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@squirrellyaltruist.bsky.social
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Fueled on grit. I try 2b wot I want to see in the world. Imperfect. Public service is a love. From MT, MSc in UK, Aged-Out FosterCare, active Whistleblower on public sector procurement fraud/corruption, HealthMed Nerd 4 preservation
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In our new locale/home in Cali, we did our first whole brined roasted chicken late last week plus chicken stock (w/purple 🥕) yesterday, using about 2 cups of the stock to make an amazing riff on japanese chicken soup with bokchoy. #Cooksky #Meatsky Love resourceful & healthy cooking for family
Whole roast chicken on rack in skillet with perfect gold/orange/browned skin, all atop a conventional electric stove. (Chicken was in a 24 hr home made brine first, cavity stuffed with fresh cilantro, skin brushed lightly with butter then pepper and light salt, wings and legs trussed) ~ 4 lb chicken using supports 4-6 meals plus some for the 🐶 homemade 3 hr chicken stock ingredients in large pot on the stove. Fresh herbs (thyme, etc), lemon, garlic, ginger, purple onion, can’t see the celery, or purple & orange carrots, water, chicken organs from the freezer, retained bones/carcass, skin and drippings. Bowls of a japanese style chicken noodle + bokchoy in large orange hued pasta bowls. After the stock was made, I cooked noodles, I used about 2 cups of stock to make a broth with miso and other ingredients, and I steamed up the bokchoy in the stock, adding the green tips last. About 5 cups of remaining broth in containers. The darker hue comes from the purple carrots used in the stock, which is why I had leftover purple carrots, sometimes I don’t want pink/purple cooked dishes.
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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#5KADay 521 #running Monday was 10.1k in ~ 1:07:11, 73F, with a long water break at ~ 51 mins. Goals were, continuous 10k & 70 mins running but too darn hot & burning arm. The body glide doesn’t stay put so new burn abrasion under arm. Knees stiff after break but warmed up again. #Runchat #Runsky
Selfie of me after running ~ 1:07:11 with a break about halfway in because I was so hot and thirsty. Sweated out of my heather colored run top, also wearing purple hat, rx sunglasses. Background is a shady area of the more northern part of the path, which isn’t kept as nice but doesn’t have red light intersections, but car/ped safety isn’t better, more cars stop at the uncontrolled intersections in Albany and Berkeley/Oakland than El Cerrito GPS map of run. Went South in Albany/Berkeley/Oakland first, then went north to El Cerrito. Cooldown fitness walk back South which is off map Applefitness overview of 10k run with 41 meters elevation gain, 152 bpm average heart rate, 6’39” avg pace, 173 watts avg power. Screenshot of weather conditions for run. 73F, still air during run but noticed a breeze picking up on walk home, 3 UV index, clear piercing sunny skies for first ~ 9 kms.
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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I only met 1 of 3 #running goals AND ended up using 2nd inhaler this afternoon ( #EosinophilicAsthma ). It was so 🥵 (or my body felt it more from combined conditions that this was me 50:36 mins in….and none of this is water. So my break pics today. No h2o stations seen on poorer end of trail yet
pic of applewatch running workout screen on my freckled arm/wrist/hand. Watch reads 11:46, “paused” showing, 51:36.97 mins/seconds into run, 137 bpm heart rate, 7:13 projected pace for current kilometer, 6’37” average pace, 7.78 km distance so far. Selfie of me sweating like a dog ~ 51 mins ~ 8km into run (sunscreen does cause me to overheat so that must have been the final straw), me in heather running top sweat at neck, arms, under boobs 🤣🤭, purple running hat, rx sunglasses, water station in the background on the albany side of the trail. Also saw stations all the way from Albany to Berkeley but none spotted in El Cerrito so far.
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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#5KADay 520 #running split ~6k Sunday after accidentally pushing “stop”, not “pause” so took a walk lap/txt break b4 resuming. Super sunny with no shade, no breeze made track running extremely uncomfortable by 2km mark each time. Will hopefully enjoy a long relaxing run today. #Runchat #Runsky
Selfie of me Sunday after 6k split run, green running top, red faced, sweaty, bright sun, dark wet hair let down from ponytail, sunglasses atop head, track and field in background, soccer game going on. Applefitness dashboard Sunday 9 Nov 2025, 8:44 - 9:02 a.m. 18:04 run time, 3 km distance, 6’01” pace, 151 bpm avg heart rate, splits: 5:53 5:58 6:08 Applefitness dashboard Sunday 9 Nov 2025. 9:09 - 9:29 a.m. 20:05 run time, 3.11 km distance, 6’26” pace, 151 bpm avg heart rate. Used track setting this time. Run log for last few days in November. Time for a longer run. 3.11 km Sunday 3.0 km Sunday 5.11 km Saturday 6.21 km Friday 5.28 km Thursday 5.0 km Wednesday 10 runs 5:35:26 total run time 33:32 average time per run 52.83 total run distance as of 9 November 2025 5.28 km average distance 6’21” mins/km average running pace
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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#5KADay 519 #running Saturday was a toasty 5.11km outside at 31:25 mins or 6’09” avg pace, 6:04 km 2 fastest. Brooks shoes ordered direct on 6th aren’t scheduled to arrive now until the 19th. Orders sit 4 fulfillment per labor cuts. May buy local next time, hate 🛍️, but knees need 👟. #Runchat #Runsky
Selfie after 5k run Saturday. Dark pink top, red, flushed, freckled complexion, rx sunglasses, dark hair let down from ponytail. Metro rail in background overhead. Trail and traffic also in the background. Applefitness run dashboard Saturday 9 Nov 2025. 31:25 continuous run time, 5.11 km distance, 6’09” mins/km pace, 154 bpm average heart rate. KM splits result 1- 6:18, warm up 2- 6:04 3- 6:06 4- 6:05 5- 6:05 6- 00:43, 6’16” pace Heart Rate heat map 6:28 zone 5 red 14:47 zone 4 orange 7:26 zone 3 green 1:38 zone 2 aqua 1:05 zone 1 blue
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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#5KADay 517&518 #running Thurs&Fri felt like huge struggle. Not feeling great after move, knowing this is a temp flat & we pack/move/unpack again. Housing in the U.S. is an exploitative mess. May have to switch to relaxing run paces entirely #Runchat #Runsky Knee is getting loud…new shoes coming
Selfie after 5.28 kms Thursday. Sunny, outdoors, me in dark pink running top, dark hair down from ponytail, rx sunglasses pushed atop head. Applefitness run dashboard from Thursday 6 Nov 2025. 34 minutes continuous running, 5.28 km distance, 6’26” average pace mins/km Selfie after 6.21 kms Thursday. Sunny, outdoors, me in blue running top, dark hair down from ponytail, rx sunglasses. Applefitness run dashboard from Friday 7 Nov 2025. 40:03 minutes continuous running, 6’21” km distance, 6’27” average pace mins/km
November 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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I’m also on the botox migraine protocol. Solidarity. Ashby’s cuddles help me pull through.
blonde puppy Ashby completely exhausted atop a bed.
November 7, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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#5KADay 516 #running 5k Wed. Wind gusts ~ 31 mph so headed north first in the favorable direction to face winds after fully 🥵. 6:01 km 3 was fastest, 6’15” average pace. Running north on the trail gives me the fastest pace with no lights, less access breaks, but south is prettier. #Runchat #runsky
Selfie of me after 5k run. Sunday’s slight sunburn (in November) more obvious, red freckled complexion, purple running had pulled down tight b/c of wind, blue running top, athletic shoulders/neck showing through ☺️💪 Applefitness run dashboard Wed 5 Nov 2025. 31:16 continuous run, 5 km distance, 6’15” mins/km average pace, 154 bpm average heart rate, 5 splits showing: 6:26 warm up, km 1 6:12 km 2 6:01 km 3, fastest 6:11 km 4, very windy 6:20 km 5, second very windy km Heart Rate Heat Map. 6:53 zone 5 red 16:16 zone 4 orange 5:06 zone 3 green 2:00 zone 2 aqua 00:47 zone 1 blue Weather screenshot for El Cerrito Wind is 17 mph Wind gusts are 31 mph
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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All, @safety.bsky.app, @bram20.bsky.social is a farm account using LLM responses & doing data scraping in accounts. It’s posted ~ 191 times in ~ 17 hrs, posting to me 2x & inviting ppl to DM despite its own account stating “no dm…not why I’m here 🦋”. @safety.bsky.app can u pls improve detection?
Top of the new @bram20.bsky.social account showing how it’s post count and follow account has progressed since it posted to two separate posts of mine using generative AI/LLM and followed me. It’s even liking its own posts, not setup to reflect that Bluesky likes are transparent. showing the search log for “direct message” on this new @bram20.bsky.social account. Last night when this account posted on two of my running posts I saw it’s other replies where it was affirm-bombing another woman’s account and asking her to engage with this account over on X, where the woman’s other account is/was. Part of a Progression of posts where @bram20.bsky.social account is doing affirmation-bombing of “Robyn D” and trying to prime her to direct message with this @bram20.bsky.social account. Last night when I screenshot the new @bram20.bsky.social account for it’s creepy behavior it was up to 3 followers, 37 following and 70 posts, hours into being a fresh account mostly using LLM/generative AI to grow/respond.
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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#5KADay 515 #running Tuesday was 5K south on the trail, 6:14 km 4 fastest pace, 6:26 avg pace, the curb breaks south are nicer on the knees but the lights are pro car. I’m trying to see if less miles this week will help get me back to weights/ab wrk but move is huge disruption #Runchat #Runsky
Selfie of me after 5k sweating in my dark pink tank, dark sweaty hair let down from ponytail, rx sunglasses, red freckled face complexion. In the background a runner in green shirt and black shorts on the path behind me, grass and trees. Showing the loops I run at the lighted intersections going south that really slow down my run time. Showing the loops I run at the lighted intersections going south that really slow down my run time. For this one I had to loop it on the way out, on the way back I turned fully around at the light and kept going south again until I finished the run. Applefitness run dashboard for Tuesday 4 November 2025. 32:14 continuous run time, 5.01 km distance, 6’26” average pace, 151 bpm average heart rate. All splits showing: 6:29 km 1 warm up 6:40 km 2 - 2 red light intersections with waiting pedestrians and cyclists making circle running even slower 6:22 km 3 pushing through broken path, sidewalks and traffic 6:14 km 4 fastest - it was the reverse of km 3 so the route was fresh in my head and I dug in 6:21 km 5 reduced slowdown from red lights by doubling back on path south again for more runway
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Suck it LinkedIn. I’m never giving you direct access to anything on my phone. LinkedIn sends creepy outreach email to add their app as I continue to only use the web option on my smartphone.
Email from LinkedIn titled “LinkedIn is better on the app”
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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#5KADay 514 #running a simple 5.01k Monday at 31:13 mins, 6:14 average pace, 5th km fastest at 6:08. Wanted to run south but a huge grass mower was going with all that fuel too.😮‍💨 nightmare, so turned around. #Runchat #Runsky forgot to stretch after 😞 so working on habits in new home.
Selfie of me in pale pink top and rx sunglasses and very red freckled face outdoors on footpath after 5k run. Applefitness run dashboard for Monday 3 November 2025. 31:13 continuous run time, 5.01 km distance, 6:14 mins/km average pace, 149 bpm heart rate average, 5 km run split log 1- 6:24 (warm up) 2- 6:11 3- 6:10 4- 6:10 5- 6:08 Apple high level gps map, elevation, pace and power for 31:13 run details.
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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I can imagine how much I’d be held back if I used garmin program. Little social engineering devils. Partly why I don’t care how Apple ranks my effort and don’t modify it, is just from learning about corporate engagement techniques. So yeah, I’m turning off the monthly challenges when Dec is closed.
Applefitness for November sees no problem with asking for the equivalent of two 49 minute workouts for 14 days. This is value? “November challenge, earn this award by earning at least 98 exercise minutes per day 14 times. So far, you’ve done it 2 times.”
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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#5KADay 513 #running, squeaking in sub-30 minute 5k Sunday. Very 🥵 out, high UV, still air, knees not happy about the fast pace after two recent 10ks this week. 2nd time accepting track setting on Apple watch and learning it adjusts times after so almost missed sub 30min goal twice #Runchat #Runsky
Selfie of me after track session. Dark hair back in ponytail, RX sunglasses (now crooked from move), dark pink running tank, sweaty, red flushed freckled face, muscular arms, track and field in the background with some 50-something dude practicing discus throwing Applefitness run dashboard for 5.05 outdoor track run Sunday 2 November 2025. 30:10 continuous run time, splits in next shot show sub 30 min for 5k, 5’58” mins/km average pace, I assume applefitness assigned the “6-moderate” on a 158 bpm average heart rate and a huge amount of time in zone 5/red because it wants me to interact. Nope. Shows first 3 laps. Lag splits. full time was 30:10 and lag 6 is 21 seconds so 5k time is 29:49 Lag 1: 5:58 (watch showed 5:38 during run) Lag 2: 5:51 (watch showed 5:50 during run) Lag 3: 5:50 (watch showed same) Lag 4: 5:58 (watch showed same) Lag 5: 6:08 (didn’t see this one) Lag 6, 21 seconds, 6:18, just kept running to spot I knew was definitely sure to get me to 5k to avoid the 4.98 final reading from last track session. Heart rate heat map from track session. 158 bpm average heart rate 168 bpm max heart rate 00:38 zone 1 blue 2:22 zone 2 aqua 2:34 zone 3 green 8:01 zone 4 orange 16:25 zone 5 red 120-something bpm for heart rate 60 seconds post run 117 bpm hr 120 seconds post run 112 bpm hr 3 mins post run
November 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Proud of staying out of zone 5 / red zone even tho I picked up the pace a little for the last half of running. Here’s the heart rate heat map. Surprised applefitness assigned “7 hard” for effort and not 6. Must be for run time over 60 mins
Heart rate heat map & data for relaxed 10k run 146 bpm average heart rate 161 max heart rate 2:56 zone 1 blue 6:04 zone 2 aqua 34:26 zone 3 green 20:10 zone 4 orange post workout heart rate: 137 bpm hr 60 seconds post run 124 bpm hr 120 seconds post run 111 bpm hr 3 mins post run
November 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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#5KADay (512?) #running relaxed restorative 10k Saturday exploring north end of new running trail but hit pavement before hitting 4k so kinda tripled back when I hit first stop light in Albany. I played Apple’s “Feeling Blue” playlist to stick slower pace. Knees a bit tired by ~6k #Runchat #Runsky
Selfie after 10k run, let dark sweaty, wet hair down from ponytail, flushed red freckled face, dark rx sunglasses on, smiling, yellow ear buds, pale pink running top, in background is running path, trees, grass and elevated metro rail. Applefitness GPS map of 10k run Applefitness run dashboard for Saturday 1 Nov 2025. 1:06:52 continuous run time, 10k distance, 6’41” average pace, 146 bpm average heart rate, effort 7 hard - assigned in app, first 3 splits showing. 6:43 warm up km 1. Applefitness split performance for restorative/slow 10k run. 1- 6:43 2- 6:46 3- 6:50 4- 7:02 (this pace was an accident from the trail ending and being indecisive) 5- 6:40 6- 6:41 7- 6:32 8- 6:27 9- 6:32 10- 6:30
November 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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The 💪 selfie I wanted to post but probably looks angry☺️ Was 198 lbs, my body was on fire from #Covid / chronic illness & I gained more++ weight. I was empowered by an immunologist w/asthma diagnosis + other diagnoses. Ppl’s body/calorie burning doesn’t wrk when broken. #walking # running #medsky
Selfie of me after my 5k run on 31 October. Dark hair back, sunglasses propped on head, flushed freckled complexion, sweat visible on neck, pink tank top, strong bare shoulders, grass and metro and trail in background. Closing out a 200 km running month. This journey reclaiming my fitness and body size began with walking in January 2023. Interval running started in summer 2023 and it morphed to #5KADay 30 Jan 2024 with disruptions for injury, illness and even altitude acclimation/retraining when we moved to Denver. VO2 Max fitness level chart going back to early 2024 to show progress from ~ 20 VO2 Max to ~ 31 from early 2024 to 2025. Got Apple Watch in Dec 2023. VO2 Max fitness level chart showing Nov 2024 to now showing as an average as I reached the “high” score (previous post) of about 34.5 the last two days of October 2025 Me almost at peak weight gain from chronic illness / longcovid. Until my diagnoses and actual treatment for several autoimmune conditions I could not stop gaining weight. Long covid was a vicious cycle and my horrible general practitioner doctor made it much worse. I had to go around her to get my referral to an immunologist, not because my premium health plan required it, but because Seattle is has a special gatekeeper system meant to produce redundancy in medical care visits to get the most payments from insurance and patients. The masses of hypochondriacs allegedly out there usually lack the resources for expensive PPOs that don’t require referrals, which is why the Seattle gatekeeper model is just healthcare regional market collusion to promote waste and churn more money out of people.
November 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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#5KADay 511 #running 30:57 5k, 31 October, 200 km running month, 1,843.15 km year for 2025 so far & met a long-term possible unattainable goal for “high” VO2 Max score for this long covid caused #EosinophilicAsthma diagnoses gal who did a #Fit2Fat2Fit take being ~200 lbs March 2023 #Runchat #Runsky
Selfie of me after 5K run, a week after arriving from Denver to California. Me sweating in my pink running tank, flushed freckled complexion, dark hair back in ponytail, rx sunglasses resting above forehead, running trail , metro, grass and trees in background. Applefitness run dashboard for Friday 31 October 2025. 30:57 continuous run, 5 km distance, 6’11” mins/km average pace, 156 bpm average heart rate, Effort 7 Hard assigned in app, some splits showing, 6:11 warm up km. Applefitness October run log. 200.27 km for the month during 30 runs, 20 hrs & 9 mins of run time at an average pace of 6’02” mins/km. All time best 5k in October 2025 was ~ 26:38 (seconds might be wrong), ran my first half marathon (indoors) during which I improved my 10k best in early October without trying (under an hour of course) log shows past 5 runs, all outdoors 5.00 km Friday 10.00r km Thursday 5.01 km Wednesday 8.05 km Tuesday 7.05 km Monday Apple VO2 Max graphic in month view High cardio fitness level bolded out to emphasize those scores 34.5 high VO2 Max Score selected to show and bottom of table blocks out the “high” attainment as 2 days in October. There’s a clear dip in the table, I went from extrapolating my daily indoor Denver runs from outdoor generated scores from outdoor runs on travel in July & August to California and Seattle to running outside in Nevada and California in October and Apple predictably floored my scores for not feeding its GPS machine. VO2 max from apple is usually much lower, especially for non-fitness walking. When you run, don’t pause your watch for at least 21 mins if possible as apple will penalize as a break.
November 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Got to cover new ground and slow down runtime with more intersections. Bad Apple popped me into high for VO2 Max yesterday since I figured out not to pause at intersections (the calc estimates are lame so reaching “high” means I should probably turn it off now.)
GPS map at zoom out to show run into central berkeley but not quite to the university Found a new active dog park at the tail end of my run, but the start of the parkway in Berkeley was the worst and I just had to run on steep sidewalks whose seams met in sharp, steep inverted V patterns. Second longest red light on yesterday’s run. Running loops to not pause run/watch. The new intersection on this longer intersection that I finally took on yesterday. Basically the running trail doesn’t really exist is central berkeley but is sidewalk framing a series of parks.
October 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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#5KADay 510 #running my first relaxed 10k outdoors yesterday since leaving Seattle. ~5:50 mins over an hr, but I’m cool with that. knee piped in at km 7 and told me to stick to 10k 🤭. 6’33” avg pace. Remembered to stretch finally. Daylight savings with hurt my eosinophilic asthma #Runchat #Runsky
Selfie of me at the end of a 10k run. Took off hat, let down dark hair from ponytail, very sweaty, flushed freckled face, rx sunglasses, pale pink running top. metro and urban streets and trail in the background. Applefitness run dashboard Thursday 30 October 2025. 1:05:50 continuous run although I slowed way down for puppy pictures, 10.04 km distance, 6’33” average pace, 151 bpm heart rate average, first three splits showing, rated by app as 6 Effort “moderate” presumably because I started out of the red/zone 5 heart rate zone which blew my mind. Tired from Wednesday’s nearly sub 30 min 5k. Heart rate heat map. No red zone/zone 5 activity! So awesome as I was fairly exhausted, though could have run another 30 mins to an hour if knee wasn’t groaning with concern. 1- 00:47 blue/zone 1 2- 1:07 aqua/zone 2 3- 22:58 green/zone 3 4- 40:52 orange/zone 4 KM splits for 10 k run. KM 5 the slowest included all new running ground complete with steep broken sidewalks with elevation, a long lighted intersection, and adog park that I had to slowdown and take pics of pups frolicking.
October 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Reached out to our new building manager to find out if our parking neighbor has a special need or might be unhinged so we can manage the relationship with kid-gloves as needed. This was the new parking job I returned to after grocery shopping, after 5 days at the new place. We haven’t met the person
Acura crossover SUV nearly parked almost into the next parking space even with added buffer. (We parked next to a wall in Denver) This perspective with the white car behind it gives a sense of the added space the Acura SUV has. This is the first time it was parked like this.
October 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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#5KADay 509 #running 5.01k at 30:32 Wed morning. Almost sub 30:00 5k with trail traffic, etc. Hit the traffic lights better and hung onto that bulldozer feeling for first ~ 3km. Love the fresh air. @johntytheowl111.bsky.social helped remind me to stretch after😎😇. #Runchat #Runsky. Today’s 🥅 is open
Selfie outside on the urban running trail after my fastest non-track outdoor run in Cali so far. Pink running top, purple running hat, rx sunglasses, freckled flushed face, strong arms. Applefitness running dashboard Wednesday 29 October 2025. Morning, 30:32 continuous run time, 5.01 km distance, 6’06” average pace, 162 bpm average heart rate, first 3 splits showing: 1- 6:08 2- 5:59 3- 5:59 Applefitness heart rate heat map. Wicked red zone time 🤩 00:48 zone 1 blue 00:42 zone 2 aqua 3:38 zone 3 green 5:50 zone 4 orange 19:33 zone 5 red Splits output for 5.01 km run or ~ 7 seconds to stop watch in case apple bit me on my 5k distance: 1 6:08 - warm up 2 5:59 3 5:59 4 6:07 (slipping from fatigue and hitting traffic) 5 6:11 (embracing the finish/fatigue)
October 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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#5KADay 508 #running a slow 8 km Tuesday. Warm up was a fast 6:15, but a long red-lighted intersection of doing loops til 🚦green and turkeys on the loose loosened me up and decided to take it easy with a longer distance. I’m often still forgetting to stretch after 😬 in new regimen. #Runchat #Runsky
selfie of me letting hair and top dry before putting running shirt back on after 8k. Metro station and sunshine in the background with little older lady taking in the fresh air on a brutalist cement bench. Apple GPS depicting my running loops in km 2 of my 8 km run. The urban environment really hammers at your pace so I’ll likely stop caring. This is why ppl in busy cities without better off-traffic running paths do races right? Car free timed runs. Applefitness run dashboard Tuesday 28 October 2025. 53:06 continuous run with massive slow downs for lights and turkeys, but no pauses. 8.05 km distance, 6’36” average pace, Warm up km 1 at 6:15 was fastest km. 151 bpm average heart rate. Wild turkey crossing at km 7. I jogged in place to get various pics and a selfie with them too (the “Tim Apple” V02 max calculator accepts jogging in place and running slow circles but draws the line at brief pauses 🤣)
October 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Made me laugh. Today’s light was so long I lost my groove for caring about speed and even practicality stopped to get snaps of wild turkeys roaming the area. Also, I was definitely trying at catching flies with that failure at a smile at km 6.
gps map of my sidewalk run loops in km 2 Wild turkeys on the side of the running path in Albany CA. Feels like a Thanksgiving joke. Selfie of me with turkeys in the background. I feel like my face muscles are crooked post move. My right eyebrow is wanting to take flight from my face, or my glasses got bent again, or both (moving incident with rx sunglasses in cargo pants)
October 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Ooh, thank you kindly for the ego boost.

In other news, went in for a slow-ish 8k today and was shocked to see the bad apple lifted my VO2 Max to 34.1. Well…it dropped me for my cool down walk. No one should cheerlead this bad company’s VO2 Max Calc habits, low tech, high social engineering.
34.1 V02 Max at 10:38 after 8km run 10:38 reading 33.6 V02 sub Max projection after a sub-max cool down walk at 11:01
October 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM