On a few recent walks I have experimented with a few short runs. Yesterday afternoon I did some knee bends in he pool in about 3.5' holding the edge of the pool. I don't think it is in the cards; both running and knee bends were painful. Maybe beach running, but I don't get to the beach often enough to make a difference. Kind of a bummer; I enjoyed running before my knees tore up and I had surgery. Five years ago, I was running 6+ miles at a time, 3 times a week. I even did a non stop, running all the way half marathon.

When we stayed in a hotel back in early June, I did the elliptical early in the morning and that was fine. I don't belong to a gym, though. I might join when Planet fitness does their next drive. They just finished one, but I didn't think I would use it until fall or winter. During their membership drives, they offer a $1 initiation fee, $10 a month to use a single location but you don't get to use the non exercise stuff (massage chairs and that kind of thing). There is one near my office. I could get up change into gym clothes, go work out, shower and change for work and go in. I don't have to dress nice for my job, so in the winter it's jeans. Right now it's shorts.