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A Lack of Power

NOTE: As you can see, I am in the middle of some long overdue house cleaning here on Soiled. Things aren’t going to look “normal” for a while, but I hope to have my PHP updated and changed over to a theme that is not 15 years old in the near future. Or not.

Moving on…

Funny how a week can change like that *snaps old chubby fingers together*.

Tuesday night, as I was just about ready for bed, our power went out for no reason. No storms, no wind, no nothing. I figured some idiot crashed into a pole or something, and it would be back on in 45 minutes. It was not.

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Moth-ursday Musings

I bounced back quickly from Wednesday morning’s dirt road ride bonk-fest and was unusually geeked to get back in the woods on feetz with my camera today.

The first thing I noticed as I took off down the trails was my hips! I guess those hip-flexor muscles that I had built up over my years of cycling and then vanished over my years of lumbering got a wake-up call during my ride on Wednesday. Thankfully, they quickly warmed up and by my second mile I was fine and feeling spanky. Not spanky enough for 7 or 8 miles, but 5 or 6 were a definite maybe.

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I Remember How To Bonk

I mentioned a few things here recently about the need to shake things up and push myself a little harder, so as not to burn out on any one outdoor physical activity, similar to what I did with dabbling in trail running last summer to get over some injuries and summertime ennui.

I love my lumbers, and I love lumbering with my camera, but the past couple of weeks of relentless bugs, lack of quality photos, and humidity have had me a bit miserable and looking for easy options.

Since I had a come to Jeebus moment in the spring of 2024 in regards to my love/lost/sort of re-found love of cycling, I figured, fuck it, let’s interject some riding into the lumbering mix again.

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