A World On A String

[rasputin]

Very nice, dude. You continue to inspire me, first in the garden and then in other aspects of my life. Thanks for sharing the journey. Wishing you the best in '15. 100 miles is well outside of my range, I topped out this past summer/fall at 20-30, though I have begun contemplating working towards that and maybe doing an Ultra, if for no other reason than to cross it off the list. I guess in the back of my mind I might worry that if I do it, I'll like it... and when I like it that usually means it becomes my life, or a big part of it. Trails have been a complete game changer. Still eating cheese, though. hehehe Old habits die hard. Be well, amigo.

 

[Crusader Rabbit]

Glad to hear that you decided to listen to your body. Pain exists for a reason. I have a high pain tolerance and used to keep pushing. Now my body is broken and it can be quite limiting at times. Wish I'd paced myself better.

 

[Jericho Mile]

Very nice, dude. You continue to inspire me, first in the garden and then in other aspects of my life. Thanks for sharing the journey. Wishing you the best in '15. 100 miles is well outside of my range, I topped out this past summer/fall at 20-30, though I have begun contemplating working towards that and maybe doing an Ultra, if for no other reason than to cross it off the list. I guess in the back of my mind I might worry that if I do it, I'll like it... and when I like it that usually means it becomes my life, or a big part of it. Trails have been a complete game changer. Still eating cheese, though. hehehe Old habits die hard. Be well, amigo.

Come on out...especially spring, summer, fall....there are races everywhere. I'll run with you.

I'm going to be high as hell at the start of this 50...

fuck man...it's fun...people cheer and push you on when you hit the aid stations and at the finish. In between you are mostly alone and digging deep into your mind...balancing calorie intake with hydro electro intake...as one dude wrote: " ultra racing is an eating and drinking contest with exercise in between"...something like that

I totally forget about the outside world. everything that matters is in front of me...in a time capsule that lasts for many hours...and carries you up and down mountains. The scenery...shit man..I'm always looking at the ground...but the scenery can be super amazing.

cheese is the devil

 

[Jericho Mile]

Glad to hear that you decided to listen to your body. Pain exists for a reason. I have a high pain tolerance and used to keep pushing. Now my body is broken and it can be quite limiting at times. Wish I'd paced myself better.

Yes. Totally agree that pain exists for a reason. Of course...it is ignored much of the time..and must be when things are getting competitive...but yeah..

must be smart about when to heal up and conserve and when to go full on. I spend time on the foam rollers...balancing on the indo board..on the yoga mat..on the tennis balls..but I can't ever completely heal up or not be ailing somewhere on the body.

I bash myself over the terrain pretty wildly....lot of bouncing off boulders and rocks...roots and brush. That's not going to change. My style of running is terrain derived...any run under 15 miles I can bash away full tilt...like skateboarding.

Over 15 miles...then I'm into preservation mode..which is not near as aggressive. different types of runs.

I really believe my diet allows me to get away with much of what I do. I burn pretty clean...I mean...that's how I feel. Clean burning...don't feel poisoned or toxic most the time. Don't take any aspirin or anything for the aches. I don't think herb really helps me with the hurts either...but it does mix well with the dopamine

tape up stuff when I need to...about it. Leukotape is the best tape I've found. Good for blisters/hot spots...taping muscles..taping joints..if it can't be taped...cut it off I say. Currently I'm using a couple strips over the balls of my feet..below the big toe (hot spots) and a piece on an inner shin (a foot kicks up catching a shoe edge there) to prevent an annoying abrasion......haven't had to tape up much else.

* starting to lose a toe nail now...useless fucking things anyways. have one that started turning purple a few months ago..and now it just gets smaller and smaller. can't say I'll miss it. fairly common thing in the trail community.


I hurt less while I'm actually running...which is kind of the addiction thing..as the "running takes away the pain..therefore I should run" mentality has some validation in my experience...yet

always that line. a balancing act...though most the time I still feel invincible. Well...I should say..I don't really worry about getting hurt very often. Worry can be a magnet for bad cards

 

[Madjag]

I hurt less while I'm actually running...which is kind of the addiction thing..as the "running takes away the pain..therefore I should run" mentality has some validation in my experience...yet

Endorphin addiction is real, too, and like other chemicals, as you age it will cost more for the avoidance of pain it provides.

 

[Jericho Mile]

Endorphin addiction is real, too, and like other chemicals, as you age it will cost more for the avoidance of pain it provides.

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cool chart. I was unaware of the complete chemical spectrum. I can tell you that the addiction to such chemical releases is of the most realness.

2 days ago...I was starting to go through some withdrawals. My body already physically aching...so tightened up...I was feeling claustrophobic within myself. It's hard to escape that feeling...because you can't get out from under yourself. Not a good day. not depressed...but I was having confidence issues..which took me back to going over things almost compulsively. Rereading stuff about diet...stressing over the race map...worrying about times etc etc

yesterday though..the claustrophobia was gone..I wasn't limping or aching that much. Great day...all of sudden I felt strong again..bright and ready. Got a new batch of food...as I felt I was not eating the way I needed to (we hadn't been to the grocery store in a bunch of days..so I was short on choices)...the sun was brighter...the body was springy again

Seems that before each race I've done...I have a day where I get stressed out. obsess over bullshit...feel impatient. very undude shit. I'm finding once I've had that day though...the stress disappears..and the day of the race...I'm very dude.

I'm glad that day has already happened...as I still have over a week before the event....and can you believe

I'm still working on the painting of my garage. It's taking me forever..and winter is such a sketchy time to be doing this stuff. Back out to remove some boards...so I can get to other boards..so I can prep, prime, and paint. We have some possible rain coming in...so guess what>>>I'll have to tarp over everything I have done....fun fun fun

 

[rasputin]

Come on out...especially spring, summer, fall....there are races everywhere. I'll run with you.

I'm going to be high as hell at the start of this 50...

fuck man...it's fun...people cheer and push you on when you hit the aid stations and at the finish. In between you are mostly alone and digging deep into your mind...balancing calorie intake with hydro electro intake...as one dude wrote: " ultra racing is an eating and drinking contest with exercise in between"...something like that

I totally forget about the outside world. everything that matters is in front of me...in a time capsule that lasts for many hours...and carries you up and down mountains. The scenery...shit man..I'm always looking at the ground...but the scenery can be super amazing.

cheese is the devil

Fuck yeah man, I would be down for that. Been meaning to visit a buddy in SD for a while, could give me a good reason to finally go surf his couch for a week or two.

That is a great description of an ultra. I've watched some videos from Leadville and Bad Water that pretty much shows exactly what you describe. Gotta be quite the wave to ride for the runners. Stretches of solitude punctuated by brief moments of crowds gassing you up. Seems like something I would enjoy, I like doing things by myself and digging deep to see how deep it can go, and running has been the best thing for that of all the sports I have played. Just supremely focused and in the moment, here and now. No thoughts about what's for dinner tonight or if I paid my phone bill or remembered to pick up a pack of rice noodles.

Cheese is the devil. I can get behind that. I've cut back considerably, the more I find out about how damaging it can be the less of an appetite I have for it. But fresh homemade goat cheese and crushed red pepper with some fresh bread is hard to pass up.

 

[Jericho Mile]

Fuck yeah man, I would be down for that. Been meaning to visit a buddy in SD for a while, could give me a good reason to finally go surf his couch for a week or two.

That is a great description of an ultra. I've watched some videos from Leadville and Bad Water that pretty much shows exactly what you describe. Gotta be quite the wave to ride for the runners. Stretches of solitude punctuated by brief moments of crowds gassing you up. Seems like something I would enjoy, I like doing things by myself and digging deep to see how deep it can go, and running has been the best thing for that of all the sports I have played. Just supremely focused and in the moment, here and now. No thoughts about what's for dinner tonight or if I paid my phone bill or remembered to pick up a pack of rice noodles.

Cheese is the devil. I can get behind that. I've cut back considerably, the more I find out about how damaging it can be the less of an appetite I have for it. But fresh homemade goat cheese and crushed red pepper with some fresh bread is hard to pass up.

I don't have much of an issue avoiding cheese. Where I generally allow myself animal protein:

1. the wife is a Swiss national so...Christmas, Birthdays, and Easter we get sent sizable boxes of chocolate. I do not pass up on chocolate coming out of Switzerland.

2. any Swiss salami sent over...I'll allow myself a bite or two. Usually once a year..we'll get some sent over. It melts in the mouth.

3. an occasional sea food brunch/dinner. I love it all...but don't eat shark...for ethical/superstitious reasons. if we are not worried for the ocean life...we are wrong. The oceans are a mess.

If you go to the ultrasignup site (which is where you go to sign up for these races/pay entrance fees, check everyone's stats etc..) you'll see all the races you have to pick from. There are three 50K races in my general area: Oriflamme 50K (april), Noble Canyon 50K (september), and the Cuyamaca 3 Peaks 50K (july...if they allow it this year..permit issue last year forced cancelation). Those races will take you up and down some sweet hills...killer views...in the Laguna and Cuyamaca mountains.

I'll probably be racing all of those...so if you get wings to fly westward...and want to run in my mountains....let me know. you'll have a great time.

 

[Jericho Mile]

Tells of 2 sisters

Tells of 2 sisters

...selfing from the same mama....trips cultivators take with their s1's...as if...they will be replicas of the mother. not near always so

or so I've found within this run of Shy-La (time capsule) and Cyclone

it comes out for the population's betterment...to find:

different expressions...that may well be (or are now) shining a new light...to new pathways that make me feel blessed to have made the Mox Mox cross



^ lower flower samples day 57. Cyclone is the above flower...Shy-La the under flower.

Do you see what I see?.. that these are different expressions? Neither replicating the Queen Moxie mother. Both rich within their own vein.



^ Cyclone. This girl is exposing herself..for who she is: an Original Flo outcross. As the plant stands...as she winds quickly down...she flushes into the beginnings of purple hues...deep bloods..Flo(ish) flower structures...and that baseline aroma that Blue lines consistently musk-about in their death throes

Really finishing quick...she can and will go down soon...not much reason to keep her going...as I like what I see right now...sticky



^ Shy-La. Her flower structure really reminds me of some plants I grew of Highlighter's Honey White. There is nothing Blue about this expression. She doesn't smell blue...she smells like foul cat piss...and she has no intention to fade out..any way but by...fading greens into yellows.

she be deep in stickiness. flowers...encrusted in glitter and diamonds...bubbles and bubbles of precious resin blood.

She's also fast to finish

* wow. What a so so very cool ride I'm having with these flowers. At one point I feel like I'm seeing my visions come to be...and at another junction...another point...I feel like it really has nothing at all to do with my visions or my skills mixing genetics...that all a cultivator can actually hope is

to have laid out a good carpet scheme that matches up to the walls

and have things spin the best ways. It's %'s It's #'s It's whatever...can't say I know.

figure though. One must recognize and accept when they are being thrown a bone. take advantage of such ripples and seams in the genetic mass

keep furthering along. one foot strike after another foot strike...forward...every step as important as the one before..each step a propellant to the next step that never ends

 

[Jericho Mile]

Cyclone " The Blue " harvested day 58

Cyclone " The Blue " harvested day 58

I'm on a gardening and trimming binge. I have the time now..but will not later this week or next week....so rolling through my station as if..in a state of..reckoning



^ Couple of Cyclone tops (there are many) waiting to be manicured. Very interested in the hash this expression will make. To me....the Blue traits are easily seen...and I'm sure if I'd pushed her further into flush...she'd make her exhibit of them...more pronounced. I've treated her here....as a Flo dominant...and went with a Flo harvest date...58 days. I'm sure she'd go 70 days...and I'm also sure...that those added days would not buy me much in yield, high, flavor/resin profiles. She's fine and good...right here.



^ manicured flowers from the same tops. and again...To me...these represent Blue expressions...as I've seen these flowers in about every Blue/Blue outcross I've ever grown. Really like the form and density...plenty thick with resin. Probably...an outstanding Blue hash production plant.

>>>>>> Importance of Cyclone's Bluenesses? <<<<<<

1. this is the 2nd Blue dominant expression I have found in beans coming from the Queen Moxie. Remember...I found a low yielding Flo dominant in the IX1 run I did. That run was done with beans..only...coming from Queen Moxie. So...even though the Q. Moxie is not a Blue dominant expression...she is well capable of (liable to even) to give life to those expressions

2. Mox Mox = Chem DD X TFlux

TFlux = Original Flo X Chem DD

so again....even though double shellacked in Chem DD the Flo has not been that uncommon to find.

Cyclone is special because she came as an s1 rather than as an f2 like the other Flo expression I've found. s1 and f2 are pretty much the same thing imo...as far as...the genetic split % goes. Still...I don't think you'd expect so easily...for the Flo to show here. I'd think she'd pop up in the f3 not the s1/f2...but whatever

she shows in Cyclone.

Cyclone is really special because...unlike the other Flo dominant found...she is a very good producer. It's rare that I've found many good yielding Flo dominants in any of the outcrosses I've made...and for sure...the one I found previously in Mox Mox IX1...was a shitty yielder (as I recall..she yielded 1oz in a 5gal smartie...piss poor yield)

a production plant is a good thing. Now we'll have to wait and see how she smokes. This expression has not disappointed me in any fashion or arena...she grows excellent...stands excellent..clones excellent..yields well...smells dirty blue funk...resinous..

i doubt she's going to let me down..when it comes to final product. She appears to want to stay a part of the pathway...appears to want to throw in what she has.

********* If it is as I believe....finding such an expression is a gift to another way into the genetics. I could come at Cyclone from the Blue side and probably standardize a Blue dominant route in Mox Mox...or come at her from the DD side..and gloss her with more chem/sour

the pool currently exists as:

Mox Mox

Mox Krox = Mox Mox X Grape Krush (as documented: in the 2nd generation)

* important to note that when making the Mox Krox IX1 (or f2 generation if you like) I went 2 different directions. I made the incross with a female Blue expression (The Blue Mother) and a female Chem DD expression...covering the genetic bases from the female side. Can't recall the males..off the top of my head

** another note: The Blue Mother expression in Mox Krox was a different Blue expression than those found in Mox Mox. The Blue Mother went 70 days and appeared to follow the 'berry" side of the Blues...whereas...those found in Mox Mox...seem to me...to be coming from the "floral" side of the Blues.

my goal was to also incorporate...deepen the pool by adding the Old Time Moonshine..creating :

Old Time Mox(shine)

how that will come about..is still left up in the air at the moment. see what the cards say. see what can be manipulated.

but...yeah...to say there is no vision or calculations would be inaccurate. exact opposite is closer to being true actually. This is the process of building my signature pool.

 

[Jericho Mile]

Shy-La day 58

Shy-La day 58

..basically been on a rampage of activity..mowing down plants in the garden..getting some runs in...managing a bunch of other things



^ a quick shot of Shy-La flowers. I went ahead and cut her down...when I cut down Cyclone. 58 days is about 5 days early for this expression..but my personal schedule comes first..and the time won't be there in 5 days

* I've sampled her flower that I cut on day 57 (the lower flower shown in a previous post)...so weird. that was last night

when I waved my ceramic wand over the bud surface...vaporizing up the glands

I was reminded of eating sushi. After the 2nd flower was wand waved over...I was tasting sea weed?, ginger?, garlic? and wasabi? (even though 99.9% of "wasabi" outside of Japan..is just horseradish)...to the point where I felt a twinge in my sinuses. Strange yet desirable. I just smoked some a few minutes ago..same thing as last evening...same effect and flavor. Addictive really...makes you want to hit it again.

high is mellow...makes things kind of slow and humorous. Highs are so subjective..but that's how I feel. Reminds me of C99 in the head

** I'm liking Shy-La. That complex sushi flavor she has going on..makes me smile...and I'm praying that it doesn't cure out of her. She's worth growing for the flavor alone.

*** Flowers dry out light..but their are lots of flowers..so not an unproductive expression....just not hefty in flower weight. The Queen Moxie mother has the same sort of deal going on...the nature of the flowers.

**** Shy-La...I'm feeling..I will have a much better feel for after...I run her as a clone. I don't think I'm seeing her completely in the from-seed-run.

>>>I mentioned that I'm consuming my herbs as bubble hash. with the exception of testing these flowers I've been exclusively smoking hash. I mixed the trim from Cyclone and Shy-La together..froze it in a 2gal bucket filled with water last night. presently thawing out the bucket.

have to head down to a running shop in Poway to pick up my bib # and race packet (shirt, socks, other assorted schwag)....make a few other stops...then I'll screen out those glands

Feeling really good. Ran a short (6 mile out and back) but steep ridge line up a 4800' mountain yesterday (with the wife). Ran a 8.5 mile loop with a traveling camper dreadie (met him and his wife at races. she has a book on amazon)...in a slow meandering pace..last Saturday...probably do a light run again tomorrow...then shut down until

6:00 AM Saturday

go the distance...have fun...compete..respect the discipline...stay game

 

[Jericho Mile]

Floral Berry Wasabi?

Floral Berry Wasabi?

....timing was good. the length of time needed to thaw the bucket..alined with the amount of time I anticipated my trip to town needing.



^ 25 and 73 micron harvests combined into a single cookie. Came out a white/yellow...very little contaminants. clean as clean is



^ Floated it in front of the fireplace's blower for a couple minutes to dry up any immediate water residue on the cookie surface...then put it on the mantle directly over the fireplace.

It won't take long to dry. I'll be able to sample it..first pipe in the morning. I'd imagine it will have me beading up on the brow..a bit taken aback by the initial hit of melting glands...leave me in a walking stupor that will last for 15 minutes or so...then it will be the ride..taking me into my morning gardening chores....

and eventually another session that will take me onto the trails. the trails where I'll dutifully test out Shy-La and Cyclone's profile merits..for the all important pudding test...of whether or not..suitable for levitation running.

* I've found that smoking hash makes me cough when I'm inhaling big clouds (naturally...coughing is a part of hash smoking imo)...but does not have me coughing on the trails.

Wanding flowers (limited smoke this way)...or using a vape pen (oil)..or the Arizer solo I used exclusively for 6 months..make me cough on the trail. I've experimented with about everything and now have identified:

ceramic wanding bubble hash in a ceramic bowl...melting it into liquid..and inhaling it>>>>>>>> the #1 way to intake herb and feel cleaned out of contaminants.

downside is that I can't do it on the trail. it's a "home only" sort of deal. to do it right...it's best done at home. i've been doing massive hits of hash before running off my property into the hills. loosens me up...slides me into the game...gives me the bounce of a dance step...a look into the sky..then to the ridge lines...then to the ground 10' in front of me...to feel the way through.

"we can dance like iggy pop" soundtrack lately has been The Idiot and Lust For Life. i am a passenger

 

[unclefishstick]

you need to make some majoon hash "candies"...its mainly dates and pistachios and sesame seeds with honey and dried apricots and some spices,just on its own its a pretty good trail food,like moroccan pemican...

 

[Jericho Mile]

you need to make some majoon hash "candies"...its mainly dates and pistachios and sesame seeds with honey and dried apricots and some spices,just on its own its a pretty good trail food,like moroccan pemican...

Edibles and tinctures don't work for me. the effects are different. tend to bog me down. love dates though...eat lots of those

* Sampling that hash I screened yesterday at the moment. a fine fine refine..creamy mellow climb...primo. well done, lad

last run today...like to roll over a few more hills in order to stay stretched. the keep is winding down..my attitude is starting to get aggressive toward my task. really feel the race now

not nervous. not excited. not doubting. ready to go.

 

[unclefishstick]

yup,im about to head out and try and clear a climb i havent done on the single speed,done it with gears on this particular bike but never as a single speed which is a whole different beast,should be a real grunter,may even need to get angry and yell a bit...

 

[Jericho Mile]

final run done

final run done

smoked 2 bowls...massive inhalations of the Shy-La/Cyclone resin glands. took me for an introspective mellow ride for 7 miles of..on and off trail terrain...breathing through the nose only..exaggerating strides to stretch and balance upon rocks...changing into a formatted..grind out type pace/form that is envisioned as the one...I will want for going the 50 mile distance.

feel good.

starting the process of organizing the gear I'm taking up to the race. I'll have a cooler containing coconut water, apple cider vinegar, Medjool date/peanut butter burritos, quality ginger ale..most the stuff will be for after the race..but I'll have some of it for my breakfast. Not sleeping much pre race...as I have to drive up there and get parking, check in, get my shit on,..and then be at the starting line at 6.

Today - Friday night: eating lots of sweet potatoes, brown rice, quinoa, green/fruit smoothies, bean burritos, tea with canned coconut milk, salads, and toast. Lots of water. That's my standard diet...nothing different...but I'm making myself eat more often. For example..I got up in the middle of the night...and ate some rice with beans..then went back to bed. I eat before I get hungry...therefore never allowing my body to concern itself about fuel.

and the hash. Yes indeed...inoculating my brain with constant uptakes of the oil slicks.

I was thinking this morning about the race...popped into my head: "I'm going to run my brains out"

and then...I started to consider the reality of something like that. How very true it is.

* waiting on some oil for my pen. I'm planning on taking the pen in my water belt. wish is could be the bubble hash...but since that is not a viable option...I'll use a pen for fun

don't run straight if you can run high...telling you...running high is better. no question

 

[The Hummus Monk]

I'm excited! Hope you have a great experience.

 

[budman678]

Good luck Jericho. Can't wait to hear the recap. Run hard and keep your eye on the prize. Enjoy yourself too! What's the race called? I bet there will be someone tweeting about it. I'd love to follow along

 

[Jericho Mile]

flowering queens/cyclone+shy-la hash drip

flowering queens/cyclone+shy-la hash drip



^ Queen Moxies flowering away. A routine arrangement...trained tight with branches being wired into the center of the plants...the tops splayed/separated then tied to the rafters to control...somewhat...the ensuing flop



^ staying under the cyclone/shy-la drip. it's a place to be. very very good drippings...so clean the material

...initial narcoleptic moments followed by rays of yellow mellowness...days go by in its completeness. the flavor is like inhaling a thick fume of your surroundings..in my case: sage, spices, dry chill oak smoke, fruit, garlic, compost bucket.

my eyes feel like sparklers at times...so stoning

* eating juicing drinking....going to try to sleep later this afternoon..but basically..relaxingly taking care of details, staying extremely high.

no stress...very stoked...energy is up...ready...willing..

it's like a vacation..so forward am I looking...to the 50 mile realm.

 

[budman678]

LETS go! I am going to rooting for you. I'm sure you are asleep but when you get back to the comp! You're going to have crushed a serious race