15k, Cobra, 10

I had a good but seemingly fast four day weekend fly by. On Saturday morning I played pickleball with Sue. I had some discomfort in my leg/hip/knee but we still managed to win every game but one. I took three advil prior to playing to help. Well evidently they started to wear off around the time I took the truck to go get groceries. I had this consistent pain in the hip that I just could not get to subside. I spent the entire drive to and from the grocery store shifting my position while driving to try to escape the discomfort. It was very annoying. Later in the day it relaxed but man, I am so tired of it.

Over the weekend I consumed the final 5 episodes of Cobra Kai a show I have always been fond of. I thought they did a real nice job of bringing the story full circle. If you ever enjoyed the Karate Kid movies you really should check the series out.

Over the weekend my YouTube channel hit a milestone reaching 15,000 subscribers. It has been a goal of mine for a little while. I even did a couple channel promotion campaigns with Google to help get me there a little faster. In the big picture a 15K YouTube channel is small potatoes compared to big creators however to me it’s a nice little feather in the hat. It’s a weird feeling knowing that there have been close to 8 million views on my channel in total. 20K, here we come.

With no football to watch anymore I had some extra time to get out and ride. I took my Veteran Patton out for a ride Sunday afternoon and enjoyed it. This was only my third riding video of 2025. Once my F22 Pro arrives I expect that pace to accelerate.

Monday morning I got over to the gym in the government center. I wanted to make sure I got my chest day in. In addition I got on the cross trainer and did a solid 20 minutes of cardio keeping my heart rate between 140-150 BPM the entire time. This is the one aspect of my fitness regime that has been lost in the shuffle.

For a long time I was doing significant cardio via running. I then switched to the road bike once a week. Since I moved regular cardio was dropped and sort of replaced with all of the pickleball and volleyball I was playing. Since I am not playing volleyball and my pickleball court time has been cut in half I feel that I need to put more focus on keeping my cardio fitness at at least a decent level. It may require me to add some after work hours sessions at the gym to do so.

Yesterday was also Elsa’s 10th birthday, a big one of course. It was celebrated with balloons, a hat, presents and a birthday cupcake. Elsa was a good sport about it all. It’s very difficult for me to wrap my head around that fact that the little scared dog that was adopted from under a table at Rural King is now 10 years old. The speed of the passing of time nowadays is sort of terrifying. Anyway Elsa seemed to enjoy the attention.

It was a good four days.