Weekly Update: Issue 36

With Pops and Clay, we took the boat to Buckeye Lake and drank beers on the boat and saw Mama and Papa Poole.

The heat has me fighting for my life — I did a 5 miler at an 11 min mile and my heart rate was hitting 180+ in the last mile (usually it’s close to 130, or maybe up to 140 when I usually run 11 flat).

Post-run I pulled a max: laid flat on the cold floor only to get up to a pool of sweat surrounding where I laid.

Aura farmed: Ms. Campbell told me I should get my boating license so we can ride jet skis at her grandma’s when she gets back from her travels in late July, and boom, aura farmed — I already had one #RedRightReturning #BoatSafeBoatSober

Getting lots of joy from watching Avatar: The Last Airbender while I eat.

Packing my school bag for a 2-week trip, will need clothes to climb a 14,000+ ft snow-capped mountain and to be in Moab heat, and clothes for a family reunion — can I fit all 2 weeks of clothes in there or will I have to pay Frontier $70 each way for a carry-on?

4th of July was cool, seeing people I haven’t seen in a long time and hearing what they’re up to — I realized I don’t leave my small circle of people often.

Ed cooked up some fire meat at the 4th of July party

Long run was dumb hot - had to jump in the creek at mile 6 then close to the end sneaked into the Schilings pool and was caught by Amy and the dogs

1st Frontier experience wasn’t great — had to wear clothes so my bag wasn’t overpacked and shove stuff in my pockets but I didn’t have to pay the insane carry on fee

Some weather delay made the 1hr flight 6hrs and I missed my connecting flight, and when I got back it was so late so no food was open — slept on the floor hungry but then made it to DEN the started exploring CO

Cliff jumped at Saint Mary’s Glacier.

Climbed two 14,000+ foot mountains: Grey & Torreys - only 227ft shorter than the tallest mountain in the continental 48 states.

Altitude makes things a lot harder.

The poverty diet is making my tummy hurt.

Saw the Arch — the sandstone was grippy on your feet.

Was 105 in Moab in a car with no AC, so we found a swimming hole with a waterfall and cliffs to jump — kids were sending gainers and backflips like nothing there, but not sure how because I was hitting the bottom.

Ran while Nick skated with a pro skier and I ran before we passed out on Nicks friends couch

Ran 23 miles, 14 from the long run — this week will be very low mileage

WBOTW: Vegas — I will no longer have to go to the Audubon every time I want to slackline, as they now have passed on their slackline to yours truly, so I am now a proud owner of a slackline.

90% of my weekly content happens Friday-Sunday — seems like life doesn’t really happen when I’m working. I wonder how I can maximize my time living and minimize my time working then.

The past quarter I saw a very small number of people: my schedule is making it so I don't see many people outside of calls and travel. It is very rare I run into people; if I see them, it's because I selected a time in advance.

Recovery is important — eating junk and not sleeping will give you no chance to recover.

It’s not what you know, it’s who you know: your network is important. If you know a pro skier, it will result in a couch to crash on in UT.

The tallest mountains in the USA are in Alaska, with Denali being the tallest at over 20k feet. The next closest are in the 14,500ish out west, and as far as mountains go, American mountains are very moderate. The Andes, Karakoram, or Himalayas are monsters with Everest getting close to 30k feet — twice the height of anything out West. Also, 8,000m up is called the death zone because there isn't enough oxygen for a human to survive, even if they try to acclimatize to high elevation and there are very few mountains that go that high.

Never Wanted Nothing More by Kenny Chesney

Get Ready for This by 2 Unlimited

Dan by Noah Kahan