August 30 - Sept 5 2020 - Semi Lockdown St Petersburg







Corona US Cases August 30 - 5,893,373
Corona US Cases September 5- 6,141,077

Corona US Deaths August 30 - 171,588
Corona US Deaths September 5 - 176,942



Interesting Things that happened this week:

- Got back on the walking wagon this week.  After two weeks of slacking, i got the bug back again.  I think with the plasma donation twice a week plus doing miles outside in Florida in summer, the hydration thing is taking its toll.  I try to hydrate all the time, but I don't think its enough.  Two weeks of not sweating my ass off on a semi daily basis has made me feel better.
- Met with Bree at the Largo Central Nature Preserve again and we knocked out 3 miles there.  I did a little more after she left, but Bree kept up for 3 miles.  I think that was a little challenging for her but I'm excited she was able to keep it up.  
- Headed over to the Walsingham Park after work one day with the idea that I could do the 6 mile trail.  The loop around the lake, if you just do the loop is 3.4 miles.  I was disappointed but I'd started around 5:30pm during a heat advisory (I didn't know there was a heat advisory at the time). Its probably better that I didn't do 6 miles as I was sweating bullets.  I played around online and I've figured out how to make it 6 miles, so when I'm ready to do the 10k, I should be able to do it there. 
- I signed up Gil and I for a Wizard 5k, and we'll get shirts and wands and medals and I think it'll be good for his self esteem.  Its virtual, so we do it on our own time.
- I signed me up for a 10k, I'll get a shirt and a medal.  I'm about a week to 10 days away from completing the Hadrian Wall Challenge.  I'm going to try to do the 10k after that.  I haven't done more than 5 miles at one time so far, but the heat has a lot to do with that.  I'm hoping now that its Sept, the temps will start coming back down a little bit.  I figure that this will push me to increase whether I want to or not.  Its called the Ok'est Runners Club 10k.  The shirt made me laugh so I signed up for this one.  They have since sent me advertisements for other races with funny names.  I may sign up for more before this is over.
- Did another video this week.  Figured out a few more of the functions.  Again, there aren't a lot of options and I'm not sure how I missed them before, but I was happy with this attempt.  I want to start taking more video footage so I can have a stock pile to work with.  I went onto Merideth Marsh's website and read through all her blogs.  She mostly does video tutorials, but she has a number of articles that are going to help me get started.  It helps to read through her information so that it becomes less intimidating to start.  I'm feeling a little less overwhelmed and I'm going to start the beginners "30 days of GoPro" series, a series she developed to get people started on their GoPro.  I'm pretty excited.
- The GoPro is starting to act up and I'm not sure if its me or the GoPro.  I used it at the zoo and sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't.  Sometimes it does burst shots and sometimes it does video.  I missed a lot of video when I really wanted to the video.  I had the same problem at the dog park, trying to get video of Xena.  Sometimes its bursts and sometimes its video and sometimes it locks up and I can't make it do anything.  I watched an intitial tutorial and I'm trying to remember how to change things.  So I'm either remembering incorrectly, or there is a glitch in the camera.  I need to rewatch the tutorial again.
- Gil fell at the dog park Friday night.  Sprained his ankle.  Looks like we won't be doing the 5k this week.  its swollen up like a baseball.  I've been making him elevate it and ice it and ibuprofen to get it heeled faster.
- I failed the physical twice this week at plasma donation.  I'm down $100.  The first time was because I bruised last Friday around the puncture wound and they wouldn't restick me until the bruising heals.  Friday, I failed the heart rate.  I can go back today to try to repass it.  I'm not sure my heart pills are still working, I may need to up the dosage.  I'm keeping them in the car and they are over a year old, and I think they are loosing their potency.
- I picked up all the ingredience for keto pot pie this week and I'm going to try to cook it over the weekend.  It looks really simple, but we'll see.
US Coronavirus Statistics
New cases identified in August 1,422,137 
New deaths related in August  29,707
Florida Coronavirus Statistics
New cases identified in August 151,012
New deaths related in August 4230





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