Cataract surgery

I developed a cataract in my left eye and had surgery today. The surgery went well and I'm at home now.

Walked 8.2 miles today!

For the first time, I walked from my house to my work in downtown Bellevue. It is 4.1 miles each way and took an hour and a quarter to walk each leg, for a total of 2.5 hours of walking.

My legs are now quite sore and I have a bit of a sunburn.

Warrior Dash 2018

I took part in the Warrior Dash 2018 in Carnation, WA this past Saturday with a group of people from Samena. We had a huge amount of fun and got very dirty. There aren't a lot of photos of us because its not really something you can carry a camera on. These images were from a friend's husband.

I'm the guy in the white compression shirt (it was old), black gloves, and Speedo jammers. It took me 15 minutes of showering to get the mud to stop.

Helping People Up

First into the final mud pit!

Covered in Mud

The End

1000 miles!

I finally made it to a 1000 miles swimming at Samena. I've really cut back on how much I'm swimming since starting karate, then joining a morning workout class, and then also going regularly to the gym.

950th mile on my birthday

I swam my 950th mile on my birthday the other day. I had hopes to reach 1000 miles by this point, but I've been busy doing lots of other stuff. I've been doing strength training in the evening, along with a mile swim, and karate, and doing more intensive calisthenic exercises in the morning. Altogether, I'm average 1.5 to 2 hours of exercise a day.

Learned to surf today!

I grew up on the coast but never learned to surf, until today while on vacation. My younger two kids also learned with me.

900 miles!

I reached my 900th mile swimming laps at Samena last night.

I haven't been swimming quite as much this year as I've been doing other activity -- the Muscles in Minutes class at Samena on M/W/F mornings (started December 2016) and I'm attending the Brown Belt class on Tuesdays (as of June 2017). I also got a kayak and bike this summer.

Monday:  45 minutes of Muscles In Minutes
Tuesday: 2.5 hours karate, 40ish minutes of swimming
Wednesday: 45 minutes of Muscles in Minutes, 1 hour karate
Thursday: 1.5 hours karate
Friday: 45 minutes of Muscles In Minutes, 1.5 hours karate
Sunday: 1 hour 20ish minutes  of swimming

I sometimes swim on Fridays or Saturdays and also hit the gym. About 11.5 hours a week of physical activity.

I'm also taking a drawing class with my wife.