Took my lunch break at 11am and couldn't stick with my previously planned 1:3 run:walk ratio, that felt too slow! Instead after warming up by walking for 3 minutes, I began a 1:1 run:walk ratio. I followed this cycle 9 times, then I cooled down by walking for 5 minutes. Traveled about 1.6 miles in 26 minutes. Slow Bug ( Read more... )

Getting the blood draw was uneventful, though I always worry about picking up COVID from another patient when I go to my HMO. I wear a mask there and avoid touching anything. I haven't felt sick since December, when I caught COVID on a trip to LA, probably from somebody near me on the flight home -- even a mask doesn't help when you're near them ( Read more... )

It rained a bit earlier before I got out of bed, but then the sun came out while I was stretching, so I took the time for a pre-run breakfast, and am happily digesting my food ... normally I'd get ready to run by 8:30am but the radar shows storms are quickly moving my way, so I need to get up and run NOW ( Read more... )

Having breakfast delivered to the condo in a few minutes, getting a haircut at 11am, then probably lunch in the city before I head home, T has plans for the afternoon.  I'll cook dinner for him tonight, take him to train station tomorrow, and run 4 miles?

My longest run since the spring, my longest run at age 55 -- I ran 5 miles this afternoon ( Read more... )

If I were east of the Dnieper River in Ukraine I'd get the fuck out of there ASAP.

One piece of the typical Bug anxiety storm is physiological -- a feeling that my body is pumping out adrenaline to keep me alert, awake, energetic, ready to run. Another piece is mental -- a feeling that my brain won't stop scanning the mindscape for possible threats. The overall experience frightens me, I don't like to be experiencing it. But I ( Read more... )