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mlawton

@mlawton@mstdn.social

#dotnet & #powershell developer, runner, ex-pat Hoosier now living in the mountains of VA, supporter of #LFC ⚽️ #IUBB 🏀#USMNT ⚽️ #USWNT ⚽️

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mlawton, to SNAKES
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I am both fascinated by and, if I’m honest, a little scared of them too. Perhaps more than a little.

I know this 4’ central rat snake is non-venomous, and many people would just snatch it up and relocate it. I could not do it! My courage repeatedly faltered at the critical moment.

I eventually discouraged it from climbing up the house. I might have even shrieked when it turned & let go of the brick wall, plummeting 5 feet to the ground.

We both survived, mostly unscathed.

mlawton,
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@superball 💯 same. We had a juvenile rat snake find its way into the house last year. I “bravely” relocated it back outside with a broom and dustpan. Was nervous about it too.

mlawton,
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@teruterubozu I have a snake
loving daughter too and she was ready to do it! By the time I was ready to yield, it was too high up the wall.

heyzen, to running
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My @runalyze predicts I can run a 5K under 30 minutes for the first time ever! I’m tempted to try it although I’ll probably injure myself. 😂😭

mlawton,
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@heyzen @runalyze either way, you can't be unhappy with that sharply declining chart! 📉🔥

s1m0n4, to juggling
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🤹‍♀️ 1h of

I've been trying the mills mess with 3 balls for what feels like a godzillion years and now I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel🕯️😁. I'm close!
The same goes for alternating 2-1 doubles with the clubs

Then it was time for my session.

2x45s, 2x30s:
1️⃣ High knees
2️⃣ Floor ladder (cardio)
3️⃣ Side plank
4️⃣ Bulgarian split squat
5️⃣ Scissors
6️⃣ Squat jump
7️⃣ Wall chair
8️⃣ Hollow hold
9️⃣ Russian twists @ 3kg
🔟 Adductors

Me struggling with mills mess 3 balls
Me struggling with clubs double 2-1 sequence
Me doing a 180° rotation while juggling with clubs. Ending the sequence by passing a club under my leg

mlawton,
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@s1m0n4 that looks really challenging! I'd be forever clanging the lone pin into the descending two and then scurrying for cover.

sebastianhahn, to running
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Well, well, well, this was quite a fast one. And I didn’t even push, I just ran on. At one point I noticed that I felt slightly out of breath, then I looked at my watch and was going 4:35/km, so it was alright. Today‘s audiobook was DARK MATTER by Blake Crouch, which I‘ve read some weeks ago. The book was brilliant, the audiobook is as well. I‘m looking forward to the AppleTV+ series of it. Have a great Thursday, y‘all! #Running #applewatchultra2 #audiobooks #sciencefiction

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mlawton,
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@sebastianhahn really enjoyed that book. Easy to see how you could lose yourself and be so immersed while listening to it. Blisteringly quick pace! 🔥

sebastianhahn, to macbookair
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Spent the afternoon setting up my new MacBook Air, installing loads of software. I like to do this manually, leaving behind all the unnecessary stuff from my former MacBook I don’t intend to use on the new machine…

mlawton,
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@sebastianhahn @bomkatt Exactly. Knowledge that a task is Sisyphean does not escape its compulsory performance. Such is the way.

But perhaps we can have rest days... 😉

mlawton,
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@sebastianhahn this is me too. The good intentions of a clean slate, all the while knowing that entropy is out there.

Lurking.
Waiting.
Knowing.

But for this brief moment, all is clean and fine.

bomkatt, to random
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Got to watch the neighborhood red tail hawk soaring on low air currents today. Then listened to some robins fight over the mulberry tree, which has plenty for everyone.

Autocorrect proposed retail hawk, and now I have visions of a raptor lurking through a store with a cart and determination to score a great deal

mlawton,
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@bomkatt “Retail Hawks” is 💯 a show I would watch. Competing hawks race to find the ultimate discount. The volume of retail hawk’s screech is in direct proportion to the savings discovered.💰🦅

Lee6, to running
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Soaking wet run in Manchester but got to keep them black clouds moving or they may bite u 😫🏃🏻☔️ #Running #run #runs #runner #runners #runnersofmastodon #RunningPunk #mentalhealth #meditation #mindfulness #Health #fitness #struggling #struggle #mind #cake #warrior - cake always helps ✅ (checkout my linked short video)

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mlawton,
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@Lee6 might be a solution to more of life's problems than just a soggy run! 🙃🍰

obrien_kat, to running
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This is what it’s like living in “the shittiest neighborhood in the shittiest city in the world”, according to my screaming American neighbor.
I would have thought such a place would lack tourists due to crime, violence, lack of running water …
These were views on my run and just before/after my run, following her shrieking complaints. Maybe she was mad about the free ceramics classes in the plaza? 🤷🏼‍♀️🤣
#running #barcelona

Hotel Arts and Sagrada Familia views
Beach views with 10 miles run
Tourists in front of Santa Maria Del Mar

mlawton,
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@obrien_kat I like how insulted you are as a citizen and now you’re carrying a grudge. It is home.

mlawton,
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@obrien_kat I hadn’t fully appreciated your position of being an American abroad and thus guilty by association, even if the association is blameless. I cringe when I hear stories of Americans abroad behaving like they’re the main character of the story.

And even if they were, nobody needs the late night caterwauling! 🙉

moelholm, to running
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Just browsed some weight loss photos… and “stumbled upon” some running facts…

September 21st 2021 … that’s when I had completed my couch to 5k running program.

After that I didn’t run super structured until almost a year after - August 20th 2022 - when I participated in my first trail run: SkyTrail. ~7.5K with ~400m EG. I bought those orange Scott’s for this (still have them).

Then it took off 😂 … so now here 1.5 years after it’s “normal” to run ultras 🤪. Time flies.

#running #trailrunning

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mlawton,
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@moelholm Oh wow, I had expected your running journey would have been many more years.

That it wasn't makes it all the more impressive. Well done!

mlawton, to random
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Taking my daughter to school this morning when, apropos of nothing, she breaks the groggy silence and says:

"what if, as we age, our eyeballs wrinkled too?" :googlyeye:

mlawton,
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@30yrdscreamer ha! I had not considered that angle! Would explain so much...

WTL, to running
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Friday:
119 seconds of plank
11 minutes of yoga for runners
31 minutes of HIIT
20 minutes of strength training
9.1 km of (16°C with wind gusts to 53km/hr)

The “I don't wanna" was extremely strong today for some unknown reason this morning. Once I put my shoes on and got out, it was just wonderful out - went further than I'd planned to. 🤷🏻

Three separate cyclists on the sidewalk (including a big e-bike that was hurtling along) … RIGHT BESIDE THE BIKE LANE. <sighs>

mlawton,
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@WTL well done! I'll be lacing up shortly, but I've been feeling the "I don't wannas" strongly too.

mlawton, to random
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Finished "The Echo of Old Books" by Barbara Davis. I enjoyed the first 2/3rds of it, but soon any such joy succumbed to a growing annoyance with some of the characters, some facets of the plot, a central premise ultimately abandoned, and a sugary predictability that was so obvious I was sure that it would prove a decoy. It was not.

This review (with spoilers) exactly pegs my issues with the book. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5918581620

2/5 stars

mlawton, to running
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Another terrible run, hot and with my heart rate out of control. I cut it off early in frustrated disgust. I am not myself & I can’t explain it.

My stress and sleep issues have mostly resolved and that two weeks without running shouldn’t have affected my fitness as much as it has.

And while I may not understand it, it’s clear to see. I went through the stages of grief on the walk back & am mostly landed on acceptance. Will now run slower & target zone 2, rebuilding my vanished base.

mlawton,
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@bomkatt 💯

And, for me, while the physical struggle will be challenging, even more so will be the mental challenge. I know I just need to accept it for what it is and push forward. Simple. And yet I will not find it so…

Knowing something and fully believing something are, sadly, not the same thing.

mlawton,
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@recollir thank you! All the encouragement has been super affirming and greatly appreciated! It helps speed up the transition from frustration and despair to acceptance and hope. 🙏

mlawton,
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@sticklandtim thank you🙏 The people here have been so kind and supportive, yourself included. It helps a lot.

mlawton,
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@guncelawits crushing that it takes so much work to build it up, yet such little neglect to have it evaporate out from underneath. Asymmetrical and cruel.

mlawton,
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@s1m0n4 much appreciated! This place is wonderful for celebrating successes, but perhaps more importantly, for supporting each other when we’re struggling. And we all struggle from time to time. It helps so much more than people realize. 🙏

mlawton, to random
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City have never been immune to defensive misplays. It’s one of their few weaknesses and here it’s bitten them. #mastodonfc

mlawton, to random
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This is why I don’t bet on sports. Man United over Man City 2-1 FT #mastodonfc

mlawton, to running
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Ungodly humid.

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