A World On A String

[Run4theCure]

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bunch of months ago....one of these things crash landed..during the night...up on a hill around here. Believe it or not....the cargo was Mexi weed...and the pilot escaped into the woods. They (apparently) fly during the full moon...the smuggler's moon.

....seems it's the latest thing Homeland Security/Border Patrol wants us citizens to be watching out for. It's a matter of time before some overzealous local shoots one out of the sky as it skims the tree tops...

but yeah. some standard craziness

* been very busy. I'm racing a trail marathon in a couple weeks...and registered to race some 50 mile and 50K races coming up in winter/spring season

** Couple weeks ago I paced a runner the last 18 miles of a 100K race. He went down puking...then into the fetal position 3 times during those last 18 miles. Each time he resurrected himself (the last time he needed to pulled up to his feet)...composed himself...and finished in a good time. The second time he went down...it was coming out of the final aid station...and I had to keep the medical people at bay to give my runner time to gather himself off the ground. He told me "I don't want to talk to anyone" and I fully understood...because the medical techs can make the judgement call and end an individual's race..and you know

my guy's mind was somewhere else..and his body just needed to rest a few

never met him before...but those hours we shared on the trail...were special. watching a person come up to a wall...and make their way through...at the cost of their own wellbeing....is..to me...what dedication and discipline to the sport is all about. To be witness to the cause (at its strength and at its weakest point)...to witness the desire..gnarly gnarly stuff. It's a very thin line between...I can do it and I can't do it...one step in either direction...your choice sometimes....yet sometimes the mind and body fails

I hope that when the walls are breaking me down....that I too...have the resolve of heart..to carry on and make it through

anyway...guess you'd have had to have been there...because my mind still gets blown..when I think back on it. pure essence of the sport: heart

the last thing I said to the runner as we parted ways: "I'm proud of you...bro"

Great reading. I just signed me up 4 a Marathon in November and a 50 km trail run in Jan. It will be my 4 Maraton and 1 ultra run. I fear the wall might hit me on the 50 km trail run. I did run a Maraton on the same rute 2 times before and 42km has a height of 720 meters that i know. 8 km maybe not sounds of that much but after 42 its some i think it will deffenly make me see or feel the wall..If i do i hope some will be there and tell me hes proud of me..its an awesome feeling ..also when you reach goal and the bad ass runners give you big ups..thats awesome and thats some new runners need .. i do

 

[Jericho Mile]

80 Days

80 Days

not spending much time messing with an indoor garden. Bought some new bulbs..maintain a rotation...keep some sense of order...process when I can



^^^^^Couple tops off a Queen Mox clone that were taken this morning on a record late...day 80. She didn't much care for being let gone..so far..resisting the deepening days by driving forth nanners

constructively elaborating her position in the rotating wheel..saying in her way: I'm over this...tired in my position..an old lady left to her ends..too long have I gone

find time Father to take me down

* ran a trail marathon last weekend...finishing well into the top quarter of the field. Dwelling in racing honeymoon...feel like I want to race every weekend. It's really a trip from start to finish..like stepping into a different reality....every step means something to the locomotion..to the completion of the distances..to the tactics and strategies...to the fueling of the body...to the lock down of the mind

I'll probably race my first 50 mile race in January...and already have the spring races booked. 50Ks and 50Ms will dominate my spring...spread out every 2wks...leading to a possible 100M race in June...long range projection

joined a trail running club so that I can start training with other runners...help contribute to the racing community by doing trail maintenance..and get discounts/early entry towards races. Clubs are not a bad thing.

>>>>>>>>>This thread is not the thread it used to be...I know. Every thing comes to pass. I'm progressing in other directions...and though my gardening has not slipped at all...the compass leaves me little time to document the existence...and the nature of legalities/privacy..leaves me little space to open up my world

the reasoning behind blogging....I'm becoming more unsure of. I feel much further out of the network than when I started..so much further out that...I find it comforting. Perhaps I will overcome the world some day...and not be a part of the noise

EDIT: At this stage: I'm growing/working with my favorite cannabis expressions. I just really like the pot I'm growing...so much so..I've lost a lot of interest in what's currently flying around. I can't think of anything I need or want...cannabis wise.

 

[unclefishstick]

yup,i suppose it would be a pretty small site if it were confined to people who shared all interest in common,and its really hard to describe to people what its like to....to go and suffer on purpose,or to turn yourself inside out to struggle up some random hill...i have a hard time understanding peoples motivations in the first place,much less possess the ability to coherently describe mine...

 

[unclefishstick]

its nice when all the hard work and lonely trail miles start paying off though...been riding with other people and just in general when there are plenty of people on the trails and i have been dropping people on the climbs pretty frequently,even getting the nod from some of the better riders...gonna be fun to sandbag everyone next year at the race....weather is great for riding,nice and cool,still getting some rain so the traction has been good,really ripping it up now,getting much better at the mountain biking thing...

 

[Lean Green]

The thing in this thread has always been PPP.
I've always loved reading about your exploits and views on things. I'd imagine that most of the usual posters in this thread are competitive people, I certainly am. I was maimed in a car wreck over 10 years ago. Doctors told me I was done earning a living on my feet... I take pride in being able to out shred all of my colleagues at work,who all have fully working limbs. My point, It's awesome to watch your progression as a runner

Progressive Perpetual Pathways

 

[Lean Green]

Chem DD F2

 

[budman678]

Marvel at how your running has progressed. This thread has shown your movement to a more social aspect of such a solo, involved sport. Neat to see you change.

If I were you, I'd click back a few pages and read a little man. This is essentially a expose

 

[Jericho Mile]

What I'm Messing

What I'm Messing

with...



^ Queen Mox selfs. Remember? I found a couple seeds...not at the same time..but over last summer.

Shy-La is on the left and Cyclone is on the right. Two sisters...two different expressions. I'll be flowering both..soon..later this week maybe..but side by side.

* There is the possibility that they are not selfs of the Mox clone...as they could have caught dust off that sensitive Hell Hound IX1 expression I finished in early(?) summer. see what happens..but so we know...these could be accidental Hell Mox

** I fucked up those TFlux IX1 beans before they were even sprouts. Left them outdoors too long in the sun...dried out or got too hot. my fault totally..the beans were good. maybe a sign?...I don't know..but I'm leaving TFlux alone for the moment.

*** I was supposed to go see this band "all them witches" last Sunday (show got canceled)...band is from Nashville I believe..found them on YouTube...been listening to both their albums over the last few weeks...bummed I didn't get to see them for $14. Had weed for them too. Anyway...I like that shit...always need new sounds around here. I follow the YouTube rabbit all the time...really about all I listen to...one sound leads to another sound

**** I've not grown out any Hell Mox...but gave a friend of mine some beans..last spring. He completed a 3 plant outdoor grow....I saw the plants but stupidly didn't take any pictures. One of those tired-of-documenting moments...suppose

They looked a lot like Odessa (Casey Jones influenced)...the smoke (from the only one I have tried so far) is a head stunner....made me more than slightly retarded first time I smoked some. Ran on it a couple times..as well..fun. Very pretty flowers...well grown and loved<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The racing has lead me back into strength training. I've started using weights. Racing distances up and down mountains....the hips man...the hips must be flexible and very strong. The hip flexors...key..when the springs go...so does the fun and speed

various squats, various lunges, extension jumps, and lots of steep steep hills. To live and die on mountain trails.

Both my races were incomplete to me. I was not able to maintain the speed I carried through the 1st 18-20 miles...the springs went out...it wasn't my wind or my legs...it was the springs. I need to build stronger springs.

I've run the lower mileage races (marathon and 50K)...and the hip flexors wore there....so it's likely..that as I start racing the 50 mile and beyond races...they'll wear way more. Understanding this simple concept...is why I'm including strength training. The stronger the foundation the endurance is to be built on...the longer it will take the distances to break it down.


My current goal is to continue to finish in the top 1/4 of the field...at any and all ultra distances....in any and all fields. It's a pretty simple goal. I'm a simple individual

 

[Jericho Mile]

The thing in this thread has always been PPP.
I've always loved reading about your exploits and views on things. I'd imagine that most of the usual posters in this thread are competitive people, I certainly am. I was maimed in a car wreck over 10 years ago. Doctors told me I was done earning a living on my feet... I take pride in being able to out shred all of my colleagues at work,who all have fully working limbs. My point, It's awesome to watch your progression as a runner

Progressive Perpetual Pathways

Progressive Perpetual Pathways.......I have not forgotten. I think about the P's most every day

Car wrecks...me too. Been in 3 myself...never the driver...and every vehicle totaled in each one. Walked away from one....hobbled an escape from another...and went out on a board in another

in each wreck I was the one least scathed...other people did not fair as well. Piling up vehicles is no joke.

I can still feel them....mostly in my neck

 

[unclefishstick]

been clearing out the seed locker over here,time to get rid of the older stuff before its too late,plus popping some of the stuff i made...the gorilla glue/strawberry diesel cross came out pretty good the first round from seed,and the clones are doing even better but i thin i may be on to something here...may be entering my first cannabis cup and mountain bike race in the same year...going out riding again tomorrow,had a good lap today,taking the fat bike for the training value of cranking a 37 lb bike around and its also hella fun to ride...

 

[Jericho Mile]

been clearing out the seed locker over here,time to get rid of the older stuff before its too late,plus popping some of the stuff i made...the gorilla glue/strawberry diesel cross came out pretty good the first round from seed,and the clones are doing even better but i thin i may be on to something here...may be entering my first cannabis cup and mountain bike race in the same year...going out riding again tomorrow,had a good lap today,taking the fat bike for the training value of cranking a 37 lb bike around and its also hella fun to ride...

Nice man. I'm going into my seed collection this week. I need to hand some of this stuff out...as..well...you know how it is...can't grow it all and would rather some others make use of it.

I didn't see where you crossed gorilla glue with Straw D. When did you do that? I still have not smoked the glue...unbelievable I know. I really do not socialize in this local pot scene. I can...but I do not...or at least...rarely.

I cut wood (a killer honey hole)...ran a saw...most the past week....didn't run much...and today (in between some trimming/transplanting) I spent time stretching on my rocks and lifting weights. Tomorrow....hoping to have the wife drop me off at the bottom of a canyon...and run that canyon home...little over 20 miles...point to point. Weather is glorious...and this canyon is fine fine fine

supposed to be at a party tonight..but nope...don't feel like making the trip. be a good party to

 

[unclefishstick]

i have been going to the tuesday night rides and theres usually a good crowd of people out there and beer and bbq afterwards,i leave fairly early most of the time since i still have 8 miles to ride home in the dark and usually plants to tend to,not to mention needing to eat something more than a brat and beers...have no tolerance left for beer anyway so two is as many as i bring along,hard enough to keep 2 beers ice cold through almost 2 hours of riding...

yeah,the strawberry geez i made back in the spring i guess,recently took down the seed plants,did pretty well considering the plants were underlit the first 3 weeks and then got moved midflower,but its as strong as the glue but the daytime version,not so sleepy but super spacey and very long lasting,actually pretty good for a pollen chuck i think...at any rate im holding it tight,all the glue grown around here sucks and the name is getting diluted,harder to fetch top dollar for it but the straw geez is every bit as good and should be a good solid yield like the glue...

yeah,i really was moving today on the trails,i was keeping a race pace but it was feeling pretty easy until the second climb in but i still managed to hang onto a good pace until i started going back downhill and i was able to rip the downhill,only made one mistake and locked the rear wheel up coming into a corner too hot,only rookies and downhillers drag wheels...it will be a clean run next time,i took a week off and modified the bike again,bound to be a small adjustment period...nice to be able to switch bikes and focus on different aspects of riding to really nail my technique down,between riding single speed and a fat bike its been like an accelerated training program and strength training program all in one...really hit another level now where i can amp up the mileage,been down almost all the trails now,getting familiar with them and will be able to start riding them backwards soon as well,some of them will be serious challenges as a climb...but if im going to do the hour round trip to get out there i may as well ride myself stupid...

 

[Run4theCure]

Jericho champ.. bigups again.sorry to hear it was incomplete like in DNF? But you gained some XP..I also turned my eyes on ultra runs. In january i will take my first 50 k and if i like it im joining a 50 miles run also..atm im focus on my maraton PR .. I just run my 3 maraton ( well its the first normal maraton cuz the others is trail maraton) and i did it on 4 hours and 20 min. I had lots of power left in me when i finished. the last 12 k i run 30 sek faster pr km then i did on the first 30 km. IMHO u should Plank some more .. i made some push ups plank moves ,really good for the body..i dont want to build up to many mucels cuz mucels will eat you from then inside and out if they gone to big. They cant easy fuck up your blood sugar on a race

 

[Run4theCure]

"My current goal is to continue to finish in the top 1/4 of the field...at any and all ultra distances....in any and all fields. It's a pretty simple goal. I'm a simple individual" Thats the spirit fucking loves it

 

[Jericho Mile]

Jericho champ.. bigups again.sorry to hear it was incomplete like in DNF? But you gained some XP..I also turned my eyes on ultra runs. In january i will take my first 50 k and if i like it im joining a 50 miles run also..atm im focus on my maraton PR .. I just run my 3 maraton ( well its the first normal maraton cuz the others is trail maraton) and i did it on 4 hours and 20 min. I had lots of power left in me when i finished. the last 12 k i run 30 sek faster pr km then i did on the first 30 km. IMHO u should Plank some more .. i made some push ups plank moves ,really good for the body..i dont want to build up to many mucels cuz mucels will eat you from then inside and out if they gone to big. They cant easy fuck up your blood sugar on a race

I finished both races in the top 1/4 of the field....but call them incomplete because I didn't race them up to some set goals...actually though:

* the 1st race (50K) I met my goals...just didn't run..as well as..I could have. I didn't know what to expect really..and I made several mistakes on fueling and pace..burned fuel where I shouldn't have

* the 2nd race (26.5 miles was the real milage) I had a goal to not have to power hike hills...and to not fade during the last few miles. But...I did fade out more than I expected and I did have to power hike some of the last hills. The race ended with a steep climb. Actually..I won a Black Diamond headlamp (cool,,because I needed a new light) for my finish in that race...but on a personal level...I was a little pissed about not fulfilling my goals.

leads me to: Training

as I mentioned...because I'm learning..now..how to race and going new distances...and preparing to go even further distances..I've changed my training.

Have a 20 mile tough run today...my 2nd long run of the week. In between the long runs...I'm doing strength training...and running shorter runs. Lots of hills

* taken to wearing 5 pound ankle weights when I'm at home...doing all my pull ups and dips..various leg lifts...etc while wearing them. The added 10 pounds has a drastic effect on the hip flexors...hell...on everything

cool cool cool...enjoy yourself.

 

[unclefishstick]

i need to back off for a bit and refocus on longer,slower rides...been getting some knee pain again from hitting the singletrack too hard...got over focused on speed and power and need to let my tendons catch up to the muscles...time for some all day rambles...its tough though because riding singletrack is a frickin blast,so fun to go tearing through the desert on a little ribbon of trail....

 

[Jericho Mile]

Rare

Rare

years ago I was gifted some beans...don't even know if the dude is around here anymore...and not positive why they were not with my collection in the fridge..as I found them last week

in a bedroom drawer where I keep odds and ends of randomness



11 beans...and only 7 peat pods..therefore making 4 double seeded

though one might be more careful with such a few number of beans..giving each a space..could have used any variety of...on hand...mediums to accommodate the 4 homeless..but double planted just the same. fuck it

O...the beans are Old Time Moonshine F2. soaked 24hrs in water then into peat starters...once above ground with the tap through the cloth...into coco. So far there are 5 above surface...3 transplanted

I've never grown OTM...think it's a F5 Blueberry. This saga with Short genetics...why I'm not sure. I'm convinced I don't like growing Blueberries...yet at the same time...the allure is there...this faint yellow glow...like the winter sun spectrums...following rays

Old Time Moonshine is a collector item now days...hopefully they work for me



^ 6 varieties of Cilantro planted at 2wk increments. I eat Cilantro with almost every meal



^ Need to finish cutting and splitting this wood pile...some pine...but mostly oak. believe this is the 3rd or 4th pile of this size I'll have cut ,split, and stacked this season. I mention this...

because swinging a 12 pound maul for a few hours is a work out. I look at it as part of my fall/winter training regimen. The maul is an excellent work out tool...as is a 16 pound sledge hammer. seriously...you can work yourself into exhaustion. Very much a form kind of thing...but then...what is not?



^ 5 pound ankle weights. I've had these for years. Combined with exercises done on the work out tree (pull ups, dips, leg raises)....the extra weight exposes weakened muscles faster...makes them work harder. I'll walk around in them for hrs...kicking and stretching...lifting and leveraging my legs, hips, core...brutal shit

* Fueling..watering gardens...composting...typing this..getting high...before starting my run..leave around 1 or 2..should see the finish in the twilight

my feet are tired and sore..won't know how the legs and hips are until I get a few miles in...taking a canyon up then down..out and back. She's a mean bitch...especially on

top of a weariness. Found myself up and down hills on the PCT yesterday..running with the wife. Ran 7 miles with her...then back into the ankle weights for more stretching. It's been a long week...piling up milage

** the thing with 20+ mile runs is fuel/water and the amount of time I have. During this season two 20oz water bottles, a couple Pro Bars, and some salt pills will get me the distance..and that's what I carry on my belt. Beyond that...stuff needs to be staged on the trail...something I'm going to start doing.

and the time it takes to run such distances...must be allotted for. I'm committing more time to each session...obviously. More preparation time...more beat down time..as the runs take more out of me.

I used to think 20 miles was long for a training run. Not really now.

I see distances one foot fall at a time....I see my hydration/fuel belt as my office desk...I decided I like seeing clock time again

*** once I started racing...I understood I had not run long and hard enough. there is so much more to be learned from endurance and distance....the fucking mountains don't give a damn

but I've got to get up there in them...constantly all the time..chasing the shadow that could be me

current training soundtrack: All Them Witches, Tool, Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segal, Fuzz, and Bongripper

 

[Lean Green]

Back in FLA. My preferred tool for breaking up Driveways was a 16#sledge. Swing that bitch all day, and hand load the chunks in a dump trailer. Used a 4x4 and a steel pry bar for leverage. Lol, I was young and the guy paid me a dollar per square foot to remove the 'crete and base it to lay pavers.Putting in the pavers paid a little bit more, but not as fun as the demo. Loved that job, I stayed jacked and had crazy endurance

That's a lot of typing to say, I love swinging a 16 pounder

" Very much a form kind of thing...but then...what is not?"

So true my friend. Changing the arc near the end of the swing by doing a sort of squat was a favorite technique I like to use. Max power with minimal work, for that all day session

 

[unclefishstick]

well crap,i tried to take it easy today...got out to the trails,windy as hell today,took it really easy on the road miles getting out there,worked out that the wind was at my back on the hills on the way to the trails,only one car in the parking lot,pretty miserable day out there,just wanted to do a quick mellow lap,take it easy on the climbs,not bother to time myself,planning on taking pics along the way...

but then i spotted the other rider,had about a 5 minute head start on me,i just kinda went into hound and hare mode and started chasing him down...mind you,i ride with a stereo going on the bike so as usual i was blaring a classic rush album at top volume,the dude could hear me coming so he started stepping up the pace...i admit im pretty helpless to stop myself from trying to chase down other riders...so i dropped the hammer and just went for it,really sucking down the O's and tapping out a fast pace and caught the dude out and passed him,we were on a jeep road so plenty of space to just crank by and proceed to drop him....i guess that didnt set too well cause it was on like donkey kong after that...had him dogging my heels the whole way down,it was pretty damn fun,if the trail was wider i think he could have passed me but it would have been close....we're gonna ride together again sometime,i think hes the better rider but i have a slight edge in fitness....anyway,seemed pretty cool in the parking lot,like it was a fun thing rather than being competitive,i know we cranked out that short lap pretty quickly though,rush albums are only so long,2112 was still playing when we got back to the parking lot...

 

[Lean Green]

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