Red Mosquito

guestT wrote:Same thing people say about black bears up here. I don't buy it.

I would wager I've seen about 200 black bears, and only 1 brown bear (debatable if these are black bears or not) was not scared of me. Although I do know of tons of habituated bears that were happy to live on the fringes of society, but still ultimately kept their distance.

Somehow that’s the most dev post I’ve read in a good while.

I encountered a black bear on the third floor of my hotel in Tennessee. Seemed like he was just cruising for some sweet sweet hotel occupant trash and didn't seem bothered by me.

Jesus, it was nice to be back in the Adidas.

R2D, I just finished re-reading Chapter 15 of Born to Run. So much of what’s been lost in me since I stopped exercising is in that chapter.

Enjoy, brother. I love that book with all of my heart.

It changed my life.

Yep. I lost like 50 pounds after I read it

verb_to_trust wrote:Yep. I lost like 50 pounds after I read it

Holy shit! I love running!

run2death wrote:Holy shit! I love running!

I take it you had a good run today?

washing machine wrote:

run2death wrote:Holy shit! I love running!

I take it you had a good run today?

I did.

But it was more the fact that all the smiling runners and I nodded at each other and said, "Nice work!"

Grinding out a 14-miler while acknowledging my fellow sufferers is probably the most human I'll ever be.

I'm so depressed

Sorry, friend.

I wish we could run together.

run2death wrote:

washing machine wrote:

run2death wrote:Holy shit! I love running!

I take it you had a good run today?

I did.

But it was more the fact that all the smiling runners and I nodded at each other and said, "Nice work!"

It took everything I had today not to flip someone the bird on the running path today. I was in the part of my run that I had to push through and I pass this asshole who is walking the other direction and shouting "You can do it! 2 more miles! Wait, 5 more miles!" I hated him so fucking much. Mostly because he was walking and he had a sprite in his hand. I toyed with either throwing up the bird or spitting at him, but he was probably genuinely trying to cheer me on, so I let it go.

Meeting a friend to run at 8 tomorrow morning, when it'll be somewhere between -2 and 1. And sunny, at least.

washing machine wrote:

run2death wrote:

washing machine wrote:

run2death wrote:Holy shit! I love running!

I take it you had a good run today?

I did.

But it was more the fact that all the smiling runners and I nodded at each other and said, "Nice work!"

It took everything I had today not to flip someone the bird on the running path today. I was in the part of my run that I had to push through and I pass this asshole who is walking the other direction and shouting "You can do it! 2 more miles! Wait, 5 more miles!" I hated him so fucking much. Mostly because he was walking and he had a sprite in his hand. I toyed with either throwing up the bird or spitting at him, but he was probably genuinely trying to cheer me on, so I let it go.

lol what is this post?

verb_to_trust wrote:I'm so depressed

I could really use a run myself

-40 here tomorrow

I haven't had a sweat since last Sunday

I feel gross

^Well if he can do that...

My bike route to work today was boxed in by the marathon, so I had to meander and cross where there were crossing guards. I work very close to the finish line so I made sure to catch a few minutes of finishers coming through. Such a stark difference between the faces where I crossed (around mile 18) and the faces during the finishing stretch. I want to be a part of it next year.

I can get up to speed in a year, right?