperwork to renew my National Athletic Training license before December 31st……. Procrastinate much?????????? But honestly…….I’ve been attempting to do that all day long…….with very little success……. I’ve put out a loud/pathetic wail to my older daughter to help me with all of this necessary cyber-garbage……. …….I’ve got scraps of paper and xeroxed certificates floating all over this house…….and if DaVinci pee’d on them sometime throughout the year…….who knows what I did with them…….?… …..I sure…

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The Bullet Train

The Bullet Train

  I’m really not a seasoned train-traveler. My husband Paolo has had far more experience traveling on trains in his younger years in Great Britain and Europe. But I did have the opportunity to ride the (Shinkansen) Bullet Train while over in Japan working as an Athletic Trainer. I had just finished working the Federation Cup (Women’s Tennis Competition) for the United States Team while in Nagoya, Japan. My Mom was with me on this trip. We traveled from Nagoya…

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