Running
Glad to have found some time to get out there for a run on this sunny but cool day. Felt pretty good so just rambled around the neighborhood with no direction or goals.
Utilized my time running tonight while waiting for my son to finish basketball practice. Thankfully, I found a break in the rain that lasted all day to actually get this done, but I had to follow the street lights as it got dark because I forgot my running lights. 🤷♂️
Wasn’t sure how this run was going to go after the weekend but I felt really good. I need to do better at pivoting my route so when I want to do a little speed I don’t have the climbs. Sad to see all these areas get chopped out but I guess the invasive species need to get removed sometime.
Sometimes you make mistakes in planning but you push through the training run. Even though I knew it was going to be warm I misjudged the amount of water I should have taken after last weeks cooler run when I used none of it and with about 4 miles left I was making 1/4 of one of these last 🫣.
This day has been crazy so I am glad I got some time earlier today between meetings today to get this run done. I really wasn’t sure it was going to happen as my whole afternoon and well into the evening was work stuff and running one of my kids to swim.
Found some time tonight before I had to pick the youngest up from dance to squeeze this run in. The rain stopped right before I started which gave the air that after rain smell and kept it cool out. Saw a rainbow but since I was mostly on trails there was too much tree cover to make it worth while.
A tail of running on tired legs and misjudged weather. I guess just one of those runs you try to get into a zone and try not to think about it. I will tell myself I heard that running on tired legs is good from time to time.
📷 Photoblogging: Day 08 - This is probably good prevention for most but when out for a run I don’t let these little obstacles stop me.
Well before we started this run we knew it was going to be a rainy one today… And it was for really all but a couple miles. 🌧️
Shaarli Shortcut
I was sad to see the news inside of the Shaarli IOS app that the IOS app will cease to exist starting sometime in the summer of 2024. I am not sure if this will really happen or not but I decided to search around to find an alternative for me to quickly send a link to my Shaarli instance. I found one that Mike Rockwell at InitialCharge had put together at some point but stated he no longer used anymore. I obviously tried to run it and it kind of worked but added a lot of extra characters in the Title and Link that I felt could be cleaned up. So I used what he started as an example to what I needed to do and started from scratch.
In the end, I put tougher a very basic example that works and I can see where I could make some improvements going forward but not sure I will do much at this time but more tried to prepare myself for the time that the IOS app might go away. The other nice thing is that this Shortcut I can use on my Mac too but obviously I can use the Bookmarklet as well so it is a little duplicative.
If you are interested feel free to copy my Shaarli Link Share Shortcut.
📷 Photoblogging: Day 05 - I feel bad reposted a picture I already posted today but to me this is serene when running in the morning because at this time I normally see no one and if I pick the path right I can get away from streets and be alone with my thoughts.
Got this run in earlier today as the kids didn’t have school. So enjoyed this casual, slightly on the cool side with shorts run.
I had exactly 45 min to get this run in before the next meeting. Not bad overall as I gave myself a couple min to cool down as it was much warmer out than expecting and for me… I over dressed but glad to have the sun out and a little warmer weather.
Running street hunter edition… It got dark quick so I decided to use my time to pick off some streets I have not run and boy did I find elevation and some interesting places I need to circle back to at some point. Especially that trail that I didn’t dare go down at the late hour it was.
Even though it was overcast today the weather wasn’t bad out for my run. I like having slower Mondays at work from a meeting perspective as it lets me reset for the week ahead and go a little longer running to as I just put more work time in later in the evening.
Decided to do a short Easter run today in order to hit a smaller millage goal of the week. Also, felt like with the amount of snacking and food in my future today this will be a good start. Looking at this dock I feel like it is placed out further than before but I could be wrong. 🤷♂️
Friday morning unplanned half that included Ridge Road. I might have choose one of the more hillier routes to run today for no good reason at all.
From the top of Ridge Road
From across Christmas Lake looking back at Ridge Road
Had to take it slow with a number of ice spots out there today. Also, the route I ran got interesting as I came to some sections where the sidewalks were not clear and I didn’t feel like running on a busy road.
