{"id":98,"date":"2004-09-27T20:23:31","date_gmt":"2004-09-27T08:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/?p=98"},"modified":"2025-04-02T17:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T04:43:09","slug":"exhausted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/09\/27\/exhausted\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhausted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I biked to work today. The ride home in the cooling afternoon air triggered my asthma<\/a> and my inhaler<\/a> wasn’t showing much effect. I should have used it before the bike ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m just getting over a cold lasting a couple of weeks, and nearly eight weeks without exercise has not done me a favour. The fitter I am the more it is in control and the less often I need the inhaler; it usually expires before it is used up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I thought warm, moist air might help, along with controlled breathing, so I went swimming. It is the first time in about two years. I ignored the extras at the centre and just swam lanes, and I’m happy with my progress. I started with two lengths non-stop, fifty metres. In my twenties, I often\u00a0swam after work, and once swam fifty-two lengths non-stop, a mile, just to do it. As I’ve spent more time cycling, my legs don’t have all the fat to help me float anymore, and swimming takes more work, or that’s the story I tell myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the last length, my pulse was 140, and recovery wasn’t happening fast. After showering, changing, and driving home, my heart was still racing at 125. I can’t say that eye candy can take credit for it, without my glasses, people are all a bit fuzzy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I biked to work today. The ride home in the cooling afternoon air triggered my asthma and my inhaler wasn’t showing much effect. I should have used it before the bike ride. I’m just getting over a cold lasting a couple of weeks, and nearly eight weeks without exercise has not done me a favour. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"1","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verity"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/09\/08\/broken-foot\/","url_meta":{"origin":98,"position":0},"title":"Broken foot","author":"Brian","date":"8 September 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"2:40 pm: I'm early for my appointment with my doctor. I'm writing this on my organizer and will upload it when I get home. Most of today has been early; I woke before my alarm and was out the door by 7:15. Driving at that time meant no traffic problems\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Day to day"","block_context":{"text":"Day to day","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/category\/verity\/day-to-day\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":40,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/08\/26\/three_weeks\/","url_meta":{"origin":98,"position":1},"title":"Three weeks","author":"Brian","date":"26 August 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been three weeks since my accident. I am sick of taking anti-inflammatory drugs. I went a day-and-a-half without them and this morning the walk to the bus was difficult. My knee is still swollen on one side, and my foot hurts when I pronate it. (I'm flat-footed and over\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Day to day"","block_context":{"text":"Day to day","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/category\/verity\/day-to-day\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/08\/20\/my_day_off\/","url_meta":{"origin":98,"position":2},"title":"My day off","author":"Brian","date":"20 August 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Friday is my day off, giving me a long weekend. I picked up my replacement briefcase, returned the crutches to the hospital (I'm still limping a bit), and forgot to look at new bicycle options. I did some grocery shopping and got some more\u00a0gingerbread ice cream. It is a limited\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Day to day"","block_context":{"text":"Day to day","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/category\/verity\/day-to-day\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":76,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/09\/15\/my-left-foot\/","url_meta":{"origin":98,"position":3},"title":"My Left Foot","author":"Brian","date":"15 September 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"That title will screw up people's expectations in the search engines. I'm already making the title of each entry a permalink to the individual post, and as a

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