MurderHobo.Club

Category: Exercise

Tracking what I’m doing to get in better shape.

  • Post defense parity.

    Well, I just did a training scenario where I had a man in high gear with a rubber knife stab me multiple times, with my objective being to kill him before I passed out from blood loss. Apparently I did pretty good at it. Had I been smarter, I’d have removed my glasses first, but losing them mid fight didn’t slow me down. Apparently I got in a few more kill shots than I realised, though I was clear when the scenario had ended. I think I was done slightly before “redredred” was called.

    My knees are not happy with me, neither is my toe. I don’t think my adrenaline response was as bad as some of the others, a couple of them were shaking pretty hard.

    After I’ve had a bit of time to recover, I should write up a piece on the class. It was definitely a solid 6 hours, and I’d recommend it to anyone.

  • #30for30. I failed.

    Well, last weekend, I managed my 30for30 on the first day off, but not the second day off, as I spend the day buried under the blankets with a sore throat, drinking fluids and generally trying to conserve energy. That carried over for a couple more days, and I didn’t continue my post work walking, though I should have.

    So, I’ve failed the challenge, though I’ll be trying to get back into the habit of it soon.

    My hours at work will be changing. I’ll be doing the Monday to Friday, noon to nine shift. I’m going to try to walk home after, which should be good. Or at least walk as far as BCIT.

     

  • Scheduling issues.

    So, I thought I had a shift tonight and so I showed up at the office at 2:30, only to find all the desks were taken. But, we’ve had busy evenings lately, so they figure I might as well stick around. After about an hour, the morning shift clears out and I get my desk back. Not long after that, one of the regular night shift guys finds himself developing a migraine. So, it worked out. I finished a full Friday shift, and headed home.

    I’ve got Sunday booked off for recovery after helping with the Noir Setup and Teardown. I’m hoping that my friend doesn’t bail on our Saturday night plans, as currently I’m going to require her assistance to get back from parking lot after I drop off the van. The vehicles for this time lined up in the wrong ways, which has complicated things. Worst case, I’ll get creative.

    Or get some late night exercise in.

    At some point on Saturday and maybe Sunday, I’d like to get some gaming in. Possibly some solo LotR on Saturday morning.

    I still need to play Dead of Winter at some point, but it needs 3-5 people.

  • #30for30 day 16 & 17

    After writing my article yesterday, I had enough time for a nice walk down past Dick’s Lumber before catching my bus. I’m not sure exactly how much time it took, but I left my place just after 1:10 and I arrived at the bus stop at 1:53. I’m used to being able to check the Google Fit record to see how long I was walking for, but I don’t currently have that option. Today I’ll get a walk in before I head over to visit Gram and Carol. And tonight I think I may end up soaking in the hot tub.

  • #30for30 Day 15 – More Gremlins

    I didn’t get my full walk in before work, so I figured I’d do what I’ve done lately and walk home via BCIT, getting in a good 30-50 minutes of walking down a rather quiet bike route. This plan was sidetracked by the gremlins deciding to take the life of my celllphone. It’s stuck in rebooting when powered up loop. So, I had to head home to switch to my backup phone before continuing my walk. But, I managed to get my 30 minutes in before midnight.

  • #30for30 day 14.

    Walk down towards BCIT, a 50+ minute walk. Decent speed, until I got into the maze bits where the road isn’t what the map says it should be.

  • #30for30 day 12 & 13.

    Day 12, I had a coffee with a friend. Well, sorta. She ordered a basic cold green tea and I did the same; instead of my usual mocha frappe. It was different, not sure how likely I am to order it again. However, still an improvement. After that, took a walk around the heights, playing some ingress in the process. Ended it after I’d gotten my required 30 minutes because it started to rain.

    This morning, I’m going for a walk before work, despite the rain. I’ve put a work shirt into my pack for changing into after I get to the office.

    Also I’m keeping my eye out for any Mormons so I can get a copy of the Book to read. Though I might ask them for a copy of the Book of Arnold.

  • #30for30 Day 10 and 11.

    Last night, I walked home from work in the rain. It was reasonably intermittent, so I didn’t get soaked. I made it down to the bus stop by Deer Lake parkway, checked the time til the next bus, it was long enough that it made sense to walk down the hill to the next stop. I probably could have made it one more before the bus, but it wasn’t worth the risk of missing it and having to wait 30 minutes for the next one.

    Today, it’s a nice sunny day, I’ll go for a wander around the heights and play a bit of ingress, before doing a longer walk down along the waterfront trail.

    And then tonight, I go see the Book of Mormon with Dimestore and co. I haven’t decided how formal I want to dress.

  • #30for30 day 9.

    Longer walk tonight. Two short walks during the day to visit gram and then to get to work, then a 45 minute walk down to Goard way stop after work. The timing meant I didn’t need to wait long for the bus. Then another 10 minutes after the bus to get home.
    Thinking about installing the zombie! run app and doing that over the weekend, since I’ll have the time and it’ll be something different.

  • #30for30 day 8.

    Laggy day before work again. After work, headed north along a north south bike trail that goes down to BCIT. Had a nice 40 minute walk to get down here. If my bike was 100%, I’d consider riding to/from work. I need to get the chains checked and oiled before I take it on long rides. Oh and of course get some practice riding on the weekends to be sure my muscles and balance will handle riding for an extended period.