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Bill, way to go. Best to you. Shirley -----Original Message----- From: Bill Innanen <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sunday, January 09, 2000 6:46 PM Subject: A minor victory >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>