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So I don't have to figure these things out again later. Unless otherwise described, all distances are loops or out and back. It's not like I really need to know these things, but it's nice to have a comparison.
Complete circuit of the field at Long Marine Lab: 1 mile
add cliffside spur, another .3 mile
shorcut version: .6 mi
Levee from credit union to Soquel bridge and back: 1.5 mile
to Broadway Bridge and back: 2.1 mile
to Water Street bridge and back: .9 mile
Short version of Frederick St Park clockwise around the end of the yacht harbor: .9 mile
widdershins to half-way down the harbor: 1.3 mi
to Aldo's: 1.5 mi
Arana Gulch to the yacht harbor gate: .75 mi
to Aldo's: 2.34 mi
Around the Felix-Blackburn block: .4 mi
around the Blackburn-Myrtle block: .5 mi
around the Felix-Walti block: .6 mi
to the end of Depot Park the back way, without Laurel: 1 mile
to the end of Depot Park, by way of Laural and Center: 1.2 mile
high school loop: Laurel, California, Walnut, Chestnut, Jenne: 1.3 mile
California-Bay Street-Depot Park loop: 2 miles
Meder Street-University Terrace-Moore Creek-Grandview Street, if I could ever get all the way down there without getting lost in the housing project at the end: 2.1 there and back
this route as I actually do it: 1.5-1.8 mile (it's not clear on the map where my actual turnaround is)
Antonelli pond, as we do it: .6 mile
Lighthouse Field, common loop: .75 mile
can't do Henry Cowell, the path does not show on Google Maps, in map or satellite view, can't even guess. Well, I only go there when I am in the mood.
Google pedometer
why yes, I'm back to doing my physical therapy exercises, and walking more, and the difference is dramatic and quick. I am so, so very lucky: most people with as little cartilage as I have, and as sedentary habits as I tend to have (at least when I am upset or preoccupied) do not get off so easily as this. I don't use pain relievers at all, even when it hurts, because they don't seem to work on me anymore, but exercise does.I wouldn't expect this to work for everyone, but I would urge anyone with any kind of chronic pain or disability to give the physical therapy strategy a few good tries. Even if you need drugs and/or surgery, the exercise can support those things.
This summer I was sure I was going to get my knees replaced, and I continued with the physical therapy in order to prepare for surgery. Even before I lost my health insurance I had decided not to have the surgery any time soon because the improvement was close to total. I do understand that most people who have nearly no cartilage in their knees would not get the same kind of results, especially with how inconsistent I can be. I understand I am fortunate. But even the unlucky would most likely get some improvement.
Complete circuit of the field at Long Marine Lab: 1 mile
add cliffside spur, another .3 mile
shorcut version: .6 mi
Levee from credit union to Soquel bridge and back: 1.5 mile
to Broadway Bridge and back: 2.1 mile
to Water Street bridge and back: .9 mile
Short version of Frederick St Park clockwise around the end of the yacht harbor: .9 mile
widdershins to half-way down the harbor: 1.3 mi
to Aldo's: 1.5 mi
Arana Gulch to the yacht harbor gate: .75 mi
to Aldo's: 2.34 mi
Around the Felix-Blackburn block: .4 mi
around the Blackburn-Myrtle block: .5 mi
around the Felix-Walti block: .6 mi
to the end of Depot Park the back way, without Laurel: 1 mile
to the end of Depot Park, by way of Laural and Center: 1.2 mile
high school loop: Laurel, California, Walnut, Chestnut, Jenne: 1.3 mile
California-Bay Street-Depot Park loop: 2 miles
Meder Street-University Terrace-Moore Creek-Grandview Street, if I could ever get all the way down there without getting lost in the housing project at the end: 2.1 there and back
this route as I actually do it: 1.5-1.8 mile (it's not clear on the map where my actual turnaround is)
Antonelli pond, as we do it: .6 mile
Lighthouse Field, common loop: .75 mile
can't do Henry Cowell, the path does not show on Google Maps, in map or satellite view, can't even guess. Well, I only go there when I am in the mood.
Google pedometer
why yes, I'm back to doing my physical therapy exercises, and walking more, and the difference is dramatic and quick. I am so, so very lucky: most people with as little cartilage as I have, and as sedentary habits as I tend to have (at least when I am upset or preoccupied) do not get off so easily as this. I don't use pain relievers at all, even when it hurts, because they don't seem to work on me anymore, but exercise does.I wouldn't expect this to work for everyone, but I would urge anyone with any kind of chronic pain or disability to give the physical therapy strategy a few good tries. Even if you need drugs and/or surgery, the exercise can support those things.
This summer I was sure I was going to get my knees replaced, and I continued with the physical therapy in order to prepare for surgery. Even before I lost my health insurance I had decided not to have the surgery any time soon because the improvement was close to total. I do understand that most people who have nearly no cartilage in their knees would not get the same kind of results, especially with how inconsistent I can be. I understand I am fortunate. But even the unlucky would most likely get some improvement.