"Larry, Are you doing okay?" That was a question that should not have needed asking. The previous winter I was hiking 5 to 6 miles a day thru Monroe County parks in the middle of winter with temperatures below 20 degrees F. The goal of the hikes was always to make it to that hot chocolate at the end and sit around with good people and laugh and talk and relax after a good afternoon of exercise.
"Are you doing okay?" The problem was that I was not doing okay. I wasn't huffing and puffing. I wasn't falling down. But each step felt like walking thru molasses. And no matter how much I did on treadmills, accu-tracks, exer-bikes or ellipticals, I could not build up endurance for the hikes.
Hiking just wasn't fun anymore.
The up side was that via the hike leader's question, I received an external indication that something needed investigating. And fortunately, I paid attention. The next thing I did was bring the medical system to bear.
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