Time to start planning marathons around the new home!
Also the fact that this is a HOUSE is exciting because it’s time to start expanding the possibilities!
New home!
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Further planning
I didn’t post the mile loop! I have it here:
I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before but the direction I go might actually matter. I assumed I would start by going north and hitting the trail, but maybe I should start out by crossing Studemont while I have more energy. We’ll see!
Of course I can also do exercises in the apartment complex gym (even though I generally hate it) and I need to do at least one set of PT exercise hip stretches.
So the new plan is to collect ideas, inspo, projects and materials, and then break in the NEW APARTMENT with them with a marathon at end of October or early November (moving day into 2-bed apartment: October 21) (also moving killed FFF).
If I can develop the courage (and if it’s not too hot or cold outside since it has to have an outdoor component) I will try making a simple resin art project. I don’t think I’ll ever get up to the magnificent dioramas but I lust enough to try!
Back from the dead
So I didn’t get to do a quarter marathon on spring break, because my mom’s health got worse so I went up to visit. Then I moved to Houston and got a new job, and it’s way too hot to run outside right now anyway. So right now I have to deal with this:
So if I want to do this I either need to go late (like 4pm-10pm or something) or wait until like October.
In the meantime I can plan my route though!
A half mile is pretty easy to achieve just by running around two blocks in the neighborhood. If I want the full mile I can do a loop through the Buffalo Greenway park.
As for what needs doing, I will start laying the groundwork for a few projects:
- Something sewing related
- The infinite cards idea is still on the table
- New ref cards! For quadball!
- No computer stuff, my new day job is 100% computer stuff
And more things to come soon! Let’s aim for late September for a new marathon?? October might get busy with FFF.
Ideas for Q5
Hey!! I’m feeling a lot better from surgery and also, I don’t know why I didn’t check before, but it turns out the apartment building is exactly a half mile around!! Wow!!
I have this week coming up off and then next week also but Karen is back to work next week so maybe I can get Q5 in on that week. Aiming maybe for like 1/5/22.
What are some things I want to do?
- GOALS
- Test out the ol’ fitbit
- Get ready for SLAMTA CLAUS
- Go into the new year with no regrets
- IDEAS
- Code stuff
- Python
- Sorcery Clans (publish 1.4.0!!!!!!1)
- R/SQL
- Kaggle
- Crafts
- Looking for good ideas here
- Writing!
- Code stuff
More to come soon!
Starting over on Q3
So I got busy with work, and then my hip got worse so I finally had surgery in March. Now I’m starting to be well enough to consider a new marathon since I have about 1.5 months off.
Here are some projects, in no particular order, I would like to work on:
- New ANBU mask/Meowscles mask
- Homemade forehead protector (I saw one on YouTube!)
- Website work (probably make some demo VQ Spartans websites for the project)
- Investigate new printing shop nearby
- Sewing:
- More snitch shorts
- Snitch tails/experiments
- Headbands
- Pillow
- Ankle weight
- Reorganize art room
- Podcast prep + recording
Also now that I’ve moved, and am still in recovery, the exercise of choice needs to change:
- Stationary bike
- Preferred option, sadly it’s low-tech so doesn’t have a distance but can probably estimate a bike time
- Treadmill or elliptical
- Also an option
- Run around the block
- It’s probably too hot for that
A third thing to consider is WHEN!
- Preferably very soon so I can do more than one if my body can handle it.
- Maybe Thursday 7/8 can be the first? While my wife is at work all day, and it helps that I have to be up on time to drop her off at work
- Definitely no sooner than that because I have a doctor meeting on Wednesday 7/7 and I should check in with him on my physical activity
- Would like to do at least one more on the break as well.
Run test
I ran a lap of the apartment complex this morning. It wasn’t too bad, but there were some concerns:
- I can definitely run a mile but I didn’t want to push myself because I work late tonight and my legs hurt by the end of the evening lab as it is. Running multiple miles might be harder but also that’s why it’s so important to try
- I forgot to bring the gate clicker, which would have helped since I can’t squeeze through the east gate like I can the west gate
- If I continue to forget to bring it, I can skip the east gate, which results in an altered route (linked below). Opening the door isn’t too much of a burden but it can take me out of the running zone, which is a hard enough place to get into
- PodRunner actually worked, which was exciting! Will probably not need something more talky since it’s a shorter run.
This is the route I can run that does not incorporate going through the east gate. It’s not ideal because it involves pushing open a door while running and then cutting across some (potentially soggy) grass but it’s surprisingly still over half a mile (0.56 on the charted path, almost the same as the other one which is 0.57). It does involve extra turns going through and around buildings so it’s less fun but still workable
Run path without key fob to go through east gate: https://bit.ly/2RkXvdt
Route
So it looks like if I run outside of the gates of my apartment complex and complete the loop that way it’s a half mile. So two of those is a mile (approx.) which means I have my marathon track! Sort of. Not really ideal to squeeze through the gates but at least the one on the west side I know I can fit through. If it’s not an easy squeeze through the east side then I’ll either need to bring my clicker with me or figure out another route.