I reckon I've been sick for 11 days now. Consequently, I shelved my strength regimen for this week. My core is in turmoil—not core as in abs and obliques, no, just my qi is off for the lack of a better descriptor.

I continue to be mystified by my heart rate. Yesterday's 3.79 miles at a better than average pace was largely normal and today's 4.58 miles at my WORST recorded overall pace—it was as if someone was dragging on me! I had to consciously keep my shoulders back. For stretches of time, my heart rate hovered around 48-57. For what it's worth, it even dropped to 44 at one point. And yes, this was in the context of sleeping the night before with a mid-70s heart rate.

After my workout, I pulled over that UofM/Chuck Hutton XL t-shirt that I caught at the football game in 2021 and it fit! I then laughed at myself because when I caught it, I thought I should give it away to someone else for it was far too big on me.

I have been running QGIS, an open source GIS platform. I am largely unfamiliar with GIS which is consistent with my failed attempts at applying to GIS jobs for USGS in Flagstaff back in 2004. I am just looking for a meatier version of Google My Maps as Google's apps generally all come off like they were created one weekend in a Mountain Dew Code Red sponsored hackathon with no thought of future maintenance. The uploads are limited to 5 MB, formats are restricted, there are only 10 layers, etc.

Of course, all of this is from that New Year's idea of attempting to walk down every non-cul-de-sac road of MY 1996 Bartlett. And admittedly, I look forward to running again to extend my range since I am limited by time constraints on the weekdays.

Honestly, it just adds a fun twist to my regular cardio—OK cardio streak. It has now been 34 days in a row I've hit my step goal. That sort of thing requires a daily commitment. I've got most of 2023 to show that you don't just...

I ran across this song one pre-dawn morning on Pamela Ann as I walked toward Bartlett High and it has been in my rotation since:

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