A World On A String

[Jericho Mile]

So much shit going on in this thread I can get down with.

Pabs- My hemorrhoid flare up a couple months back... sucked. Been 10-15 years since it acted up.
I'm so jealous of your Queen Mox. All the work you put in= grail. I 'm assuming.

Unc- I've been on a seed run since 2008. Rooted 15 or so clones in the last 7 years and 10 of those have been in the last month. I'm tired of searching for a while. Locking in some moms after I finish this test run of Dcong x Bangi Haze. I want some consistency in my grows, I'm tired these days.

I'd chat more guys, but I can't type and have 3 kids & a wife to love these days .
Wish I could post more, so much interests me in this thread and others.

Good to see you, brother. I was going to scrawl on your wall..and see what's up. Figured you were occupied. Hear you on time and family...

I've noticed that I'm going into a different phase of life...my dogs are getting old...been on this property over a decade now..garage is full of shit I don't use much anymore..but not ready to part with yet...endless projects..most of which I like doing..some that I don't..but still man...all these roots...all this everyday living..year after year

one of the reasons I run so much. something tells me it's important to keep progressing there. you can't bullshit running distances...there is no bullshit. I've little in the way of responsibilities...even less when the dogs pass on..even less when we sell all this stuff we have..so right now I'm taking advantage of all this time I have to live this running lifestyle..believing that some day..we'll take it to the next level...get out and go international. So many mountain ranges out there...so many tropical climates as well.

It's good to hang around other people who are as invested in a way of life as you are. doors open that way.

I've been blogging on this board for years now...same thread...all this shit documented. I don't think anyone I know in person reads this thread....which makes it more a trip....you dudes out there doing what you do...me doing what I do....

funny to think that some day this board will shut down...and all this stuff we did and talked about will go down with it. Every day is an era

 

[Madjag]

 

[Crusader Rabbit]

funny to think that some day this board will shut down...and all this stuff we did and talked about will go down with it. Every day is an era

Ultimately, everything is landfill. Everything.

 

[Madjag]

 

[Lean Green]

Good to see you, brother. I was going to scrawl on your wall..and see what's up. Figured you were occupied. Hear you on time and family...

I've noticed that I'm going into a different phase of life...my dogs are getting old...been on this property over a decade now..garage is full of shit I don't use much anymore..but not ready to part with yet...endless projects..most of which I like doing..some that I don't..but still man...all these roots...all this everyday living..year after year

one of the reasons I run so much. something tells me it's important to keep progressing there. you can't bullshit running distances...there is no bullshit. I've little in the way of responsibilities...even less when the dogs pass on..even less when we sell all this stuff we have..so right now I'm taking advantage of all this time I have to live this running lifestyle..believing that some day..we'll take it to the next level...get out and go international. So many mountain ranges out there...so many tropical climates as well.

It's good to hang around other people who are as invested in a way of life as you are. doors open that way.

I've been blogging on this board for years now...same thread...all this shit documented. I don't think anyone I know in person reads this thread....which makes it more a trip....you dudes out there doing what you do...me doing what I do....

funny to think that some day this board will shut down...and all this stuff we did and talked about will go down with it. Every day is an era

I don't belong in the climate I currently reside in... I belong south of the 28 parallel. Making moves on some property down in M'uricas wang, I'm ready to go home. Tropical enough 'till the kids are a bit older, I suppose.
Hobbies and shit, I'm going to apply at a Brewery in the morning. I love to brew and a co-worker of my wife got me an in at this brewery. No experience on that level, but I'm stoked. They say if you love what you are doing, it's not work. I'm willing to give that a shot! I'm passionate about my beer. Some of them take 1-3 years to make, others 10 days and I can put them on tap.

Seems like yesterday that Overgrow disappeared...

 

[g0vnaa]

Job in a Brewery - who woudnt want that

 

[jigjaguar4413]

hi there... aren't you in milwaukee run4thecure?? i think we've talked on aff. do u smoke then??

 

[Jericho Mile]

as mentioned in Unc's thread...I've been really laid back on the training miles. Been essentially doing organized runs on the PCT the last couple weekends..running 17-22 miles..at faster paces...but not running much during the week. Using the down time to work..and to rest the trail legs..

saving myself...feeling really strong right now..ran today with the wife for 9 miles...but won't run again until Saturday. Doing a 20 mile training run (last 20 miles of the Lost Boys race course) on Cuyamaca Mountain/Middle Peak..on Saturday...then

I'll probably run a short one with the wife..during the week...and then race that Saturday (april 11th) down into the desert. Oriflamme Canyon 50K kicks off the long binge of spring races. About as ready now..as I'll be then...mind set is there..body is there..I'm way into it

* Ran today with ear plugs in. Loved it. You can hear your breathing...the internal sounds of the body..and your feet strike the ground. If you breathe through your nose and belly...control the heart rate...you can hear nosies outside yourself...but if you are rasping and breathing without control...you'll be deaf. To hear one must be in control

anyways...I'm wearing ear plugs from now on..until I find a reason not to. Racing with them in..everything. They really magnify my focus on body management. It's a long long long game I'm playing..

fuel
focus
stay within myself
run my race
grind the course
stay in form
push

 

[Jericho Mile]

EASY MOX TRILOGY

EASY MOX TRILOGY

...I had these beans labeled as "Route 666" which made no sense to me..so...now they are Easy Mox Trilogy



The mother was the very first Mox Mox I ever grew/worked with. I called her Easy (after a Lucy's Fur Coat song) and kept her around for a while...running her side by side with her Chem DD mother (Deliah)...and obviously..pollinating her at least once. She was a more dainty expression...and one that..to me anyways..was not dominated by either the Flo genetics or the Chem DD genetics..but sat somewhere in the middle of those two lines.

* It's at times like this that I wish I had my old albums back. All this stuff was documented well. I can still remember pictures of Easy and Deliah side by side...on their last runs..

Easy Mox Trilogy =

Mox Mox (Easy expression) X Blended pollens

the blended pollens consisted of:

Purple Bastard Haze f2

Triesel f1

Casey Jones f2

Purple Bastard Haze was a limited release made by Connoisseur...in which I found some cool cherry/berry expressions. I made the f2s. I don't know of anyone else who grew out Purple Bastard Haze..but do know..that when used in outcrosses with other haze lines...there are cool expressions. It's unique tasting weed. Chaco grew one of the Haze hybrids that had the Purple Bastard Haze in it...remember the flowers being purple and growing like dreadlocks...I'd have to dig back to see which cross that was...but I made a couple like that..meaning crossed into other Haze hybrids. I made them..but I'd not try growing one in my set up....no more of that for me..long flowering sorts that take up every bit of space, money, and time..I've set aside.

Triesel was made by AnnaC (now defunct)...and really should have some great expressions in it....but I had some issues with the f1 generation..some really sketchy plants...very much prone to intersex. Still...I was not so put off that I didn't go ahead and use the pollen. Probably made Triesel f2s as well..but I can't remember. I'm pretty sure there are sound expressions in Triesel....be hard to miss with all the sours used in it.

Casey Jones was..of course..made by H3ad (now defunct)...and you dudes probably already know about all the things I did with my 2 packs of Casey Jones. So...according to what I read...I used f2 Casey pollen in this cross. Sounds right...time frame and all.

** this cross was made..I'm thinking 2010/2011..that time frame. i'd figure that the plant expressions will be all over the place...be surprised if they were not. be the luck of the draw..as to whether..I can get anything out of it

>>>>>>>>>>>>

discovered that the water belt that I've been wearing on the trails...for the last 4 yrs or so...is no longer being produced. sent an e-mail to the company and asked if they had any old stock laying around. they had one left over...so they sold it to me...to which..I said thanks...and let me know if you need a product tester for any new designs. I'm a belt guy...not a vest/bladder guy...yet the trend leans to vests/bladders....

i don't like having stuff on my back/shoulders if i don't need to have it there. much happier with my stuff being belted to my waist.

 

[Jericho Mile]

whatever became of...

whatever became of...

Jaundice f2 and Flaundice F1? Remember those?

Jaundice = Bogbubble X Chem DD

Flaundice = TFlux X Jaundice

TFlux = Original Flo X Chem DD



^ Didn't have a great strike rate...but I was super patient with them..as they are getting kind of old..and were never frozen...just kept sealed in the fridge..

kicked them off to the side and let them do what they do...when they wanted to do it....so you can see the differences in their "above ground ages"

* the picture indicates the whole of both populations. they are intermingled. that's what I have to work with...think there are one or two more Jaundice than Flaundice..but equal enough I suppose.

** that Flaundice name sucks...I'll have to come up with something better than that..but for now..those are labeled with F and the Jaundice with J...because I'm simple like that



^ Equally slow to germinate. I have this one and another one (that just popped today)...but probably because I didn't give the seeds time to cure. This is a Queen Mox s1 I'm calling "Mazzy"....I kept the starter pods (tossed the Js and Fs non germs to my worms) from the Mox Mox selfs...giving them even more time to pop.

* any/all Queen Mox selfs are valuable and get star treatment



^ on the subject of Queen Mox s1's....here's another one. From her clone run...early samples day 60...some flowers from Cyclone. She doesn't make big flowers for me..small kind of arrowhead(ed) darts on a more erect frame of branches that redden up as she ages in her flower cycle (when compared to her mother)...aroma though..is really similar to the mother....density of the flowers the same.

I'm still fucking with her (have more clones flowering) and getting a good assessment on what she's about...flower windows..how she feeds..how to train her etc etc...

being patient and giving her a fair shot at affection

 

[Madjag]

 

[Jericho Mile]

Old Time Moonshine "A" expression

Old Time Moonshine "A" expression

Took her down on day 60. trimmed a bit before dawn this morning..should finish it up tonight. A Blue expression that I've come across several times..some purple hues and blooded branches...lots of leaves...even having a great deal of them pruned off during flower..still remains excessive leafing

flowers are semi dense...with good resin coverage. a musky berry over the base Blue aroma is how she wafts. All and all a good example of a typical Blueberry..



^ some flowers I trimmed this morning and a branch that is semi trimmed..there's a fair amount of grade B flowers..some grade A..and a fair amount of Grade C (larf)....Old Time Moonshine...is after all...by design...a hash plant.

* I'll hash up the trim when I'm done and have some time

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Ended up running this afternoon....felt like I needed to get out and pace out some terrain. Kept it down to 11 miles....had my ear plugs in and nose breathed the entire time...concentrating on form and a relaxed pace...no superstar blasters off rocks or anything wasteful like that...just steady progress forward. Efficient foot strikes..body kept partially coiled to suspend the hits...focus centered on everything's connection to the core...how the breathing accepts or is impaired by the terrain...reaction to actions

there's a lot of time to think. have to keep that in constant check. zoning out is welcomed...thinking not so much. plans plans plans plans....the man had great plans

Up pre dawn tomorrow...head over to the state park and meet some people for that training run at 7. It's a solid 20 miler...go up and down two peaks...good single track with some steep rock gardens that must be dealt with...should be good weather....do that

then I'm resting a bit. then I get to race...at the week's end

* It's kind of overwhelming for me right now. All this racing and organized training runs...meeting all these people...getting new e-mail about the races..about training runs..etc etc...I've got all these options. I didn't realize how far gone people get into this shit..until I started racing and getting social. I'm not alone then...plenty of sick fuckers trail running

keeps me humble. there are some really bad ass runners in these groups...and me..I'm blazing herb and grinding along like a maniac under the stars...watching and learning...crashing and burning...knowing that effort alone won't get me where I want to be. You can't blow yourself out and then expect heart to bring you home. it's a fucking trip man. after a while...

it becomes this whole other thing. when i'm training now...i know it will come to be viewed by my peers. if i'm wasted fodder on the side of the trail on race day....it's on me....and it will be seen. i refuse to be that victim. not going to see me there.

 

[Jericho Mile]

1200 watts

1200 watts

...that's the whopping juice in my flower studio. I've taken back to my old old ways...and phasing out the 5 gal smart pots...and flowering in 1.7 gal squares. little small block motors...are easy to flood and dry...and for my feeding and flush methods...I'm believing they will be productive.



^ This is how it's looking now loaded with all Mox Mox (Cyclones, Shy-Las, and Queens)...except for one Old Time Moonshine (the Tri plant..yup a female. all my OTM were female)....kind of backed up..so much so..that I pull a couple out and into the veg studio for their light cycle..and before they get too far into their stretch phase..but...eventually they are tied into a space in front of the HPS bulbs.

* there are are only 2 plants left in the 5 gal smarties..then they are done and phased out. the rest are in various stages of flower...in the 1.7 gal squares. Still bottom fed via a 5 gal size individual tray.



^ Good strike rate on the Early Mox Trilogy. I'm only looking for females that I can clone and test out. This isn't a breeding round. I'll be interested to see if I can figure out which father's pollen is represented in the individual females. Pretty sure I'll be able to pick the Purple Bastard Hazes out (coloring/aroma)...and probably any Casey Jones...the Triesel will be harder to know...or so I'm guessing. doesn't matter really...just something to wing away on

* Under a week until the Oriflamme Canyon 50K. No running until race day.

** Missed my turn..right around 6.5 miles into yesterday's training run (for the Lost Boys 50M)...it was the turn that took the course over the 79 highway to a meandering climb up to Cuyamaca peak. I went too far..and came out across from one of the main camp grounds (of course packed with campers)..so said fuck it..and instead of going back and finding the turn off..decided the run would become something else..so crossed the 79 there

ran through the camp grounds and took the paved fire road up the mountain. Steep climb...as roads generally don't have the kind switchbacks that hiking trails do. I ran that up close to the summit then got back on the course (trail) and ran over to Middle peak and went up and down it..finishing with 16.5 miles instead of 20. I'd say that running straight up Cuyamaca's gut (frontside) is more difficult than taking the trails up...beats the hell out of the legs.

Yes...I've been doing and promoting these group training runs..but yesterday...I was glad to be by myself and doing my own thing. I stopped (when I got back on the course) and packed a couple bowls of Mox..taking in the view to the south and east..catching some sun rays...chilling out...breathing in pine and cedar and the herb. I'd seen the Blood Moon earlier in the morning...maybe that had an effect on me..but yesterday...I didn't feel like running with anyone. Yesterday...I could feel distance...in all its loneliness..the way it is

 

[dank.frank]

I'll never forget the Triesel that Phillthy ran...

He had one pheno, that was potentially the most exotic looking cannabis I've ever seen. Smelt just like strawberry cream cheese...wasn't the most potent smoke - but so absolutely stunning to look at.

The epitome of what a "diesel" line should look like, in my opinion...



dank.Frank

 

[Jericho Mile]

Happy

Happy

Took down a 64 day Cyclone (Queen Mox self) yesterday...though she could have probably gone another week?...yeah..they'll all go another week or more if you choose to let them go...but I'm experimenting with harvest windows on this round...and

well..I have a hyper rotation going on presently...and my schedule is tight.



^ The last few flowers that need to be trimmed along with some manicured ones. This expression yielded decently-well..even though she does not produce large flowers...they are everywhere up and down the plant. Resin production is very good...much like her mother..I'll be making hash this afternoon...but yes...a very good hash plant. Aroma like the mother...flower density like the mother

* I believe this expression to be the most Blue influenced out of the 3 Mox Mox expressions I'm currently flowering (Queen Mox clone that mothered, Cyclone, and Shy-La)...and she does color up a bit in flower...stems redden/the underneath of the leaves purple..but maybe that's coming from something else...who knows...the colors do stand out in the flower studio.

** Out yields the Queen Mox clone. Has outstanding plant structure for my vertical flowering system. Clones easily. Rapid veg cycle growth. ++++

*** I found a few nanners here and there..nothing major..just some tweezer maintenance late in flower. Real easy plant to deal with.

**** The only thing that will get this expression culled from the rotation (at this time) is if she cures out to a dreadful aroma. The samples I took at day 60 were outstanding...the wife and I took the time to have an objective session...and both of us thought she was right up there with her mother's final product. I couldn't tell the difference between the two..when I smoked them back to back...bowl after bowl

Very Happy. One thing that I've learned from running plants from seed and then from their clones is: The clone run is more telling. You get a more informed opinion of the plants from the clone runs. Just how it is.

What I'm looking to do now...where my interests are now leaning..is reversing the Queen Mox...reversing Cyclone...and reversing Shy-La (if her clone run shines. I have 2 in early flower now. She lags bad in the veg cycle..really slow..but her final product from the seed run was so very good..willing to ignore her slowness)....then using those pollens back into those same plants.

I want to experiment with a really small pool of specific feminized genetic braids..then go back into outcrossing Mox Mox. It probably will not be until fall before I have the pollens made and ready for use..if all things stay on schedule. Have to wait and see how my summer treats me.

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I've got a big mess in the veg room today. Got to get in there and unfuck it....mostly just transplanting and managing space...same same..every once in a while...I overwhelm myself with too many projects...especially at this time of year with all my veggie gardens opening up.........literally have veggie and cannabis seedlings/projects crammed in every available space. It's ridiculous what I go through just to fulfill my desires.

>>>> Physically feeling really good. Should be in good condition for Saturday's race. Weather should be clear and mild (60's) on race day.

 

[Jericho Mile]

Break Time

Break Time

Things are about to get a bit real. I'll be off the IC boards for the next few months.

It's time to focus on these other pathways being presented to me...and maximize the experiences...good or bad. It would be difficult for me to document what I'm going through...in this forum....and I'm not sure I want to document it anyway. What ever happened to keeping things to yourself?...absorbing things by yourself?...seeing things by yourself?


Silence is golden and experienced by one's self. There is nothing else.

 

[unclefishstick]

run hard dude...

 

[Infinitesimal]

see ya when you get back

 

[Madjag]

 

[Jericho Mile]

Howdy

Howdy

Passing on my recent adventures....quickly enough

April 1 : 8.94M
April 3 : 11.18M
April 4 : 16.48M
April 11 : Oriflamme Canyon 50K (31.4M)
April 18 : 10.91M
April 25 : Lost Boys 50M
April 30 : 6.76M

....and I won't run again until May 9th...this Saturday's PCT 50M. Other than racing...I'm hardly running at all. Lots of yoga mat and rock stretching....lots of upper body work outs (pull ups, push ups, and dips)....but resting off the trails.



^ I now have a pair of Altra Lone Peak 2.0 shoes just for racing. I ran in them for the 1st time in the Lost Boys 50M...so..they just have those 50 miles on them. Figure to race the PCT 50M and the SD 100M in them then retire them to training shoes.

Oriflamme 50K : out and back

Had mild weather. I laid back on the opening 15 miles of downhill...somehow going off course for about 10 minutes (only mistake) and losing that time....but kept my composure and stuck to my game (lay back...grind out)..and after the turnaround (15.some miles)...I was not passed. I passed many.

anyway...my time not as good as it should have been..but I placed well enough. Had a great time...finished in form...felt great. It is a tough race...that hill is no joke...really fun

Lost Boys 50M : point to point

Back into the desert again. This race was super gnarly. The weather was so fucked up. High wind warnings 20-30 mph winds gusts 50+, very cold, foggy, and wet up top...

* the desert portion hadn't got rain the day before so...though it was cold and windy..it was dry. The 1st 20 miles was basically climbing up deep sandy washes...sometimes on 2 track road..sometimes on no trail at all...just deep uphill sand. Brutal on the legs.

** Once the race got up and out of the desert (long climb up Oriflamme Canyon once again)...and into some rolling hills..the temps dropped and the winds went ballistic. The winds stood me straight up...at times I was unable to make forward progress. Other times they'd come from behind or sideways and almost blow me off my feet. This was after having put 30 miles on the legs already.

I only fucked up one time...all else went as designed. I didn't take in any gels at the mile 36 aid station and ended up bonking my way up the next 7miles...going to the peak of Cuyamaca drained and giving up 2 positions. I was wet (no wind breaker)...getting slammed by sleet and wind..but at the mile 43 aid station just below the peak...I fueled up...slamming gels, pickles, and coca cola (yup I did), and bite size Snicker bars (yup I did) as fast as I could swallow.

The last 7 miles...I ran like a beast. Got back one of the positions I lost on the bonk...and closed out the race in a decent time and position...my favorite race so far.

*** They almost didn't have the Lost Boys race due to the weather. They did end up calling it early...because the weather was getting worse and people were getting lost and beat up by the elements. It was kind of ugly..a good portion of the field didn't finish...and one racer ended up being taken off the course and taken to the hospital for hypothermia..guess he couldn't get up off the ground and was incoherent

I finished a couple hours before they called it. When I was still on the course..there was fresh blow downs over the trail (one big oak had to be climbed over in the last 1.5 miles of the race)....the fog and sleet so thick that you couldn't see much...and the wind was like ice daggers. If I'd have stopped running...I'd have been in trouble for hypothermia. My hands locked up..and I cramped in my forearms trying to keep my fingers warm (lite gloves)...shorts and two thin long sleeve. I almost grabbed a trash bag from an aid station...but decided I could grunt it out as long as I kept moving with purpose.

anyways...all that's behind me now

I'm on to the next great race. Final instructions for the PCT 50M came this morning...weather will be mild...all systems go...I'm resting up...fattening up...getting into the running alter ego..getting the mind set.

again..plenty of elevation gain/loss (13,000' total I believe they said)...25 miles up...flip the bitch...25 miles down. Have to have my legs together at the turnaround...don't want to be on rubber going downhill. Grind and roll....

After this race...I don't race again until June 6-7 SD100M

all kinds of revelations in these races. i'm learning the game..i can see things much clearer...and i can see 100 miles now. as per plan...i'm using these April/May races to train for June. After that I can get back to my normal training...and won't race again until Sept/Oct/Nov....schedule seems to be working..thus far. I'll know more after saturday's race...see how i have recovered

but yeah...i'm running in form and sticking to my game plans. feeling composed and comfortable as the distances get longer. i might be better the further they go. it's...like gardening...something that requires a lot of patience and discipline...pacing yourself to have plenty of close out juice. One of my goals is to always be able to close the deal....to be a closer

I'll be back sometime