After today this run was needed! The weather was great and I can’t complain about the sunset while meandering around. Glad to make a loop around the current Braemar trail as it looks what was a fun hiking trail might get overtaken for mountain bikers 😑.
Squeezed in a quick run today before the Ice Draw tonight. Wasn’t too bad out and might have overdressed as the sun wasn’t really out and felt colder before I started.
Wasn’t the plan but since there was snow out I felt obligated to get out and run today. ☃️ There was a little ice out there so had to take to the streets in places vs the sidewalks.
Guess we couldn’t escape it any longer… Hello snow I won’t lie you and your colder weather could go away for a couple more weeks… Thanks. 🌨️
It was a great morning to get a little reset and ran longer than I had planned as I was feeling good and an easy trail to follow out and back. I had the trail mostly to myself except a couple stare downs like this. 🦌
We almost missed it but… Hold the show everyone!!!! It is Big Darbs Birthday today 🥳 🎉🎂
💅 New dad moment that I found myself at a nail salon because my daughter needed her nails done. I can confidently say I have never been in one and the fumes are almost too much for me.
Note I am not getting my nails done but the nice lady asked if I needed anything too. 😆
I still like the idea of Apple’s Journal app but I have not really gotten suggestions 🤔. Maybe I am doing something wrong but what I thought I would see is not working as expected. I thought my run from this morning, places I have been or photos I have taken today would be suggestions.
After a late night this run felt sluggish and didn’t help with the high winds today. Tried to find some coverage with a trail and around a marsh that is protected. Oh well I had the time waiting for morning hockey to get done so I will say I spent my time wisely.
We have gotten a lot of water the past couple of days and the marsh is showing it as the water is almost to the bottom of the boards. The run was good but a little slick on these planks and a lot of mud. Also, got cut short thinking I was going to miss a meeting that in turn got canceled.
Had to create a makeshift walkway to get to and from the office today due to all this rain we have been getting. I seem to have a river now that I hope will go away soon. Thanks pond hockey goal! 🏒
Foundry by Eliot Peper
What can I say Eliot Peper did it again with Foundry! From the moment it started the whole story was a fast-paced, entertaining, and almost too close-to-reality near-future spy novel. Needless to say, I could not put the book down or stop listening to it when I was away from the physical book. I really enjoyed how this book (compared to his others) took a different style in approach by being written in first person and I even found when listening to it (also appreciated it was his voice) it was like someone was telling me a story as we sat across a table drinking a cortado.
I think this book was the perfect way to do such a thing and as always allowed for all the twists and turns as the bigger story unfolded. As always, I enjoy hearing easter eggs from prior books as he might reference places and technology but you would not have had to read those books before to enjoy this one. The attention to all details between the characters and the scenery made me feel like I was part of the overall storytelling journey.
Eliot does such a great job of writing these types of near-future stories like these where the plot and things that happen are very realistic and not so far-fetched to what we hear in the news. However, I think it also goes to show the detail in which he researches various technologies and topics to ensure it has that real feel to the story. This is found in how he describes places, food, drinks, and technology. Overall, this is another great book put out into the world by Eliot! I am sure he is sick of hearing this from me but… I can’t wait for the next one!
Got this run done right before the rain came down. I was about 1 miles from home and my watch notified me that rain was starting in about 8 min 😅. It was not a bad morning but darker on the trail due to the rain clouds.
This is a great little Obsidian Plugin Open Link With that allows me to have my links in Obsidian in Chrome (which I have to use for work) vs my default Safari which I use for personal.
Early Monday morning run to start the week off right or I hope. Thankfully so many people keep their fun Halloween decorations on all night so I can enjoy them during these early hours. 🎃
Beautiful fall day running around Carver Nature Reserve. Explored some new trails and made sure to connect up to the last time I was out there so the map stays complete.
Finding my way around Lake Ann’s trails both marked and unmarked. Only ran into a few obstacles on this run and only almost fell once when I was in tall grass with some poorly constructed wood blocks to run on which I couldn’t see. However, sure could tell it was fall in the trees. 🍂
