We obtained a brand new tramp! Our final one survived for 9 years, enduring 1000’s of hours of leaping by our children, canines, neighbor youngsters, and cousins. I feel our chickens had been as soon as on our outdated tramp for some time, too. The brand new one was on sale as a result of it’s the low season, which makes the leaping really feel even higher… Additionally, it was a good way to get my muscle tissues activated earlier than a pace exercise. Is perhaps my new factor.
It was our LAST pace exercise earlier than the marathon on Sunday! 2-mile warm-up, 1 mile @ 6:23, 3-minute standing restoration, 2 x 800m (3:08, 3:05) with a 2-minute standing restoration, 4 x 400m (88, 90, 84, 85) with 90-second standing recoveries, 1 mile cool-down.
I took this picture as a reminder to speak to you and see if anybody else struggles with respiratory + the chilly + pace. I WILL be bringing my inhaler to the race as a result of the beginning line is meant to be fairly chilly, and the chilly makes my bronchial asthma signs present up.
We hit the prescribed mileage and walked the remainder of the best way to our vehicles. I really like being an A+ operating scholar throughout the taper.
The youngsters had been again at school, and my nephew was very happy for a break from the chaos of getting 4 youngsters operating round.
Subsequent up was choosing up Beck and assembly my niece at Runner’s Nook for some new trainers.
We obtained matching sneakers!
My brother and SIL obtained again from their journey to Portugal (my brother lived there for two years, and he was very completely happy to return and go to). They introduced again a few of our favourite treats.
We’ve by no means had a motorcycle race and a marathon on the identical weekend…
Andrew is now working with the youth boys in our neighborhood by our church, and he had them over final night time for CC cookie ice cream sandwiches and the Crimson Bull Rampage.
I’m very completely happy that it’s fire and Perk season.
My newest obsession (you already know I’ve a brand new one each few months;) is the mind. I used to be feeling like I’ve been having a decline in my reminiscence, focus, and creativity, and my objective is to sharpen these areas, introduce some novelty, carry again to life my curiosity, and welcome loads of boredom. The objective can also be to depend on my mind extra and use expertise much less… So, I requested ChatGPT (oxymoron?) to give you a 30-day problem for me. Andrew is doing it with me, and if anybody else desires to hitch me, let me know. Right here it’s:
Week 1: Clear the fog (reset + refocus)
- ✍️ Journal for 10 minutes with this immediate: “What does a pointy thoughts really feel prefer to me?”
- 🚶♀️Take a 20-minute stroll with out your telephone, music, or podcast.
- 🧠 Strive a easy reminiscence sport (e.g., memorize 5 random phrases and recall them later).
- 📵 Go phone-free for one hour. Sit within the discomfort or the stillness.
- 🍋 Eat one thing slowly and pay full consideration to the style, texture, and odor.
- 📚 Learn 5 pages of a ebook exterior your ordinary style.
- 💤 Go to mattress half-hour sooner than ordinary. Psychological sharpness begins with sleep.
Week 2: Welcome novelty (get up your mind)
- 🗺 Strive a brand new route to your stroll, drive, or run.
- ✍️ Write an inventory of 10 belongings you’re interested by — no stress to analysis them (but).
- 🎧 Hearken to a podcast on a topic you already know nothing about.
- 🧩 Strive a puzzle, sudoku, or mind teaser for 10–quarter-hour.
- 🎨 Doodle or sketch with no objective aside from play.
- 🌱 Study the title of 1 tree, plant, or chook you see immediately.
- 🎥 Watch a brief documentary or video on a subject you’d often skip.
Week 3: Stretch your curiosity (suppose in another way)
- ✍️ Journal immediate: “What’s one thing I believed as a child that I now not consider?”
- 🖼 Go to an area museum, gallery, or perhaps a random exhibit (or do a digital one on-line).
- 🔀 Let another person select a tune, present, or ebook for you immediately.
- 💭 Ask somebody: “What’s one thing that’s fascinated you recently?”
- 🧠 Strive utilizing your non-dominant hand for one thing easy (like brushing your enamel).
- 💡 Write down 5 “I’m wondering…” questions that come to thoughts immediately.
- 🧘♀️ Sit in silence for 10 minutes. Don’t fill the boredom — observe it.
Week 4: Play, replicate, repeat (make it final)
- 🕹 Do one thing childlike — construct, draw, make one thing only for enjoyable.
- 📸 Take 5 footage immediately of issues that make you curious or make you pause.
- ✍️ Journal: “When do I really feel most alive and alert?”
- 🗣 Train somebody one thing you’ve discovered throughout this problem.
- 🧠 Strive a brand new recipe or cooking technique — interact all 5 senses.
- 📚 Learn one thing out loud — a poem, article, and even your favourite quote.
- 🌌 Lay down and take a look at the sky for 10 minutes. That’s it. (Day or night time.)
- 🎧 Revisit considered one of your favourite songs from a very new perspective.
- ✍️ Closing journal: “What modified this month? What do I need to carry ahead?”
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What are your favourite European treats?
Have a present obsession?
Anybody need to be a part of us on this?
-We may begin over immediately, so we’re all on the identical day!
What sneakers did you put on in your final run?
