hogfly

I still drink craft beer, but I don’t chase it any longer. I tend to look for saisons, APAs, and… yes… NEIPAs and enjoy trying new breweries and beers still. I’m burnt out on sours, though I have a few of the more refreshing ones I’ll grab on a hot day. That being said, I find myself more and more often just grabbing a European Pilsner when I’m picking up beer at the store.

Any chance you have sleep apnea? Do you snore at night?

I think they're setting Pontius up to be a preacher..

This. When I saw the American Primeval trailer, I at first thought it was the trailer for Empire of the Summer Moon (which supposedly has a movie coming soon). Exactly the level of grimdark I get from that book.

Cormac McCarthy books would be another option. Lonesome Dove as well.

I'm sure all of you are aware, and fans of Black Company I am sure are aware as the series are often compared, but the Thieves' World series is fantastic if you like gritty, dark fantasy like Black Company.

Basically a bunch of the 1970s fantasy author heavy hitters created a shared short story anthology series where each of them had characters that they wrote about, but they would interweaves the stories together in the city of Sanctuary.

Reading a reddit thread right now that claims that the books don't hold up, so I may have to go back and reread them, since I read them in my teens.

Did pretty much same 9 mile mixed tough trail/pavement run that I did prior weekend.

Pace at 11:25/mi vs. 12:48/mi previous week.

I dig it. Lyrics are best since Southeastern.

Did 8 miles on pavement today at a 9:55 pace. Crazy how fast I can run on pavement vs trails.

Nothing structured at this point other than workouts in morning then alternating cycling and running in afternoons. Enjoying just setting out on a run with a loose route then sort of creating it as I go depending on how I feel.

Just an update on the journey of returning to running:

Had some pretty rough knee issues that I've trained through. Been doing a lot of the Knees over Toes stuff as well as dialed back on miles and speed for a while. Also bought some Hoka Challengers. I like to run on trails, but I also have to stick to pavement some when I don't have time for trails. These seemed like a good balance for someone who likes to run both. Kind of a "gravel bike" of shoes.

Best couple of runs lately:

8 miles, mainly on rocky trails at a 12:48 pace this past Sunday. 1k elevation gain. That's my longest run in years. I used to do some 16 mile runs back when I was into trailrunning, but that was in my 30s. I'm 51 now.

Went yesterday and knocked out 5k at 8:49 pace on a paved route, which is my best 5k pace.

The best part is that knee pain and stiffness has been minimal. I already do Pilates one day a week, and I've been trying to have a solid stretch and foam roller session one day a week as well. I probably need to do some kind of stretching or movement routine before/after run... anyone have any suggestions? Have some tightness in hips/glutes after that long 8 mile run and one knee still has tightness in quad above the knee when I do deep squats.

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There is no evidence to support killings at Catholic boarding schools as shown in the show and the related Canadian Catholic schools "accepted history" has been debunked after Trudeau spent millions in a failed attempt to prove it true.

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Just rampant sexual abuse and lots of graves, but no "evidence" that any killings occurred.

I get that there's a push to de-Zinn US history these days and pretend that all of the atrocities that we actually committed didn't happen or have been disproven... but the Native Americans got repeatedly screwed in a variety of ways.