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  • 2026-06-26

    The start to the day was one of those overcast days where it spits and rains lightly… just enough so that doing outside stuff is kind of miserable, because the mosquitoes, horseflies and other stinging critters seem to love to pester humans trying to go about their business. Not that I would have run outside… Read more

  • 2026-06-25 – Running Outside and Sleeping Better

    It is rather amazing to me how much difference there is in my sleep quality between when I wear my Garmin watches and when I don’t. I slept soundly last night without the darn thing on and it really reinforced to me that perhaps all the added features that smart watches have, are not the… Read more

  • 2026-06-24 – Changing Plans & Getting Rid of My Garmins

    Initially we were planning to drive down to Camden for the first time in too many years, so I was going to run 3.0 or so, first thing this morning. That didn’t happen. When I got up this morning my left knee was a little grumpy and I had slept quite poorly, I had worn… Read more

  • 2026-06-23 — Treadmillin

    Fifty-one years ago today, a bright-fresh faced recent high school graduate raised his right hand swore to support and defend the Constitution. Then I flew in an airplane for the first time that day enroute to Cape May for ten weeks of fun in the summer sun of New Jersey. A life changing experience if… Read more

  • No Running or Walking in the Rain

    Something I noticed this morning as I looked out the window when preparing for my first thing walk. That since it was raining, I had quickly decided not to walk. Snow doesn’t really bother me, cold and heat don’t either, but walking or now that I think about it running in the rain, is something… Read more

  • 2026-06-22 – Just A Walk

    This morning I got to thinking about this blog, just languishing here. Yeah, I pay the rent for the URL, but haven’t done anything with it for so long that for a while, I seriously thought about just cancelling it. After all, who blogs anymore, it is a dead or dying form of writing that… Read more