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About Blender Fox

Recreational road-runner, blender/CG rookie, linux user (LE-1, LPIC-1, SUSE CLA 11, SUSE 11 Tech Spec), programmer, avid tinkerer (I'm always breaking things), self-confessed anime & manga otaku & japanophile

The Right Mindset…

So this guy did 650 + 650 + 100 km….. Impressive.

But it does prove the effectiveness of having the right mindset.

Man Pedals 650 Km to Take Part in 100 km Bike Race, Wins It, Then Pedals Back Home

Training – 16th August 2018

Did the 2x 10 minute runs today and topped 5km according to the ZenLabs app, but only hit 4.85km according to Fitbit (and I kinda trust FitBit more than ZenLabs in terms of distance tracking)

Set two Strava Segment PRs during this run

This run was done on Lineage OS 14. I downgraded back to 14 from 15 after finding a few quirks with that version that don’t sit well with me.

  • The ADB connection is very flaky, cutting out a lot, and the charge LED blinks during this time, like something is restarting. I don’t get that with 14
  • The general battery usage is really bad. I lose between 20% and 40% battery life overnight, whereras I lose only 15-20% on 14.

I might decided to try again at some point, but on a clean (empty) install.

Strava Flyby — Royal Parks Half Marathon 2015

I imported some of my old runs into Strava, and found that Strava placed me amongst the other Strava users and even let me see in real time how I fared with the other runners

Training

Re-did my run from yesterday and did it without stopping.

I had my fitbit on and it seemed to have stopped tracking before the end for some weird reason, so this run wasn’t tracked properly…

Training

5min warmup, 5min run, 3min walk, 8min run, 3min walk, 5min run, 5min cooldown

Everything was fine until the second walk where I got attacked by a Jack Russell. Small, but feisty dog.

Last run I got to 3 mins then dropped to a walk.

I’ll try this again tomorrow and see if I can finish it without walking during a run cycle.

Training

My run yesterday was a failure — it was the longest run so far for the C25K at 20 minutes without walking, and I only got halfway.

Damn, I’m out of shape :(

Training

Weather is definitely lower today to a more comfortable 21degC. Early morning run and a nice breeze blowing as I run. 2x 8min runs today with 5 min break in between.

 

A Dog (or Cat) is more than just a pet….

I pisses me off no end when people say “but he’s just a dog (or cat)” when someone’s pet dies.
 
I watched Marley & Me today. And I forgot about the ending T_T
(spoiler alert and tissue alert)

“A dog has no use for fancy cars, or big homes or designer clothes.
A waterlogged stick will do just fine.

A dog doesn’t care if you’re rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb.
Give him your heart, and he’ll give you his.

How many people can you say that about?

How many people can make you feel rare, and pure, and special?

How many people can make you feel extraordinary?”

Sully

I stumbled across this trailer of the Sully movie — the one which tells the story about the famous Hudson River landing.

And this was a brilliant set of editing cuts. It gives you the tension from just a couple of seconds of shots each. If you haven’t watched the film yet, do it now

And here’s a video of the investigation