Walking. Function. Geriatrics.
A Walk in the Park I admit it, I have been a bit obsessed with walking since having my toe surgery last September (there is a run of posts that begins with Wiggling My Toes where I talk about the surgery and my post-operative progress. There is also my more recent commitment, gulp, to walk a half marathon this year ( Resolved ). This week, my podiatrist cleared me to train for that little adventure. That's a good thing because I had already kind of started doing that (training that is). I'll get more serious come the spring and I will walk that half marathon come fall with my dear friend Linda. Or so I think. On Tuesday, I walked to the podiatrist's office. It was a beautiful day for a walk in Central Park. Quiet and peaceful after a Monday storm had dumped about 8 inches of snow on NYC. The trees were still coated in white. Because school was not canceled, the park was primarily filled with adult walkers, runners, the oc...