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: > [log in to unmask]> > <http://Bill.Innanen.com> & > <http://mni.ms> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com