Congrats, Bill, on one hell of a 'skirmish'. You  did
good..
                        Carole

--- Bill Innanen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Friends,
>
> Those of you who have been following my online
> Parkinson's Disease
> diary, know that I have been preoccupied with how the
> disease is
> affecting my running.  "Preoccupied!"  Hrumph!  More like
> a whining
> crybaby!  (I should mention that I probably will keep on
> complaining,
> too!)
>
> I know, intellectually at least, that this is a battle
> that I'm
> destined to lose.  I will eventually be unable to run.
> This is only
> the first of many such battles, all of which I will lose,
> barring the
> elusive "breakthrough cure."  But all battles consist of
> many
> skirmishes and smaller engagements.  I may be destined to
> lose the
> battles and the war, but I can and will still win some of
> the
> skirmishes.  And, by God, I plan to enjoy doing so!
>
> On Monday the 27th of December I had one of these "minor
> victories."
> I did a run that I thought was beyond me already, along
> the beach in
> Fort Myers, Florida, where I was for our annual family
> Christmas
> get-together.  12 miles was at one time a nice medium
> length run.
> Now it is at the limit of my abilities, and many rest
> stops are
> required to keep my left leg even half-way functional.
> But I did it!
> Part of the "trick" was taking lots of photos along the
> route.  This
> gave me an acceptable reason for stopping and resting.
> It worked.
> As a result I ended up 12 miles later tired and sore and
> in
> possession of about 75 photos.
>
> I'd like to share this little victory with you.  I've put
> together 44
> of the photos on 4 web pages.  4 of the 44 are
> multi-photo panoramas.
> The pages have small thumbnails of the photos in-line so
> they will
> load fairly quickly.  You can determine from the
> thumbnail whether
> you want to see the full sized photo.  If you do, just
> click on the
> thumbnail itself.
>
> I hope you enjoy the photo essay as much as I did the
> run!  The URL
> of the first page is:
>
>         http://Bill.Innanen.com/photoalbum/991227/
>
> Bill
> (who will be found at the FEBA until the final battle)
>
> --
> Bill Innanen                     <mailto:
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>                             <http://Bill.Innanen.com> &
> <http://mni.ms>
>
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