Tony Dalmyn – Page 12 – Luctor et Emergo

2011 Log

I noted I paddled in a Voyageur canoe at VCKC on the Gorge on New Years Day. I noted a couple of hikes in January.

I had a stroke in January. I was discharged from hospital in February.

I noted my first ride March 20. On the first ride, I had a moment of instability at the Saanich Road crossing on the Lochside related to disengaging the clips to stop for traffic. It was momentary and did not deter me from riding. In early May I perceived some dizziness while walking – carrying something heavy.I became concerned that I was not managing my balance and that low blood pressure due to medications was affecting my balance. I did not ride after June. My logged cycling distance in 2011 was 328.3 Km.

I started to go for 10 km. walks on trails along Beaver and Elk lakes in June. Saturday morning walks became regular. I used the GPS. My recorded walk/hikes included the early January hikes and couple more hikes on Galloping Goose in Metchosin with people from VCKC. My logged walks in 2011 were 324.2 Km.

Hypertension

I had a stroke in January. I was unconscious for a few days, hospitalized for a couple of weeks and off work for a few months.

I was hypertensive.

I thought I had been cooking healthy i.e. not using more salt than a recipe required etc.

My blood pressure dropped with medication during my recovery. My blood pressure got into a good range when I eliminated salt by switching to no sodium added broths and vegetables in cooking,baking bread in a bread machine on a lower salt formula for the recipes I was using and avoiding fast food, processed meats, cheese and processed (factory cooked) products.

2010 Log

My logged riding distance in 2010 was 704.3. I rode the Gian Yukon, with one ride logged on the road bike.

I was paddling dragon boat and OC6 at VCKC. I started to log some hikes with some people from VCKC. I was getting distance and route on a Garmin handheld GPS. I had a few rides with people from VCKC.

2009 Rides

My logged distance in 2009 was 1085.9 Km. I had the crank arms on Giant Yukon changed. I had rides in Winnipeg at the end of June and in October (at Thanksgiving) on borrowed bikes.

I was paddling dragon boats and outrigger canoes – OC6 – at VCKC.

I went to folk festivals in Courtenay in July and in Edmonton in August – not by bike!

2008 Rides

In 2008 my logged rides were 804.4 km. I cycled to the Victoria Canoe and Kayak Club for a dragon boat practice on 2 Saturdays in February and April, and to the GO Rowing Centre on the Upper Harbour for a day of dragon boat racing in March. My ride in Victoria were on my Giant Yukon, with two rides on the KA. I had a couple of rides in Winnipeg in June.

2007 Rides

In 2007 I used Cateye cycling computera to monitot my speed and distance, and kept a record of my trips. Most of my rides were on the Giant Yukon. A couple were on my old road bike, a Kuwahara Apollo. My recorded distance in 2007 was 1,384.2 kilometers. I road a century August 6, 2007 on the road bike.

I took up dragon boating with a team out of the Victoria Canoe and Kayaking Club on Gorge road, which meant practices two evenings a week, June until late August. I noted trips to the folk festival in Courtenay BC. I noted rides on a trip to Winnipeg.