Bailed on #parkrun this morning, Still taking it easy after the Big Half last weekend. Now I have the photos I can show you my finish photo: The pictures of me as I set off to walk home don't show me having as much fun
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mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06iOS/macOS Developer. Swift with some Lisp and Haskell for fun. Emacs, the Dvorak layout, nice pens, and pun-ctionaI programming. I try to run and draw. Aspire to SDK in Go.
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Tourism is great. 32:05. Second fastest time ever and a PB for the year. I pushed hard and I’m really pleased with my result. #parkrun
The Big Half in 3:09:21. What made me think I could run a half marathon with 10 weeks training? I thought I would give it large but I was just trying to get through each Km by the end. #running #thebigholf
Kit washed, including my shoes. Checklist completed and I'm ready to go on The Big Half tomorrow #running
Planning some tourism tomorrow and trying out Gunnersbury Park #parkrun
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@simon have a good one. It sounds like you’re doing it for fun so don’t overcook it. Start slow and then go slower. Save yourself for the last two K then slowly speed up and feel the joy as you pass people.
Afternoon coffee in my prize!
Went for a run this morning, and I decided to try and make Ugali for the first time. I think I did okay, though it could have been smoother.
Post run lunch of vegetarian chilli and ugali
@sdarlington@mas.to I'd skip that colour. Hasn't she watched Star Trek?
@sdarlington@mas.to You'll never get to 250 with that attitude :)
But seriously, it's supposed to be fun. There's a time and a place to guilt trip yourself into running and a rainy Saturday is not one of them.
I bailed because I woke up in time, felt tired so went back to sleep. Is that a better reason?
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@robchapman my non toe shoes are Xero Prio and HFS. It’s not so bad wearing toe shoes in public. It’s London. You can get funny looks from anything.
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@robchapman Thanks. You're absolutely right. This was just a stepping stone for my running. I managed to run a Half, and adapt to minimal shoes. I thought my ankles and calves would take a beating, but they were okay - it's my quads that are wrecked. Onwards to being able to run more.
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@robchapman cheers. I’m not superhuman. I’ve been in minimalist shoes for about 5 years, just not running in that time.
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@simon forgot to tell you - I used a MARM line at the third water station. “Got any lager?” - at least I got laughs out of it.
@sdarlington@mas.to thanks. I actually enjoyed it. Great atmosphere and I got to hobble home. I’m having second thoughts about the 55k next year, though.
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@WTL thank you. I keep
Reminding myself that parkrun to HM in 10 weeks is an achievement
@sdarlington@mas.to Thanks!
@mlysons@iosdev.space thanks!