A World On A String

[Run4theCure]

crazy nuff with the push ups...i dont do them that much...maybe i should but atm i have this magical feeling with running so i dont want to spoil that I having my own race ..i would invite you but its only a marathon, no hills just forrest and castle wiews ....This lil cannonball run of mine will be every month from this month so if your going to Dk one day then hit me a pm and i set the race date so u can join...no charge offcause..and yes i have medalions too...Antik looking with runners on it ..I also took contact to local fruit and veggie and flower farms..they donate fruit, juice and flowers to the runners....well only flowers to the slowest runner..it the fighter flower

 

[Run4theCure]

crazy nuff with the push ups...i dont do them that much...maybe i should but atm i have this magical feeling with running so i dont want to spoil that I having my own race ..i would invite you but its only a marathon, no hills just forrest and castle wiews ....This lil cannonball run of mine will be every month from this month so if your going to Dk one day then hit me a pm and i set the race date so u can join...no charge offcause..and yes i have medalions too...Antik looking with runners on it ..I also took contact to local fruit and veggie and flower farms..they donate fruit, juice and flowers to the runners....well only flowers to the slowest runner..it the fighter flower

I also have space 4 sleep overs and theres also some ultra runs in Dk if ya keen on it

 

[Madjag]

Suppose one could say I am: Management

**** 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.

As a youngster in my Yoga 20's, I slept on an Ensolite mat, no air, just 1/2 inch hard foam, much like the yoga mats of today. I had mine on the ground for years and later on a piece of plywood up off the floor on cement blocks....hippies, whatcha gonna do?

For the last 30 years I have used hard foam, about 3-4 inches thick, on plywood. I won my wife over to it fairly easily. IKEA has a nice hard foam folding mattress that mounts on their folding metal futon frame. I have another IKEA foam mat in the back of my Tacoma, on plywood, with just enough room for sleeping on top while keeping storage underneath. We pull it out and flop it on the ground when the bugs aren't out.....nothing like watching the Milky Way expand in concert with your lungs. [exhale....]

A hard underfloor or rigid base is a must for runner yogis or backcountry hippies who spend most of their time in nature. Since you do, it seems natural that you have discovered this important dynamic. I know many physically-strong guys and gals who still think Sealy Posturpedic is the way to go. Not.

P3, I have great admiration for a fanatic like you. I am a member of Los Deviatos and now so are you. Only a member can bring in another member, and since I am the only surviving Deviato, I am the only one who can boost the numbers.....deviates who define a new paradigm outside the Ego Block of power seekers. Weirdos basically...

 

[Run4theCure]

You will always be my favorit youngster madjagchamp One love to tha old man ....you can join my marathon to if you like..i wont even charge you anything 4 it....i double the price with Jericho so he covers the loss Dont tell him that

 

[Jericho Mile]

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Easy Mox Trilogy #7. This girl was slightly mutated as a seedling...slowest grower...last to show sex..but I have been watching her the entire time. Had her little label marked as "mutant"



^ She's topped but not yet cloned. I'll voice up here: her pops was either a Casey Jones f2 or a Purple Bastard Haze f2...as she is showing some very sativa traits. I mean..yeah...of course..she could still have a Triesel pops....but I'm not thinking so. If I had to gamble everything on just one pops...I'd say the Casey Jones f2..just because her leaves seem so familiar to me...and lord knows...I've grown more than my fair share of Casey (having it into the f3...and all those Odessa also into the f3...odessa and casey very much the same..and even recrossed into each other...shit mon)......to an end though...I'll know when I see her flower.

"I've been uptown....I've been downtown..I've been all around" * the lizard king

every night I've been dreaming about this race. i dream about my drop bag...and about explaining what i'm doing to non interested people

^ maybe some deep rooted anxiety...or a craving to explain myself..which still..would be..deep rooted anxiety

Another reality: I'm ready. I'm not moving around here with any anxiety or doubt...or fear. I feel like I'm getting ready to do battle...to fuck something up. I'm looking forward...looking thoughtfully...at being able to cross that start line into a reality where all I need to do is...keep going without any thought without any distraction..where this is this..and is everything wrapped up in 100 miles of time, space, spheres

my footfalls covering a day in my life..up and down the hills of my own home.

* I want to be driving the freight train the last 25 miles.....to be blessed with the will of my elements...drive the fucker home with everything I have....leaving no questions and a clean plate

in my mind i picture the race being nothing short of that. i must find all the ways to bend it to my vision. that's the game this time out

GLORY GLORY GLORY.....let's get it on. let's go.

 

[Crusader Rabbit]

Fill your pipe and leave it by the easy chair before you go. You might appreciate not having to put out that effort when you get back home.

 

[Infinitesimal]

All is mind... running has to be one of the toughest sports mentally... its just your mind vs the ground. a pure test of will.

sounds like you are running the race already in your head, primed for fight or flight.

nice Mox!

 

[Jericho Mile]

Fill your pipe and leave it by the easy chair before you go. You might appreciate not having to put out that effort when you get back home.

Made around 7 grams of Mox Mox bubble hash yesterday..in preparation for my recovery. proper planning prevents poor performance

...this hash is so clean. it expands 10 fold in the lungs and exhales as synthetic flavored chemical fruit. i can not ever get a handle on describing the flavor. it's potent. blows me up and away better than any other herb. nothing is better for me.

* weather for Saturday is about perfect. low 70's...20% chance of rain (which means no rain..but higher RH)...clouds in the morning....sun in the afternoon.

Saturday night...mostly clear 52 degree low (plan for 10 degrees lower...being I know drainages sink in the cold)

Sunday (will be done before too much sun comes up) the temps start going back up with full sun.

so....we're hitting a nice little weather window. heat illness should not factor in.

I've set aside Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday...for prep-race-recovery. I won't be doing much after the race except sleeping, hydrating, fueling, and stretching.

spending my day gardening...eating...flushing...stretching..getting the body and mind ready for this voyage. Starting to slowly organize and get my gear together...reviewing the course...getting myself in fight mode

Is racing 100 mile ultra marathons good for your body?

" No. The body is being operated for 24hrs + in calorie depletion. I can't say that it is healthy or that it is good for the body. Then...of course...there is the beating that the terrain and miles will issue out. "

I'm counting on my form, conditioning, and will. I believe myself "there"...so I'm comfortable with it..it's worth it to me. Willing to pay the price

 

[unclefishstick]

im trying to virtually climb everest this month,so far so good,im actually slightly ahead of pace right now,gonna try and knock off another 4000 feet tomorrow and clear some time for rest days,not to many since i have to do 1000 feet everyday all month....gonna be a challenge....not only to do the riding,but the eating afterwards!

 

[Jericho Mile]

im trying to virtually climb everest this month,so far so good,im actually slightly ahead of pace right now,gonna try and knock off another 4000 feet tomorrow and clear some time for rest days,not to many since i have to do 1000 feet everyday all month....gonna be a challenge....not only to do the riding,but the eating afterwards!

I've been following your thread. Ride on...my friend..ride on

 

[unclefishstick]

watch out Cat IIIC next year! im coming!
needed to work on my climbing anyway,seemed like a good challenge to take on...

 

[Jericho Mile]

All is mind... running has to be one of the toughest sports mentally... its just your mind vs the ground. a pure test of will.

sounds like you are running the race already in your head, primed for fight or flight.

nice Mox!

O...you know..I have some butterflies...like that feeling in your stomach when acid comes on. it doesn't feel bad..but it's squirmy and anticipating.

I've been way calm this whole wait...but now people are talking and the well wishes are coming in...and then I start remembering that this is a pretty fucking big race. I'm over this waiting...but it's all part of the game. Have to time it...wait it out..and peak at the right time. Don't want to start fighting until I cross the start line

Been out in my rock garden...using the boulders to help stretch me out. Crawling around like a rock climber..opening up everything..all body parts. High as hell?...yes the hash has been melting all day...it's very much a part of my regimen. Floating around like a bubble...falling into stretches...pushing off rocks...over and over...picturing my inner workings

keep up taking. keep loose

fuck it. my body feels ready.

Last night of real sleep. sleep like a baby elk

 

[Jericho Mile]

100 miles

100 miles

i have been. want to hear about great schwag bags? coffee cup, water bottle, stickers, fuels, shirt, sweatshirt, hat, finisher belt buckle, finisher medal, headband, drop bag, satchel bag...useful goodies

the commercial end of it. beyond that? beyond that is the real deal of what the lifestyle actually means. and that is sometimes a deep black hole....and sometimes a sunrise



100 miles is 50 miles + 50 miles more. For a while..due to a technical era?..I was in the twilight zone..my wife and friends couldn't follow my progress online. I was gone gone gone...did I know it? Can't say...I know I was out there...a surreal dream

to understand body chemistry...body exhaustion...sleep deprivation..fuel deprivation...excessive sun exposure

i went into states...changing states. chemical states

forward. go forward. stay moving forward. forward forward

the sun is going down over the mountain ridge..and over the sea. the moon is bloody and bright coming up over the desert. the stars show themselves.

the moon turns white and moves across the sky. the sun glow shows over jagged desert ridges. still moving forward.

 

[Crusader Rabbit]

Epic. I imagine you'll be replaying metal images from this experience for a quite a while.... Guess you've been to hell and back... And only you can say what it was like. You're probably too numb to hurt yet. Hat's off to you dude.

It's cool you got a belt buckle.

 

[Jericho Mile]

The last 30 miles were raw

The last 30 miles were raw

watching the shadow of Stonewall Peak illuminate in the dawn orange wash of desert sun...knowing

that for a 2nd time in 24 hrs...I was going up and down it. that I came upon it after hrs and hrs of running/power hiking through the night..along overgrown meadow trails..rolling slight enough to force running..even though..it is only in spurts..until the machine must walk again. hills all day hills all night..meadows in between

so the last 14...up and down this mountain...then up and down another hill..then up and down middle peak...of which the last 2.5 miles is loose ..treacherous...pitched deep/steep..mostly rock garden trail/wash...the kind that I'd been on most the day and night..and which had already beaten my feet and ankles overzealously..for hour after hour...now..had me until the end...few farewell punches to my feet..few more torques on tight hips

* Saturday the sun was full exposure. hotter than predicted...guessing temps were mid to upper 70's. ran without a shirt all day.

** shit problems.. simple enough? After the first few aid stations (15-25 miles)..my bowels felt bloated...and I had to squat in the brush 3 X...to find relief..so I could focus on running. Got queasy many times but....never got stomach sick...like I saw happening to others. The shit problems..wiping my ass with dirt and desert plant matter...later caused chafing...late in the race.

*** 273 started 154 finished. 77 dropped...many missed cutoffs...few disqualified (cutting the course?...i think).

I finished in the top 1/2 but didn't hit 24hrs. was sub 12 hrs (where I wanted to be) the 1st 50..but then got more energy conservative (smartly) in the 2nd 50. The 2nd 50 had the night running and non runnable (in my condition) terrain. lot of power hiking up steep mountains...lot of exhaustion..wear and tear

I was under 27 hrs but more than 26 hrs....and finished on an upswing and on a still able body. there was no great push or race for the finish....just a total grind out...grind down..into a new day's sun..and the place where people cheered for me

**** Lost Weekend. so much happened..yet to digest it all. My recovery is no different from recovering off a 50 mile race. I'm sore and swollen (ankles and feet are blown up)....bruised and scraped from a couple falls...tight and cramping....but

I'm moving around...getting stuff done (garlic harvest)..eating real food again..feel good overall...though

I'm fucked up on time and balance. It's sort of a blur...a bit off. just moments...like a little slide show of the journey...deeply enhanced by emotion. ritual dancing...this endurance running is. people get the spirit in them..the energies are all over the place...in the shadows..in the cold night chill...along the meandering ridge line..baked in by sun..lingering in trees and the brush

the things that come along....passing along...or digging into your head. forward though. it's the only option. accepting forward

at the finish. the release is amazing. people encircle to thrive off it. the pain and the glory.

 

[unclefishstick]

so...do you feel different? like the old you just got burned away?

 

[wordtree]

irie! forward, seen.
https://youtu.be/jMCYvf-r2UE

 

[Jericho Mile]

so...do you feel different? like the old you just got burned away?

I feel further absolved....and further traveled. The longer distance opened doors.

 

[unclefishstick]

im starting to feel that way about this everest thing,im 33% done already,still 21 days left...starting to feel it..just gonna knock off the mandatory 1000 feet or so a day for a few days and rest up a bit,then go for another 3000 foot day and try and knock out another 7-9000 feet this week...should be well past halfway by then...i want to be finished with it mostly by the end of week three...

 

[Jericho Mile]

im starting to feel that way about this everest thing,im 33% done already,still 21 days left...starting to feel it..just gonna knock off the mandatory 1000 feet or so a day for a few days and rest up a bit,then go for another 3000 foot day and try and knock out another 7-9000 feet this week...should be well past halfway by then...i want to be finished with it mostly by the end of week three...

At the start/finish line there was a big banner:

"Moderation has its place. It ain't here"

and my own motto...when shit gets real and I'm questioning:

"Don't be a pussy"

Unhealthy? yes.

I pissed out dark urine all day yesterday....blew clots of mucus and blood out of my nose...and shit liquids and gels.

during the race i felt like i was poisoning myself with all the sugars...had me almost gagging at the thought of getting more down

necessary evil is how i looked at. needed any calorie that i could get my body to uptake.

my body feels like it feasted upon itself...as.......it did. not good when the body has to turn on itself...but

that's part of the ritual...part of the chemical reaction. it must be gone through...dealt with.