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The Week’s Last 10

By soiledchamois on September 14, 2024 in Outdoors

I ended my last post with this:

“I’ve got 8.9 miles to go to meet my 25-mile weekly goal, and IF I feel good in the morning, I might try to do a long lumber somewhere tomorrow and get it done early.”

Saying that I would attempt a 9-mile (minimum) lumber the next morning was a pretty ambitious statement written by a 53-year-old doofus who was still riding the high of his fastest 5-mile “run” ever earlier in the day. But I put it out there, and I somehow felt accountable for making it happen, even though I am the ONLY person in the world who would give a shit.

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Crushing Lumbers & Carbs

By soiledchamois on September 12, 2024 in Outdoors

I took Wednesday off from Lumbering to cut the grass of the vast (not really) estate of the Cul-De-Sac-Shack, laundry duty, and my Wednesday appointment with the OG Mindbender.

With that, I was hopeful for good feetz during today’s “run” at Deerfield.

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The Pursuit of Good Enough

By soiledchamois on September 9, 2024 in Outdoors

Photo is NOT good enough, but all I got today.

The weekend consisted of one day of active rest and one day of absolute slack other than Sexy Time, and both were great. And when you add in the Chamois Mood Tax that was enacted during the first Trump administration, that brings it down to “pretty darn not bad.”

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The Few Miles Before Rest

By soiledchamois on September 8, 2024 in Outdoors

I only needed just 2.75 miles to hit my 25-mile goal for the week, so with no club football on,¹Wifey and I went out to the Hall’s Lake Nature Preserve to stomp a few low-key miles.

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Finish With a Whimper

By soiledchamois on September 6, 2024 in Outdoors

Somedays, you just know something is going to hurt, and other days you don’t. I thought today would be just another “run” and be consistent with other recent runs. Sadly, it was much less than that. But it was still something.

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Basking in Consistency

By soiledchamois on September 4, 2024 in Outdoors

Once again, I was on the trail as the sun rose this morning, this time for a 5-mile “run” on my original run loop to gauge progress.

The temps were in the high 40s, and I debated on whether to wear long sleeves or not, but then I looked at my hulking body in the mirror and remembered how much sweat I put out. I stuck with the short sleeves.

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Unrested & Ready For Nothing

By soiledchamois on September 2, 2024 in Random

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: it doesn’t matter if you have to go to work or school or not; Monday’s vibes are always shit.

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Making Luck & White Whales

By soiledchamois on August 31, 2024 in Outdoors

I was up early and on the trails by 7:00 Saturday morning for a short 3-mile lumber that would put me over my 25-mile goal for the week and have me home in time for coffee, a giant homemade breakfast burrito, and to see most of the first Premier League match this morning; joyously watching Arsenal lose out on all three points and draw against Brighton.

I was happy to hit my goal and to see Arsenal drop two points, but I was even happier with a shot I got today.

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A Slack-ish Day

By soiledchamois on August 29, 2024 in Outdoors

After 15 miles and three days of running and lumbering in heat and humidity, I was stoked when I took the dogs out this morning and felt cooler temps. It felt great to breathe dry(er) air again. Well, at least until Jake dropped a dook. Then things got humid and stank real fast.

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Hard Things Aren’t Easy

By soiledchamois on August 28, 2024 in Outdoors

After I was done spewing the decaying shit in my brain to the O.G. Mindbender last week, we were talking casually, and I mentioned my somewhat steady improved attempts at running and how much of a mental rub and a tug it’s been for me. She was complimentary, but as with many therapists, I could tell she wasn’t extremely impressed.

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