Well, there’s a weird professional milestone: a direct report was just so critical about a project I’ve been wrangling that I ended up angry crying in a meeting. Off camera, thank gods.
We usually work well together, and they’re grouchy about changes we have no control over (lay offs suck. People are illogical. We have had an annoying few weeks of bs troubleshooting.
@StarkSequence all the replies so far are excellent. Running slowly, at conversational capable pace, is the key to building a base fitness that will allow easy growth. It requires patience, but it absolutely works.
Also, everyone is different and everything is relative. Run for yourself and don't get bogged down in comparisons to others.
Post here often: we celebrate successes & help each other through struggles. This is an affirming group of wonderful people. You're now part of it!
@sebastianhahn@WTL@DennisETaylor I read it earlier this year and very much enjoyed it. I think the only book of his I haven't read is Earthside, which is the continuation of Quantum Earth series.
I DEVOURED the Bobiverse series. One of my favs for sure! Cannot wait until the next one comes out.
@sebastianhahn@WTL I've read Daemon, but not the second one. I should go back and pick it up.
Have you read "Off to be the Wizard" by Scott Meyer? Less of a thriller, but fun and somewhat similar to some of @DennisETaylor with perhaps a bit of the Scalzi kind of humor mixed in.
Friday:
130 seconds of plank
11 minutes of yoga for runners
20 minutes of HIIT
30 minutes of strength training
23.5 km of #cycling (11°C with a 12 km/hr wind)
Pretty good first workout morning back in civilization, although it was alarmingly sunny out. 🤣
@WTL laaaaater. Like, witching hour late, where the corrupted, misguided people like me hide from responsibility (but enjoy the coolest temperature and lowest humidity).
My wife hates my late-night running, but I'm just not a morning person. I once was, but now I cannot!
The dude (17) and his friends decided they were all doing buzz cuts for the summer. He's just came home from getting it done and... it's going to take some getting used to! Doesn't look bad. Just, different.
Wet, wet, wet. At one point during the run I wanted to jump over a branch lying across the path in the woods. Unfortunately, the ground was so soggy, my left foot which was pushing me off the ground just slipped back. My right foot got tangled up in the branch. A second later I found myself lying flat on the floor. Yuck! Apart from that it was a good run. After Trump‘s conviction in NY yesterday, I skipped my audiobook and took a dive into my MSNBC podcasts. #Running#applewatchultra2#rain
@sebastianhahn if it can't be avoided, I hope you find some joy in it. Sometimes I think it's fun to be in really messy conditions... after the first good soaking is over with, that is. Until I've recovered from that initial moment, I'd rather go back home. After, can't get any wetter, so as long as I'm warm enough... let's go!
Change of plans today. Hoped to be able to sneak out and back in before the 🌩️🌩️🌩️ and visit my favorite trail hills. But as I leave the house I see the dark clouds and make the immediate decision to stay on the neighborhood hill for some scrambling and speed hiking. In case I need to “evacuate rapidly” (don’t want to be on the trails with lightning). Managed to do 5km and 324m of EG before I saw a few⚡️not too far away. #trailrunning#running#meteorology
@30yrdscreamer my older family members get louder, the further apart we are. They subconsciously don't trust the technology, harkening back to the days when that might have been appropriate over spotty landlines and "long distance" carriers.
Thought I might not get this run in, as my neck is acting up more than usual with it getting more hot and humid. But it ended up being one of my faster runs this month. #running#runnersofmastodon#barcelona
I knew that running the morning after circuit training wasn't such a good idea.
This week brought a lot more NEET than usual. As a result my training involved fewer sessions too, though I didn't skip circuit training yesterday evening.
So I set out for a long run, because I didn't run on Tuesday and I won't have time on Sunday either, but I couldn't even reach 8 km before my legs and my mind gave up.