Disorientation

I was almost at the gym this morning when I realised I didn’t have my running shoes with me! And, the new house is an additional few minutes further from the gym. Anyway, it is still only less than 10 minutes’ drive away and I needed the workout so I went home, picked up the shoes and returned to the gym. I decided to just do the run and not do any post-run stretches/push-ups so I went all out and did a decent 9.5km in the normal 45-minute session. I was still sweating by the time I finished my shower and pulled on my jeans. I was afraid the push of pace up to 14k/h towards the end of the run would do my knee in but I guess the procosamine (a glucosamine sulphate supplement I have been taking for the past few weeks) is really effective as I felt no strain whatsoever. Kiddo’s usual jibe at my age during breakfast was brushed away with the usual “but I am stronger and fitter than you”. I know we can’t beat age and in many ways, I can feel the effects of ageing but I am really thankful with this adherence to some form of regular exercise and supplements, which has by and large kept me going. The fitness level however, hasn’t helped in overcoming this sense of disorientation. Hopefully I will stop forgetting things. Kiddo and I were talking in the car on the way to her school and I told her about my forgotten shoes incident, maybe subconsciously to pacify her that we too, forget stuff. We joked about how we often forget to remember and only remembered we forgot after the incident. It happens more when we are disoriented, by new surroundings, and a sense of intrusion – yes, I am still affected by the email incident. Still disoriented.