Zuma round two

Ok, so last night I went to the chiropractor because I'm having a little problem with my left knee.  When I move the knee laterally, I get some pain in the inner part of the knee.  Don't worry because everything is fine.  This issue has not prevented me from any of the workouts, but it needed to be addressed.

It turns out that the muscles that control my knee are tight, causing my leg to naturally rotate outward.  The chiropractor loosened those muscles that control the knee, put some tape on my knee, gave me some stretches to do, and sent me on my way.

Now, when I mean he tape my leg, I mean he taped my leg.  Here's a picture.

Today's hike as Zuma Ridge, which means we hike up and up as far as we can, then we come down.  You may be noticing that this week I am in the intermediate hiking group, and asking why are we doing such an advanced hike?  The answer is because the rain shuts down a lot of the hikes.  It actually doesn't matter to me because the hike is challenging and I'm ready for it.

We hiked uphill for 2.7 miles then came back down.  I only stopped once to get my breath, but stopped a few more times for my coat.  If the wind was blowing, I needed the coat.  If the wind was calm, the coat became too hot and I took it off.  At the top of the hike is a good spot to just observe the scenery and that is exactly what I did.

Here's a video and a couple of pictures at the top.

The afternoon classes were cardio disco, something in the pool, then circuit training.  I'm not taking any chances on catching a cold, so due to the weather, I substituted cardio disco again instead of pool class.

This week I received a special gift in the mail just for cardio disco class, so here I am wearing it with the instructor.  Go ahead and laugh because I did and so did the other people in the class.  Here's the picture.

By the way, the shorts that I'm wearing in the picture are a size smaller than what I was wearing when I first arrived.

Closing thought for the day:  Looking back on this week, I am glad that I went to the shoe store on Sunday to make adjustments to my shoes.  The hikes are much more enjoyable and blister free.  Last week Zuma Ridge was brutal on my right foot and got the best of me.  This week I tied it up and the score is now Brian 1, Zuma Ridge 1.