This is Cool……Unless if You Are From NYC
Susan Wagner, a Pittsburgh based sculptor, is using me to model for a statue of Bill Mazeroski to be placed at PNC Park. I’m really excited about this. I just turned 9 when the Pirates beat the Yankees in game 7 of the ‘60 World Series with Maz’s home run. He was our hero. My dad used to chide guys about Pitsburgh teams all the time for kicks, deep down he’s a fan. He’s watched the Steelers as long as I can remember, even when they stank in the 60’s. I was coming home from school and the neighbor from across the street yells at me and says, " you tell your dad the Pirates beat those Yankees!" I remember watching the film of Maz hitting the homer over Yogi Berra and rounding the bases, with people running out onto the field on the news. It was really something.
All that said, tonight’s walk was better. Done in 20:04. I didn’t think it would be that good. I had a minor ache in my abs all day and thought I still haven’t rebounded from the latest liver thing. Looking at my calendar I saw that the day before I had my big strength drop was the day after I got a flu shot. From what I read about this syndrome on the Mayo Clinic’s site viruses will trigger it, along with stress, over exertion and fasting. So that answered that question. It’s just taking time to recover.
Tuesday’s resistance workout was on the down side, I could get out 8 reps instead of the 12 or 13 I was doing. I’ll see how it goes tomorrow. If this evening is an indicator I should get out more than 8 reps.
