Bits of hiking

After my knee went to hell during our Yurp trip this fall, I pretty much didn't move a lot from Oct-Dec. It freaking hurt. Still don't know what happened, tbh, but I do know I was easily able to hike 5+ miles at the start of the trip (I mean, that's as far as we went, but I would have been fine going further) and barely hobbling a mile at the end.

Pain slowly got a lot better in December, so I started cautiously walking again, keeping is very slow and very low steps, to make sure I don't overexert and end up in pain.

So far so good.

I try to get in about 6000 steps five days a week, one longer day, and a day of complete rest, just in case. It's been working. I'll start upping that by about 500 steps a week, wanting to get back to my prevous 10-12k.

Because of hectic and rowing and house projects and and and we haven't gotten out hiking much these past few years, so dh and I are making a point of trying to get out at least once a week. Right now, because knee and weather, they're lowland walks and hikes, but they are outdoors and that's good.

Today, I planned for this weekend and since I'll have houseguests next week, for a short hike not far from here for next Friday.

My goal is to get out a majority of weekends in a month. If dh can't make it, there are plenty of places I can go myself, but he needs to get out too, if only for his mental health.

In a few weeks, I'm planning on getting back to my beloved woodland park. I haven't been since right before we left for Scotland. I could probably do it now, but I want to be more sure of the knee.