Week Notes 2021/32

Introduction

Notes for the week of 9th through 15th of August 2021.

On Saturday morning, I went to my first Park Run. I enjoyed the experience. It occurred to me that aside from some P.E. lessons in middle school the first time I’ve ran in a mass participation event since some cross country races I took part in in Primary School.
On Saturday, afternoon I moved my desk a couple of feet closer to the window in my study and made everything a bit more cramped and comfortable. Where my desk had been was making me feel ever so slightly agoraphobic and anxious.
There was a one-to-one with my manager, which went well.

Trafalgar (Angélica Gorodischer, 1979)
- I guess this is on pause for the moment.
Use of Weapons (Iain M Banks, 1990)
- I’m reading about two chapters of this a night and am about halfway through.

On Monday 9th I had a strength and conditioning session with a personal trainer.
On Tuesday 10th I undertook a 5km time trail. My watch recorded my second best effort with a time of 25:34, which I’m happy with since it’s been well over a month since I ran with any sort of intention to go hard.
On Thursday 12th I went out for an easy 8km plod along the sea front.
On Saturday 14th I took part in the Aberdeen Park Run for the first time and officially completed the course in 26:09. Accord to my watch, this is my third fastest 5km ever, which given the effort earlier in the week I’m also happy with. The event itself was enjoyable and I shall run there again in the future. Except, when I go next, I’ll try to remember to eat my morning porridge an hour before instead of half an hour, as my stomach was no happy in the first couple of kilometres.
On Sunday 15th I went out for an afternoon run to Cairn Coffee. It’s just over 10km there and back from the house. A reasonably relaxed experience kept at a low intensity.

Bloodborne
I finally kicked Father Gascoigne so hard in the dick he died. This is probably the happiest I’ve been gaming this year.
Kentucky Route Zero
I replayed Act One with the intention of finally finishing the game.
A very short jam on my Circuit Tracks