I spent a large portion of my day yesterday running. I ran from midtown sac to davis, it's about 17 miles there. All I can say is that I felt the impulse to just run hellla far. It's something I do every once in awhile. It's funny though because it took a lot for me to warm up to the idea that I could even bike that distance after my strength and stamina drop starting hormone therapy. But I'm obviously making a comeback and felt good enough to run it. I almost stepped on a rattlesnake at some point and I regret not taking a picture, but I was in "constantly move forward mode". The whole thing took me a little over 4 hours but I think that's because I stopped for a 20 min break on the last quarter of the run and I walked at least a mile or two when I started cramping up a bit. Hard to believe people get through 100 milers or more. Of course they don't do that unscathed. My feet held up much better than I expected and I only got minimal chafing elsewhere, though I did get myself sunburned a bit. It's a trip I want to do again but that needs to be backed up by a lot of actual running. It is kinda cool to think that I could run so far without really training a lot of running but just doing hours of random parkour. Granted I have trained running in the past a lot before.
I got a cold shower when I reached my destination and even ended up doing some brachiation and muscle up negatives in the backyard for a bit. My legs are beat up and I could hardly take a drop without a whole lot of pain. The wonderland crew always pushes me to do better, or do more than I might otherwise have done alone. So grateful for them.
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