Tag: Day Off

11/25/23

Okay so I ran 8 miles this morning. Left a little after 8. I wore a shirt, which I could’ve gotten away with not doing that, but it was still great weather. Dew point 54 this morning. I did the part A addendum to the OG St. Pete route and then added the Pier out and back and then came home on the Trail. Did what felt like tempo for most of the run but I think I am a little tired from not sleeping great a couple nights in a row. And it was super windy too. I did get a tailwind every time I was heading west though. Left the water bottle home and ate a gel at the bathroom at North Shore Park, which was the halfway point. Got a drink at the fountain. Carried on. A large number of vendors were setting up in Vinoy Park for something I’m 100% sure I don’t care about. Also a large number of e-bikes everywhere. I had big goggles on for this run is all I’m saying. I was happy to get to the Pier and find it mostly empty. As empty as it gets anyway. There’s this plastic drain built into the sidewalk if you go all the way to the right of the walkway on your way out to the end of the Pier. I run on that because it feels like some kind of magic carpet. It’s really grippy but somehow the impact feels cushioned. So I finished at the Pier then passed by the Saturday morning market headed back on the Trail towards home. I was hitting all the lights. After that, there are no more cool things to describe, at least as far as sights. Strava says it was 8:40 pace.

I ate my banana and bar and drank my Gatorade and then took my shower. And then I laid down for an hour. And then I took forever to figure out what to wear. Taynisha and I planned to walk downtown today because we haven’t done it in a while and the weather was going to be nice. So we did that. It was nice. Lots of people everywhere. And e-bikes. More than normal. This holiday nonsense. People should take turns seeing their families, not everyone do it at the same time. Also backloaded on the end of the year makes no sense. I’m up past my bedtime.

I plan to run at least 10 tomorrow. I’m trying to take advantage of these days off because work is getting to that point right now. I’d like to do a half if I feel good, but I don’t have any time in mind. Only to cover the distance in the way that feels best to me.

I will try to write more, here. I am writing plenty but mostly for me. Still enjoying the benefits of both writing and running. Thankful for that.

6/1/18

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A bunch of stuff happened today, some of it good and some of it frustrating, and so I’m in this kind of seesaw mode. It’s crazy when I think about it – I know everything is going to be just fine, but I feel uneasy and apprehensive nonetheless. And I know some of the things I’m worried about wouldn’t worry anyone else. But that’s okay because anyone else probably worries about altogether different and unrelated things. So I shouldn’t worry about what other people worry about. I can only worry about me and my worries. It’s my birthday, by the way. Continue reading “6/1/18”

5/25/18

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On Monday, I dropped my car off at the repair shop in Pinellas Point. My mom came and picked me up and we went to the Indian Mound just down the road. Most people don’t know this tiny little area in between two houses in the pink streets even exists, and my mom was one of those people. The history of the place is somewhat hazy, due to some contradictory signage in the park. There is a violent story about the place that ends in a clubbing-to-death. Then there is a story about a princess and a famed conquistador. Seemingly overruling both of those accounts, there is a sign positioned nearby that states the historical signage was left there to preserve the mystique of the site, in essence. Finally, the most official and accurate looking display names the Tocobaga Indians as the builders of the mound, and details their way of life and history. It’s super interesting to see this little piece of St. Petersburg history so unassumingly positioned in a residential neighborhood. Continue reading “5/25/18”

5/21/18

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I woke up today with some new kind of resolve about the job search. I wish it would have come to me 2 weeks ago when I was super stressed about it. The reality is, I don’t have a job, but I’m happy. I’m not happy because I don’t have a job. I’m happy because I am in the place, geographically and mentally, where I want to be. Among other things. I’ll have a job soon, this I know. I’m positive. In the meantime, I’m going to enjoy the time I have and make the most of it. That’s the resolve. Continue reading “5/21/18”

5/14/18

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Today is a good day to not have a job and be a writer. It might not be the best day to run. The forecast for the rest of the day, and the week for that matter, looks like a lot of rain. I will run this week, however. If anything, it makes it cooler and  maybe even refreshing to run in the rain. A few of my most memorable runs happened while it was raining.

I remember one about two years ago. Continue reading “5/14/18”