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Almost Show Time
Almost Show Time
Ready to run. Ready to do battle on the PCT. Guess it's actually 15,000' of elevation change...not 13,000'...and I guess the weather is going to start out wet around freezing...and then climb into the mid 50's during the course of the day. It's not supposed to rain during the afternoon..and only a 20% chance in the morning hours...but I can say
it's the mountains...and it's pouring slushy rain right now (and most of the night)...and only 40 degrees...so it's difficult to predict what it will be like tomorrow. Weather is tricky coming off the desert/sea and into the hills..weather forecast can't incorporate the micro atmospheres accurately...plus you have to understand
the Laguna mountain range runs north/south dividing the coast from the desert...and anything can happen. The terrain is variable..the influences of the sea and the desert are variable...it may be that the race will have some snow to deal with (it's predicted up top)...but no high wind warnings...a blessing..because the winds really fuck things up..concerning progress and comfort..muck is easier to deal with..rain/snow is easier to deal with
I'm dressing heavier than the I did during the Lost Boys race...heavier top, beanie, heavier gloves, calf sleeves....as I raced underdressed that last race...I'm going for warmth this race
I'd like to have this race done in under 10 hrs...but I'm not wearing my watch (I train with the watch but don't race with it)...simply going off my breathing. As long as I'm nose breathing most the way up..I should be on pace...and as long as I fuel and don't bonk...and of course..don't take a hard fall. I train on this course all the time...so getting lost will not be a factor...pretty simple anyways..it's all on the PCT so I'd have to be totally out of it..to get lost.
nose breathe until it comes time to turn on the burners...but I shouldn't turn those on until after the turnaround (25 miles)...and then I'll see what's in the tank for that long descent (that's deceiving ..because though it will be mostly downhill..there is a long/steep climb around the 30 mile mark...to go down..you must still go up...and vice versa) down to the finish line
The keep is almost over. Let's go racing....grind it...roll them
Almost Show Time
Ready to run. Ready to do battle on the PCT. Guess it's actually 15,000' of elevation change...not 13,000'...and I guess the weather is going to start out wet around freezing...and then climb into the mid 50's during the course of the day. It's not supposed to rain during the afternoon..and only a 20% chance in the morning hours...but I can say
it's the mountains...and it's pouring slushy rain right now (and most of the night)...and only 40 degrees...so it's difficult to predict what it will be like tomorrow. Weather is tricky coming off the desert/sea and into the hills..weather forecast can't incorporate the micro atmospheres accurately...plus you have to understand
the Laguna mountain range runs north/south dividing the coast from the desert...and anything can happen. The terrain is variable..the influences of the sea and the desert are variable...it may be that the race will have some snow to deal with (it's predicted up top)...but no high wind warnings...a blessing..because the winds really fuck things up..concerning progress and comfort..muck is easier to deal with..rain/snow is easier to deal with
I'm dressing heavier than the I did during the Lost Boys race...heavier top, beanie, heavier gloves, calf sleeves....as I raced underdressed that last race...I'm going for warmth this race
I'd like to have this race done in under 10 hrs...but I'm not wearing my watch (I train with the watch but don't race with it)...simply going off my breathing. As long as I'm nose breathing most the way up..I should be on pace...and as long as I fuel and don't bonk...and of course..don't take a hard fall. I train on this course all the time...so getting lost will not be a factor...pretty simple anyways..it's all on the PCT so I'd have to be totally out of it..to get lost.
nose breathe until it comes time to turn on the burners...but I shouldn't turn those on until after the turnaround (25 miles)...and then I'll see what's in the tank for that long descent (that's deceiving ..because though it will be mostly downhill..there is a long/steep climb around the 30 mile mark...to go down..you must still go up...and vice versa) down to the finish line
The keep is almost over. Let's go racing....grind it...roll them
just 4 more months until my first race...i dont really do much that resembles training however,its just another ride to me...i admit i started running strava on my rides to see where i sit compared to the other riders,not doing too bad considering,no ranking over like 75th place but on trails with 2000 recorded runs...
Beat Up
Beat Up
..is how I'm feeling today. Tired and beat to shit. Sore all over..overall body exhaustion.
Melting sound amounts of Old Time Moonshine and Mox Mox hashish..not taking aspirin or anything...no willow bark. the hash a remedy for what..I'm unsure...but find it comforting to be up in a cloud..numbing me mentally out..lessening the impacts..the rips and tears that my body has fallen prey to
^ Race schwag...shirt, gloves (nice...I like gloves), and a finisher's medal.
It was a difficult day
From the beginning few miles of hill....my legs felt like lead and everything started throbbing cramp beginnings. Stayed steady..kept a comfortable pace..made no mistakes...but really only ran well the last 12 miles.
I had real bouts with pain, despair, frustration,.....almost started crying around mile 35..as my body was overtaken with the mind..and I was breaking down..getting repeatedly passed..my mind
you see...fears pain...terrified of pain. It started taking me over future/upcoming terrain obstacles I was due to face..before I was even near them..making them monsters, questioned my desire and dedication, made me concentrate on parts of my body's pains (my left foot became the center of my mind's attention around miles 25-30),.....just taking me in every negative fucked place...until...I yelled at myself
"fucking composure...there is only now..deal with the pain".....didn't happen right away..but after a few more miles I started catching some of the people who had previously passed me...which changed everything...and almost instantly
my sail went up and was filled with wind. The last 12 miles I ran like I was possessed..super aggressive...faster and harder than I train...catching 10 or so racers and going full out all the way to the finish. Raced to the end.
* long game. One racer took me over 15 miles to reel in. When I was passing broken down racers in the last 10 miles...it made me press on the throttle more...because earlier it had been me that was breaking down..future bleak..and they had passed me..taking away even more hope. I didn't hold it against them...but I did use it against them.
It's a long game. You're racing the entire day...but it's the last 15 miles (in a 50 mile race) that you need to be at your strongest. The pain you must meditate away from..is intense..constant..stressful on each footfall...always there. Feeling your body giving out..going to rubber and cramping...going tight..weakened..unable to lift itself...clumsy and then pushed to go at its hardest in the final miles....just hoping everything lands right/doesn't break...and you don't get mangled in the rocks...is so intense. In the last 15 miles..everyone that can go..goes. "smelling the barn" is what I call it. "I've got an hour left out here...now I've got 20 minutes...now 5 minutes..now 20 seconds and I can stop..keep pushing...little more"
that feeling...of full out....closing out..reckless abandon for time and position...for the full experience of giving all you can. It's glory.
** I had wanted to finish in under 10 hrs. I was just a bit over that. Not unhappy there...considering how I felt most the day.
*** Mistake free. The first race I've run mistake free.
**** race started in mist around 50 degrees. Trail was wet..at times....mucky/slippery with some slushy snow up top. later in the afternoon the sun popped out enough to give me sunburn over my cheeks/nose..because I wasn't wearing zinc..higher elevation sun burns fast.
I'm on a rehab day obviously. I'm hurting but moving around..washed my gear and doing laundry...that kind of day
This race really kicked my ass...when I got home yesterday...I just wanted to sleep. Didn't even shower..passed out on a couch...then got up and showered and ate..seriously hobbled...felt like I'd been in a brawl
I've got less than a month until the SD 100M...the hundred mile reality. I've raced my April/May races...that's over now. I take what I've learned and apply it to this next race. 100 miles is twice as far as I've ever run. I've gone 50 miles 3 times now...but beyond that I know nothing. It's going to be a mind altering journey. I don't even want to dwell on it...just want to run it
Beat Up
..is how I'm feeling today. Tired and beat to shit. Sore all over..overall body exhaustion.
Melting sound amounts of Old Time Moonshine and Mox Mox hashish..not taking aspirin or anything...no willow bark. the hash a remedy for what..I'm unsure...but find it comforting to be up in a cloud..numbing me mentally out..lessening the impacts..the rips and tears that my body has fallen prey to
^ Race schwag...shirt, gloves (nice...I like gloves), and a finisher's medal.
It was a difficult day
From the beginning few miles of hill....my legs felt like lead and everything started throbbing cramp beginnings. Stayed steady..kept a comfortable pace..made no mistakes...but really only ran well the last 12 miles.
I had real bouts with pain, despair, frustration,.....almost started crying around mile 35..as my body was overtaken with the mind..and I was breaking down..getting repeatedly passed..my mind
you see...fears pain...terrified of pain. It started taking me over future/upcoming terrain obstacles I was due to face..before I was even near them..making them monsters, questioned my desire and dedication, made me concentrate on parts of my body's pains (my left foot became the center of my mind's attention around miles 25-30),.....just taking me in every negative fucked place...until...I yelled at myself
"fucking composure...there is only now..deal with the pain".....didn't happen right away..but after a few more miles I started catching some of the people who had previously passed me...which changed everything...and almost instantly
my sail went up and was filled with wind. The last 12 miles I ran like I was possessed..super aggressive...faster and harder than I train...catching 10 or so racers and going full out all the way to the finish. Raced to the end.
* long game. One racer took me over 15 miles to reel in. When I was passing broken down racers in the last 10 miles...it made me press on the throttle more...because earlier it had been me that was breaking down..future bleak..and they had passed me..taking away even more hope. I didn't hold it against them...but I did use it against them.
It's a long game. You're racing the entire day...but it's the last 15 miles (in a 50 mile race) that you need to be at your strongest. The pain you must meditate away from..is intense..constant..stressful on each footfall...always there. Feeling your body giving out..going to rubber and cramping...going tight..weakened..unable to lift itself...clumsy and then pushed to go at its hardest in the final miles....just hoping everything lands right/doesn't break...and you don't get mangled in the rocks...is so intense. In the last 15 miles..everyone that can go..goes. "smelling the barn" is what I call it. "I've got an hour left out here...now I've got 20 minutes...now 5 minutes..now 20 seconds and I can stop..keep pushing...little more"
that feeling...of full out....closing out..reckless abandon for time and position...for the full experience of giving all you can. It's glory.
** I had wanted to finish in under 10 hrs. I was just a bit over that. Not unhappy there...considering how I felt most the day.
*** Mistake free. The first race I've run mistake free.
**** race started in mist around 50 degrees. Trail was wet..at times....mucky/slippery with some slushy snow up top. later in the afternoon the sun popped out enough to give me sunburn over my cheeks/nose..because I wasn't wearing zinc..higher elevation sun burns fast.
I'm on a rehab day obviously. I'm hurting but moving around..washed my gear and doing laundry...that kind of day
This race really kicked my ass...when I got home yesterday...I just wanted to sleep. Didn't even shower..passed out on a couch...then got up and showered and ate..seriously hobbled...felt like I'd been in a brawl
I've got less than a month until the SD 100M...the hundred mile reality. I've raced my April/May races...that's over now. I take what I've learned and apply it to this next race. 100 miles is twice as far as I've ever run. I've gone 50 miles 3 times now...but beyond that I know nothing. It's going to be a mind altering journey. I don't even want to dwell on it...just want to run it
right on!
and thats spot on,once your mind decides you can do something,you usually can...i had a major "there is no spoon" moment this week...cleared all sorts of trail segments i was too scared to do before...but by the time i did get around to doing it,my technique was super solid...but what an awesome fuckin feeling to drop all that mental dross...to go from clenching up inside so bad before i even got the the drop ins that i would talk myself out of it before i even got there to today when i forgot where i was so the first in and out sort of surprised me...
and thats spot on,once your mind decides you can do something,you usually can...i had a major "there is no spoon" moment this week...cleared all sorts of trail segments i was too scared to do before...but by the time i did get around to doing it,my technique was super solid...but what an awesome fuckin feeling to drop all that mental dross...to go from clenching up inside so bad before i even got the the drop ins that i would talk myself out of it before i even got there to today when i forgot where i was so the first in and out sort of surprised me...
Through it all....
Through it all....
....I can continue to stay on path.
^ Samples of Shy-La (a Queen Mox self) taken on day 67. This is some desirable product. The hash this plant makes is marvelous. 1st clone run
* flowers are similar to mom. Structure is not. Whereas the Queen Mox Mox grows in a lanky stretch vine...this expression stays more stout..doesn't stretch much..but still puts her flowers on flimsy branches.
** aroma is very similar to mom...but perhaps..has a bit of a spoiled fruit overlay
*** I'm keeping her around. Last week I culled her sister plant "Cyclone"...for not being a superior smoke. Cyclone was the more Blue influenced expression...had nice workable structure..and lots of bud sites..cool coloring...but
she didn't satisfy me in her aroma or flavor. High was good though.
**** Shy-La is slow in veg....probably her only downside..that...and she needs to be elevated (no problem now that I'm working in 1.7 gal squares) in the flower studio in order to compete with the Queen's stretch. She'd be overrun by the Queen clones if she were not to be elevated.
>>>>>>>>> some of my gardening plans have changed for summer..not much..but some. I'm not going to try and reverse the Queen Mox clone or Shy-La yet. After reading and watching other grower's attempts...decided I don't want to take the time just yet.
I've a nice collection of the Easy Mox Trilogy, Jaundice IX1, Flaundice plants coming up. I've found interesting expressions (in veg) that kind of get me going..so looking forward to see them in flower. I'd say that I have a really solid chance at bagging some trophy expressions in this hand I've been dealt. Time will tell.
Veggie gardens are getting up and going...but we've had a cool and wet May...so nothing...with the exception of Garlic..is really blasting. The Garlic crop should be outstanding...and harvesting next month. My little hot house is full of potted peppers and tomatoes (all from seed)...awaiting June planting...whilst I direct seeded my summer crop of cucumbers in there..as well. Basically...guiding everything along...
* the asparagus plants are being productive. 1st yr harvesting off them...really swell to cut down a fresh stalk and munch it down straight away. Incredible really
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Took a week to heal my face up from the sunburn I got during the PCT 50 (so I did actually make a mistake..should have put my zinc on)....rest my body...but I'm back out and training. I'm going way mellow...probably will not run more than 15 miles at a time..but will put in multiple/consecutive days on the trails and concentrating on steep hill work. More or less..I'll be keeping my body stretched out and active until the last week before the race.
be resting 5-7 days before the race. eating, stretching, drinking..preparing myself mentally.
Body is doing pretty good. I drained a small blood blister on one of my feet. It had been there for a long time..buried under thick callus..annoying but not so much when taped over...but anyway..
after I finished up a run the day before last..I ground down the callus and was able to cut and poke a hole into the blister. So even that is healing up. Everything is getting back close to 100%.
just have to see how everything holds up to the distance. I'm figuring that eventually my body will give out..and I'll have to dig deep into myself to find the will I'll need to push on. At a point...there's not much else you can to do to train. I've realized how much it's about saving myself for when it counts....staying calm..not over thinking
* race is sold out...there are 250+ entrants and about 40 of us are racing in the Solo division. I'll be on my own. Aid station fuels/liquids...and a drop bag with my headlamp and warm shirt for the night running....that's it..those are the rules. No crew...No pacers...No cheering section (except at the finish line). It will be the first race my wife is attending for the finish. I didn't think I'd be able to drive home after the race...so she's dropping me off and picking me up. Can't fuck up my finish with the old lady being there...she'd give me shit
** I'm training in Altra Olympus and Altra Lone Peak 2.0......mixing it up for training...but I'll race in the pair of Lone Peak 2.0 that I used in the last two 50 mile races. So...when I'm done they'll have 200 race miles only...on them. I like having a pair of shoes just for racing.
Through it all....
....I can continue to stay on path.
^ Samples of Shy-La (a Queen Mox self) taken on day 67. This is some desirable product. The hash this plant makes is marvelous. 1st clone run
* flowers are similar to mom. Structure is not. Whereas the Queen Mox Mox grows in a lanky stretch vine...this expression stays more stout..doesn't stretch much..but still puts her flowers on flimsy branches.
** aroma is very similar to mom...but perhaps..has a bit of a spoiled fruit overlay
*** I'm keeping her around. Last week I culled her sister plant "Cyclone"...for not being a superior smoke. Cyclone was the more Blue influenced expression...had nice workable structure..and lots of bud sites..cool coloring...but
she didn't satisfy me in her aroma or flavor. High was good though.
**** Shy-La is slow in veg....probably her only downside..that...and she needs to be elevated (no problem now that I'm working in 1.7 gal squares) in the flower studio in order to compete with the Queen's stretch. She'd be overrun by the Queen clones if she were not to be elevated.
>>>>>>>>> some of my gardening plans have changed for summer..not much..but some. I'm not going to try and reverse the Queen Mox clone or Shy-La yet. After reading and watching other grower's attempts...decided I don't want to take the time just yet.
I've a nice collection of the Easy Mox Trilogy, Jaundice IX1, Flaundice plants coming up. I've found interesting expressions (in veg) that kind of get me going..so looking forward to see them in flower. I'd say that I have a really solid chance at bagging some trophy expressions in this hand I've been dealt. Time will tell.
Veggie gardens are getting up and going...but we've had a cool and wet May...so nothing...with the exception of Garlic..is really blasting. The Garlic crop should be outstanding...and harvesting next month. My little hot house is full of potted peppers and tomatoes (all from seed)...awaiting June planting...whilst I direct seeded my summer crop of cucumbers in there..as well. Basically...guiding everything along...
* the asparagus plants are being productive. 1st yr harvesting off them...really swell to cut down a fresh stalk and munch it down straight away. Incredible really
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Took a week to heal my face up from the sunburn I got during the PCT 50 (so I did actually make a mistake..should have put my zinc on)....rest my body...but I'm back out and training. I'm going way mellow...probably will not run more than 15 miles at a time..but will put in multiple/consecutive days on the trails and concentrating on steep hill work. More or less..I'll be keeping my body stretched out and active until the last week before the race.
be resting 5-7 days before the race. eating, stretching, drinking..preparing myself mentally.
Body is doing pretty good. I drained a small blood blister on one of my feet. It had been there for a long time..buried under thick callus..annoying but not so much when taped over...but anyway..
after I finished up a run the day before last..I ground down the callus and was able to cut and poke a hole into the blister. So even that is healing up. Everything is getting back close to 100%.
just have to see how everything holds up to the distance. I'm figuring that eventually my body will give out..and I'll have to dig deep into myself to find the will I'll need to push on. At a point...there's not much else you can to do to train. I've realized how much it's about saving myself for when it counts....staying calm..not over thinking
* race is sold out...there are 250+ entrants and about 40 of us are racing in the Solo division. I'll be on my own. Aid station fuels/liquids...and a drop bag with my headlamp and warm shirt for the night running....that's it..those are the rules. No crew...No pacers...No cheering section (except at the finish line). It will be the first race my wife is attending for the finish. I didn't think I'd be able to drive home after the race...so she's dropping me off and picking me up. Can't fuck up my finish with the old lady being there...she'd give me shit
** I'm training in Altra Olympus and Altra Lone Peak 2.0......mixing it up for training...but I'll race in the pair of Lone Peak 2.0 that I used in the last two 50 mile races. So...when I'm done they'll have 200 race miles only...on them. I like having a pair of shoes just for racing.
another day in the tin pan
another day in the tin pan
be it that..awoken by an old dog to find the house was..and still is...encased by clouds and cold 45 degree drizzle...100% humidity bringing out the greens and blues in the trees and brush. so bad do we thirst here...even if the last few weeks have brought with them..this blessing of rain...it's not anywhere near enough. I'll take what I can get...run myself out under it
^ The Jaundice IX1 line up...left to right..1-4. They have all been topped..but not at the same time. This looks like a patch of good opportunity...looking forward to flowering each one. * not yet cloned
Jaundice = Bogbubble X Chem DD
^ Leaf example is from J4 (so far my favorite). I'm accepting this as an indicator of some Chem dominance....but that's just me being simple.
^ This is Flaund #2. She's showing me her Flo bloodline. I recognize my Flo mom easily. There's a look to the Flo angle in the Blue lines...that does not exist in the berry side. I'm talking about the older Flo breedings...before more berry was added. I can always see it in the leaves...noticing a shade of green...then in the leaf structure (not the water leaves) as the plants age...and then again in the structure. * topped recently but not yet cloned
Flaund = TFlux X Jaundice
TFlux = Original Flo X Chem DD
Jaundice = Bogbubble X Chem DD
^ Flaund #1. This has been the most aggressive Flaund girl since sprouting age. I've topped her and taken a clone. Not sure what to make of her...one of those that will have to be revealed in flower..perhaps..or perhaps not...could be a hodgepodge of of ill matched genetics or a new star or the middle of the road...fuck knows
.......the rest of Flaund plants..only a couple more..are so far..not noteworthy.
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Received the Final letter for the San Diego 100M. The race is 2wks out..it's now time to start setting myself up...looking at logistics and focusing on my game plan.
I've already gotten some new socks...new UV headwear (1/2 Buff)...new roll of Leukotape P.
* carrying a partial roll of Leukotape in my hydration belt for any taping that may be needed during the race. I tape and grease my feet before racing but new things can arise. may need to tape blisters/hot spots...tape a sprain or cinch up a cramp. I also tape my hips where my hydration belt wraps...and tape the insides of shins where my heals sometimes catch and wear off skin. I've found tape to be a great friend...tape my problems away. Have a problem? Tape it
Game Plan:
Race starts: 6 A.M. Saturday
Pace the 1st 50 miles (the day time) to somewhere around 12 hrs. By the time the sun goes down...I should be around 60 or so miles.
Keep pacing through the night...save myself for the last 25 miles...and if it's there...lay down a closing stride to finish somewhere around 6 A.M. Sunday. If I can finish in 24hrs....that would be cool. Of course..having never run more than 50 miles...it's really subjective to how it will actually turn out. As long as I don't break down...as long as..I can overcome the pain..I feel my plan is sound. I believe my body can get me there in 24 hrs. I know I'll finish. That's a given in my mindset
* 32 hr cut off....with cut offs also at some of the aid stations.
** By using Ham radios and the internet...the entire race is updated. You can follow any racer through the course of the race. From aid station to aid station....from start to finish. pretty cool..if you are a social networker or have a pacer and crew...but it's also a safety device. It's mandatory in these races to check in and out of aid stations. The coordination for these events is important.
*** STAY FUELED. STAY HYDRATED. paramount to success. I have no idea what the weather will be. traditionally it's a hot race. A few yrs ago 60% of the field dropped out due to near 100 degree temps. The nights can drop down into the 30's...so I'll be dealing with some variables. Eat and drink all the time...at every aid station...between every aid station...it would be difficult to take in too much fluid...and impossible to keep up on calories. I'll be calorie deficient for most the race...no way around that..just intake as much as possible without getting sick or bloated.
I'm training all week....then resting the next. It's a selfish thing. I find myself uninterested in anything other than me and this race right now. It has taken many years....many miles...many hours...many bang ups..much time...much dedication..much effort..to get myself in this place. It is very difficult to escape myself at the moment....
I feel like I'm saving my escape for the race....and I'll tell you...I'm looking so forward to looking myself through and moving on to the next great thing. 100 miles means more than distance to me. I've got a need to get past myself.
* I can't even remember when I started getting obsessed with endurance running. I know when I started getting into trail running..but can't put my finger on the point where I went over the edge...and started seeing distance differently. To me...it's a totally surreal world. I go in and out...but mostly I'm finding myself in that world. I've lost touch with people I know...lost touch with the society world.......and lost concern for opinions. If it were not for my wife...I'd have not much clue to what anyone else was doing. I don't hang out anymore...feel removed from all that...and as close to honest as I get..when I convey that I recognize my own journey as blind pointlessness...searching for pathways in old growth brush fields...within the elements...chasing a shadow..to no end. accomplished? maybe the world will never be good enough
nothing started out to be this. it has become this. "this is this"
another day in the tin pan
be it that..awoken by an old dog to find the house was..and still is...encased by clouds and cold 45 degree drizzle...100% humidity bringing out the greens and blues in the trees and brush. so bad do we thirst here...even if the last few weeks have brought with them..this blessing of rain...it's not anywhere near enough. I'll take what I can get...run myself out under it
^ The Jaundice IX1 line up...left to right..1-4. They have all been topped..but not at the same time. This looks like a patch of good opportunity...looking forward to flowering each one. * not yet cloned
Jaundice = Bogbubble X Chem DD
^ Leaf example is from J4 (so far my favorite). I'm accepting this as an indicator of some Chem dominance....but that's just me being simple.
^ This is Flaund #2. She's showing me her Flo bloodline. I recognize my Flo mom easily. There's a look to the Flo angle in the Blue lines...that does not exist in the berry side. I'm talking about the older Flo breedings...before more berry was added. I can always see it in the leaves...noticing a shade of green...then in the leaf structure (not the water leaves) as the plants age...and then again in the structure. * topped recently but not yet cloned
Flaund = TFlux X Jaundice
TFlux = Original Flo X Chem DD
Jaundice = Bogbubble X Chem DD
^ Flaund #1. This has been the most aggressive Flaund girl since sprouting age. I've topped her and taken a clone. Not sure what to make of her...one of those that will have to be revealed in flower..perhaps..or perhaps not...could be a hodgepodge of of ill matched genetics or a new star or the middle of the road...fuck knows
.......the rest of Flaund plants..only a couple more..are so far..not noteworthy.
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Received the Final letter for the San Diego 100M. The race is 2wks out..it's now time to start setting myself up...looking at logistics and focusing on my game plan.
I've already gotten some new socks...new UV headwear (1/2 Buff)...new roll of Leukotape P.
* carrying a partial roll of Leukotape in my hydration belt for any taping that may be needed during the race. I tape and grease my feet before racing but new things can arise. may need to tape blisters/hot spots...tape a sprain or cinch up a cramp. I also tape my hips where my hydration belt wraps...and tape the insides of shins where my heals sometimes catch and wear off skin. I've found tape to be a great friend...tape my problems away. Have a problem? Tape it
Game Plan:
Race starts: 6 A.M. Saturday
Pace the 1st 50 miles (the day time) to somewhere around 12 hrs. By the time the sun goes down...I should be around 60 or so miles.
Keep pacing through the night...save myself for the last 25 miles...and if it's there...lay down a closing stride to finish somewhere around 6 A.M. Sunday. If I can finish in 24hrs....that would be cool. Of course..having never run more than 50 miles...it's really subjective to how it will actually turn out. As long as I don't break down...as long as..I can overcome the pain..I feel my plan is sound. I believe my body can get me there in 24 hrs. I know I'll finish. That's a given in my mindset
* 32 hr cut off....with cut offs also at some of the aid stations.
** By using Ham radios and the internet...the entire race is updated. You can follow any racer through the course of the race. From aid station to aid station....from start to finish. pretty cool..if you are a social networker or have a pacer and crew...but it's also a safety device. It's mandatory in these races to check in and out of aid stations. The coordination for these events is important.
*** STAY FUELED. STAY HYDRATED. paramount to success. I have no idea what the weather will be. traditionally it's a hot race. A few yrs ago 60% of the field dropped out due to near 100 degree temps. The nights can drop down into the 30's...so I'll be dealing with some variables. Eat and drink all the time...at every aid station...between every aid station...it would be difficult to take in too much fluid...and impossible to keep up on calories. I'll be calorie deficient for most the race...no way around that..just intake as much as possible without getting sick or bloated.
I'm training all week....then resting the next. It's a selfish thing. I find myself uninterested in anything other than me and this race right now. It has taken many years....many miles...many hours...many bang ups..much time...much dedication..much effort..to get myself in this place. It is very difficult to escape myself at the moment....
I feel like I'm saving my escape for the race....and I'll tell you...I'm looking so forward to looking myself through and moving on to the next great thing. 100 miles means more than distance to me. I've got a need to get past myself.
* I can't even remember when I started getting obsessed with endurance running. I know when I started getting into trail running..but can't put my finger on the point where I went over the edge...and started seeing distance differently. To me...it's a totally surreal world. I go in and out...but mostly I'm finding myself in that world. I've lost touch with people I know...lost touch with the society world.......and lost concern for opinions. If it were not for my wife...I'd have not much clue to what anyone else was doing. I don't hang out anymore...feel removed from all that...and as close to honest as I get..when I convey that I recognize my own journey as blind pointlessness...searching for pathways in old growth brush fields...within the elements...chasing a shadow..to no end. accomplished? maybe the world will never be good enough
nothing started out to be this. it has become this. "this is this"
Someone livin life to the fullest I see...theres enough content to fill a few books or one awesome ongoing thread !! This friend asked me "why run 5 miles when you can run 1&1/2?" My ears were open to his opinion so when pain sets in I turn towards home without guilt or shame ... Whew!! Growing grass and challenging exercise are some damn good medicine, This we know for sure.
Stay up Brutha, this shitbird has wings!!
Stay up Brutha, this shitbird has wings!!
Hola....semper fi....#1 shit bird
Parris Island got nothin on Jericho Mile. Jus leave my stinkin ass on the quarterdeck cuz I ain't never Gettin squared away !! Chesty Puller was a SOB
^^^^^^ that's how it looks when all systems are a go
Yesterday I ran in the clouds...and today looks like it will be more of the same..but it will be clearing out tonight and temps should be back in the 70's by week's end. I'd like it to heat up....at least into the 80's
another strange May. last year we had Santa Ana winds and this year we're having cold temps and rain.
I'll put in 40-50 mile week. Ran little over 10 miles yesterday..concentrating on hill work....so got on a steep paved section....over a 1/4 mile up and then back down 3X at a pushing pace....around 6 miles into the run...torturing the lungs, hip flexors, and legs
hills are king. want to get strong? run up and down steep hills....doing repeats...up and down...back up and back down...up and down....until you feel yourself fading then work through the fade
and continue on with the run...recovering and pushing on. Believe me...the mind starts screaming
* I think you could train for an ultra race just by finding a steep climb and doing mass repeats. Doesn't need to be a long hill...just steep.
anyway I'm into hill repeats these days
Yesterday I ran in the clouds...and today looks like it will be more of the same..but it will be clearing out tonight and temps should be back in the 70's by week's end. I'd like it to heat up....at least into the 80's
another strange May. last year we had Santa Ana winds and this year we're having cold temps and rain.
I'll put in 40-50 mile week. Ran little over 10 miles yesterday..concentrating on hill work....so got on a steep paved section....over a 1/4 mile up and then back down 3X at a pushing pace....around 6 miles into the run...torturing the lungs, hip flexors, and legs
hills are king. want to get strong? run up and down steep hills....doing repeats...up and down...back up and back down...up and down....until you feel yourself fading then work through the fade
and continue on with the run...recovering and pushing on. Believe me...the mind starts screaming
* I think you could train for an ultra race just by finding a steep climb and doing mass repeats. Doesn't need to be a long hill...just steep.
anyway I'm into hill repeats these days
lol,want to get strong? get on a 37 lb mountain bike with an overnight camping load and 8 liters of fluids and go crank off a few cat3 and cat4 climbs on a bike with 5 inch wide tires,that will fire up those quads!
Between something and nothing,
I still really do not know
Which is something and which is nothing.
- Chuang Tzu
An autumn night...
Don't think your life
Didn't matter.
- Basho
Your work is to discover your world
And then with all of your heart
Give yourself to it.
- Buddha
A Week Out
A Week Out
There's not much more I can do. Finally...the temperatures have climbed into the 80's..so getting some warmer runs in...getting heat acclimated...getting my body a deep brown base...bronzed by elevational suns
I'll put in 10 miles or so today...here in a little bit when the heat of the day is upon us..
gives me a 40 mile week. might do a run with the wife (she's going over 10 miles now) sometime in the early/mid week...but essentially I'm done training. Feeling good..
* haven't shaved my face (except for my top lip) or neck in over a year...looking like either a jihadist or a hermit mountaineer psycho runner...a goat...or whatever...but for sure..
have some serious facial hair going on...and my head hair is starting to get long again.......fucking image anyways
What else? what else?
100 miles? what the fuck lol? what the fuck? It's upon me...creeped up on me. For some reason I'm not stressing this race like the others. I'm even trying to stress....but nope....I can't be bothered. I'll face down this dragon...just like all the other dragons...befriend or slay the beast...makes no difference to me.
I'm going to get hurt....but there is no justice in pondering upcoming pain. It's pointless. It's not going to change anything...and there is no escaping what's going to occur during the race. Face down the dragon...offer the hand or the sword....and hang to the end with that decision.
wow. here i am
A Week Out
There's not much more I can do. Finally...the temperatures have climbed into the 80's..so getting some warmer runs in...getting heat acclimated...getting my body a deep brown base...bronzed by elevational suns
I'll put in 10 miles or so today...here in a little bit when the heat of the day is upon us..
gives me a 40 mile week. might do a run with the wife (she's going over 10 miles now) sometime in the early/mid week...but essentially I'm done training. Feeling good..
* haven't shaved my face (except for my top lip) or neck in over a year...looking like either a jihadist or a hermit mountaineer psycho runner...a goat...or whatever...but for sure..
have some serious facial hair going on...and my head hair is starting to get long again.......fucking image anyways
What else? what else?
100 miles? what the fuck lol? what the fuck? It's upon me...creeped up on me. For some reason I'm not stressing this race like the others. I'm even trying to stress....but nope....I can't be bothered. I'll face down this dragon...just like all the other dragons...befriend or slay the beast...makes no difference to me.
I'm going to get hurt....but there is no justice in pondering upcoming pain. It's pointless. It's not going to change anything...and there is no escaping what's going to occur during the race. Face down the dragon...offer the hand or the sword....and hang to the end with that decision.
wow. here i am
Run4theCure
Member
Long time no see dragon slayer Jericho 
I need to do a catch up on the other sides, you been slaying dragons
I did slay some Dragons to my self but one 8 my gloves gad damn it !
I need to do a catch up on the other sides, you been slaying dragons I did slay some Dragons to my self but one 8 my gloves gad damn it !
Run4theCure
Member
It was a lil trail run on 20,5 km ..cozy run with a good frind..this Dragon had some nasty teeths so now i need to buy me a pair of Luna´s...This old yellow faithfull been running more then 1500 km Btw
Heres the dragon
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Run4theCure
Member
Anyways..Just had a run in the gravel pit....im training 4 my 11 Maraton run and i will try run lots of the miles barefeets but god damn it this gravel pit dragon have so many teeths also...i dont think dragon loose there teeths like human peeps...if they do PLZ give me an old Dragon !
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life in the briar patch
life in the briar patch
Suppose one could say I am: Management
^ Easy Mox Trilogy #2 being prepped for entry into the flower studio. I've had my eye on her for a while now. She should be a good opportunity. Her clone rooted rapidly..
Easy Mox Trilogy = Mox Mox (easy) X blended pollen
Blended pollen posibles: Casey Jones f2, Triesel f1, Purple Bastard Haze f2
* This is going to be a wild ride...these EMTs...I've got variety all over the place. The older they get...the more I can see. EMT #2 was my choice pick...but there are others that are now drawing my eye. This kind of run you have to let the genetics have the reins....lay back...and look for the sweet spots.
^ Mox Mox Mazzy...or as I call her MM Mazzy. This girl is a self seed of the Mox Mox Queen. I've cloned her...and once I see some roots..she'll have a turn in the flower studio. Kind of like MM Shy-La...in her lackadaisical attitude toward growing up. She's slow and chilled. Love playing with the queen's selfs....always interesting.
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Ran hill repeats again yesterday...temps in the mid 80's...full sun. Yesterday was the first time...in it seems like years...that my hips didn't feel like tightened compressed springs when I finished up the run (around 10 miles)...
felt amazing really. If I can keep them loose like that for the race..it's going to be a good day. I am sold on hill repeats. I actually look forward to doing them...see completely...the sound quality of their workings. Been doing them mostly on pavement...which allows me to climb and descend totally focused on the various forms I'm implementing in my locomotions...thus able..to direct where the power is coming from. up and down up and down...with 30 count sets of push ups at the top.
* like always...when I'm implementing push ups in my runs...I get down and pump them out while I'm still unrecovered from climbing the hill. This really forces me to catch hold of my breathing and...at the same time...continues to work my body. Push ups...when done correctly...work your entire body groups.
** during the run I did 180 push ups. I kept the sets at 30. I'm able to do at least 50 clean push ups...but during runs I like to blast quick sets of 30-40...depending on the day.
*** came home and got on my dip bars...did some slow controlled form sets...to deep stretch my chest/back/shoulder muscles.
**** slept most the night on a yoga mat. I'm finding the harder surface benefits my body....especially my hips and IT band. I've been sleeping on the floor for a while now. I'll get up in the middle of the night and go sleep in bed sometimes...other nights I sleep the entire time on the floor.
life in the briar patch
Suppose one could say I am: Management
^ Easy Mox Trilogy #2 being prepped for entry into the flower studio. I've had my eye on her for a while now. She should be a good opportunity. Her clone rooted rapidly..
Easy Mox Trilogy = Mox Mox (easy) X blended pollen
Blended pollen posibles: Casey Jones f2, Triesel f1, Purple Bastard Haze f2
* This is going to be a wild ride...these EMTs...I've got variety all over the place. The older they get...the more I can see. EMT #2 was my choice pick...but there are others that are now drawing my eye. This kind of run you have to let the genetics have the reins....lay back...and look for the sweet spots.
^ Mox Mox Mazzy...or as I call her MM Mazzy. This girl is a self seed of the Mox Mox Queen. I've cloned her...and once I see some roots..she'll have a turn in the flower studio. Kind of like MM Shy-La...in her lackadaisical attitude toward growing up. She's slow and chilled. Love playing with the queen's selfs....always interesting.
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Ran hill repeats again yesterday...temps in the mid 80's...full sun. Yesterday was the first time...in it seems like years...that my hips didn't feel like tightened compressed springs when I finished up the run (around 10 miles)...
felt amazing really. If I can keep them loose like that for the race..it's going to be a good day. I am sold on hill repeats. I actually look forward to doing them...see completely...the sound quality of their workings. Been doing them mostly on pavement...which allows me to climb and descend totally focused on the various forms I'm implementing in my locomotions...thus able..to direct where the power is coming from. up and down up and down...with 30 count sets of push ups at the top.
* like always...when I'm implementing push ups in my runs...I get down and pump them out while I'm still unrecovered from climbing the hill. This really forces me to catch hold of my breathing and...at the same time...continues to work my body. Push ups...when done correctly...work your entire body groups.
** during the run I did 180 push ups. I kept the sets at 30. I'm able to do at least 50 clean push ups...but during runs I like to blast quick sets of 30-40...depending on the day.
*** came home and got on my dip bars...did some slow controlled form sets...to deep stretch my chest/back/shoulder muscles.
**** slept most the night on a yoga mat. I'm finding the harder surface benefits my body....especially my hips and IT band. I've been sleeping on the floor for a while now. I'll get up in the middle of the night and go sleep in bed sometimes...other nights I sleep the entire time on the floor.
