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Getting Back Outside
Sep. 25th, 2023 06:31 amWe're finally having nice weather, so Saturday Fox and I headed to Florahome for our long workouts. Well, Fox is cycling so his ride wasn't super long, but I needed a long run, and my last two hadn't been exactly stellar. I headed up a side road and passed by FPL's solar farm before deciding on more or less a whim to go into Etoniah Creek State Forest and run a section of the Florida Trail. I knew from the map it would connect with a road on the other side of the forest, then back down towards 100 and the rail trail, which would lead me right back to my truck. Easy.
Oh boy did I not even once think about that trail until I was too far in to really turn around.
Not to dump on the trail maintainers - they're all volunteers and they do a great job, but we also just had a major hurricane, and there's only so much people can do each weekend. There were a lot of downed trees to contend with, including a big pine that fell almost ON the trail, necessitating several yards of climbing through its branches. On stretches where I could run, I kept up a decent trail pace, but I was frequently forced to walk. But it was a nice day, no other people out, and I just stopped worrying about my pace and distance and stuff, and just enjoyed the run.
Except for about a half mile of open area that was just thick with sand spurs. Fuck those things. There was a convenient bench on the other side of that patch where I sat down to pick them all off my socks and shoes. Yeah, these things.
I was surprised at how good I felt, both mentally and physically, when I was done. Tired, yes. I was out of it to the point where when I made pizza that night, I forgot the sauce on one of them. And the next day I found I was stiff and sore that morning, but by breakfast, I felt better and was moving normally. So, I didn't quite get as much distance as I wanted, but I maintained a good pace for the kinds of places I was running and wasn't wiped out after. Plus, I saw some Hawks doing a territorial display. Not too much other wildlife, but they probably all heard me crashing around and stayed away. Which is good because one of the sandy patches looked to have some small bear tracks. That, or some little kid really needs to cut his toenails.
I gotta add yoga back into my routine. Between weight lifting and running, I feel kind of stiff and very mildly achey. Like a 1 on a 1 to 10 scale, but I'd prefer a zero.
I've stopped playing anything requiring fast inputs and stuff on my Steam Deck. Yes, it's a little slow, but so is my brain. So normal gamers with good reaction times might not have a problem with it, but I'm better off doing any fighting or tight platforming on my desktop PC. But this is also not exactly why I got the Deck. I have plenty of things like turn based, resource management, and other lower-key games I'd like to play, and they're perfect for laying on the couch or hanging out in the camper. I loaded up Kingdom Classic, Abzu, and Death & Taxes. Kingdom is interesting, and I'm already on day 16 or 17, but I think I fucked up and don't have enough builders.
But I do want to finish up Blasphemous 2, and I'm on the next to last boss fight. As with the first game, the next to last boss is turning out to be a really tough fight. This guy even has Crisanta's sword so you know he's a bastard. Overall I'm really pleased with the second game and looking forward to any DLC they decide to put out. I like most of the modifications and changes, and the ones I don't like, I understand.
Oh boy did I not even once think about that trail until I was too far in to really turn around.
Not to dump on the trail maintainers - they're all volunteers and they do a great job, but we also just had a major hurricane, and there's only so much people can do each weekend. There were a lot of downed trees to contend with, including a big pine that fell almost ON the trail, necessitating several yards of climbing through its branches. On stretches where I could run, I kept up a decent trail pace, but I was frequently forced to walk. But it was a nice day, no other people out, and I just stopped worrying about my pace and distance and stuff, and just enjoyed the run.
Except for about a half mile of open area that was just thick with sand spurs. Fuck those things. There was a convenient bench on the other side of that patch where I sat down to pick them all off my socks and shoes. Yeah, these things.
I was surprised at how good I felt, both mentally and physically, when I was done. Tired, yes. I was out of it to the point where when I made pizza that night, I forgot the sauce on one of them. And the next day I found I was stiff and sore that morning, but by breakfast, I felt better and was moving normally. So, I didn't quite get as much distance as I wanted, but I maintained a good pace for the kinds of places I was running and wasn't wiped out after. Plus, I saw some Hawks doing a territorial display. Not too much other wildlife, but they probably all heard me crashing around and stayed away. Which is good because one of the sandy patches looked to have some small bear tracks. That, or some little kid really needs to cut his toenails.
I gotta add yoga back into my routine. Between weight lifting and running, I feel kind of stiff and very mildly achey. Like a 1 on a 1 to 10 scale, but I'd prefer a zero.
I've stopped playing anything requiring fast inputs and stuff on my Steam Deck. Yes, it's a little slow, but so is my brain. So normal gamers with good reaction times might not have a problem with it, but I'm better off doing any fighting or tight platforming on my desktop PC. But this is also not exactly why I got the Deck. I have plenty of things like turn based, resource management, and other lower-key games I'd like to play, and they're perfect for laying on the couch or hanging out in the camper. I loaded up Kingdom Classic, Abzu, and Death & Taxes. Kingdom is interesting, and I'm already on day 16 or 17, but I think I fucked up and don't have enough builders.
But I do want to finish up Blasphemous 2, and I'm on the next to last boss fight. As with the first game, the next to last boss is turning out to be a really tough fight. This guy even has Crisanta's sword so you know he's a bastard. Overall I'm really pleased with the second game and looking forward to any DLC they decide to put out. I like most of the modifications and changes, and the ones I don't like, I understand.
