08/10/13

up by 5am; coffee, music, reading till 7:30am and then to work by 8am. Work till 11:30am and then to Memorial Park for a 4 mile run in the woods. It had just finished storming and the trails were slick and wet and treacherous, the light still muted and steely under the trees. It was so fucking awesome (see pic below). From trails, post run, went to Fry's electronics to pick up a new 24" gaming monitor for a dual monitor set up at home with my existing 1440p screen. Home from Fry's by 2pm and configuring all the new gear till 7pm or so. Out briefly to pick up some Malaysian take-out (egg tofu and calimari!) and back home by 7:20pm for evening. Computer stuff, researching new purchases, games, music, a few beers etc. for rest of evening. Crash by 3am.

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4 mile run in the woods today, just around noon time, after it had been briefly storming. Memorial park bike trails. It was ridiculously divine. The ground was soaked and slippery and treacherous, the light through the canopy was muted and steely and me (and the bikers) were covered in mud and water and other bits of forest detritus. I wore only a pair of board shorts and the shoes pictured above and despite the fact that I nearly slipped and rolled into a ravine? I think it was one of the best runs of my past six years.

I wish I could plug drug addicts in to my brain after such a run as I think they would drop the crack pipe and pick up a pair of running shoes if they could just stop and feel it for a second...

Such a return on effort ...

(sigh)