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I've gotten the unofficial word I'm making LT day after tomorrow and will be going back to Investigations. I'll be taking over the Domestic Violence unit, an office of 15 detectives and 2 sergeants. I'll be a M-F day shift office drone driving a desk with my ass all day. My wife says it'll be fun. It won't be fun. But, it's the first time in...18 years or so I've had a M-F job. I don't know how long I'll have this office, as I'm likely to be offered the next opening in Homicide. I still won't be a real cop again, but I'll at least see them on occasion. 😄 I'm glad to be promoted but it's bittersweet. Being a field sergeant has been the best job I've ever had. I'll miss it. I won't miss wearing the armor or gun belt.
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Death Valley
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Some Fallout photos
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Yeah, it's a pretty nice one. It's heavy, it feels substantial so you feel like you did something. 😄 T-shirt as well. Pic attached. No, I just use Garmin. I do use "Livetrack" to let my wife see my progress in real time.
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I did my first official race, a night trail run: 7.23 mi Distance 1:11:54 Time 9:57 min/mi Avg Pace 371 ft Elev Gain 62nd out of 475, 13th in my age/sex group. I was a little off my pace. I had to quit running for about a month because I tore some muscles in my abdomen, and that hurt my training regime of course. Plus, you know, taco trucks out west. 😄
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That depends on how willing to trespass you are and how much you like hiking inclines. If you don't mind hills and aren't concerned with trespassing, you can walk right up to them. We didn't, largely because up close they are just sheet metal on a frame and aren't really impressive in anything other than size. We also just aren't that into media culture, so while we saw it because you can't skip it if you're a tourist in LA, it was kind of meh. We had about 10 and a half days on the ground. We spent 1-3 days at most places. I think it was: Day 1: Land at 10:00-ish in the morning in LA. Do stuff that afternoon Day 2: LA stuff. Day 3: Labrea tar pits, then straight to Seqouia, afternoon and evening there. Day 4: Full day at Sequoia/King's Canyon Day 5: Trail run (just me) at sun up, then drive to Death Valley, have most of the day there Day 6: Death Valley until early afternoon, afternoon doing the Fallout: New Vegas tour, evening in Las Vegas, complete drive to St. George Utah (late night) Day 7: St. George Utah hiking Day 8: Zion national park, then drive to Joshua Tree (stopping off at Primm again on the way through), evening at Joshua Tree Day 9: Most of the day at Joshua Tree, then drive to LA Day 10: LA stuff Day 11: LA stuff until 11:45 PM flight
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I just got back from a family vacation. I took my wife and son on a big tour of US National Parks out west. We flew into Los Angeles, spent some time there, then did the tour. It ended up something like this: Los Angeles: Whale Watching boat tour. Kayaking with sea lions. Petersen car museum. La Brea Tar Pits. Hollywood sign from the observatory. Sequoia National Park/King's Canyon National Park (they connect): Hiking, exploring the giant trees and some mountain views. Death Valley: Driving the unpaved trails, some light hiking, star gazing, general sight seeing. Las Vegas area (including towns featured in Fallout: New Vegas. We went to Goodsprings and visited the bar the saloon is modeled after, went to Primm and saw the casinos and got some chips from Whisky Pete's, drove through the Mojave Preserve) St. George Utah/Zion National park. Canyon hiking, dinosaur track spotting, desert hiking Joshua Tree National Park: Light hiking, 107 degree weather Los Angeles: Autry Museum of the West, LA Zoo, Aquarium of the West, some light hiking. Santa Monica pier. Long Beach. Insert massive amount of visits to various taco trucks, Armenian bakeries, doughnut shops (seriously, LA has a butt ton of them from cheap-o to gourmet), and In N Out. LA traffic SUUUUCKS. I'm in no hurry to return to LA (or go through LAX again) but the trip was worth it and was a lot of fun.
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Old thread bump. Anthology, which is all content, is available for $50 on Steam and Epic until next month.
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It took a little longer than I expected, but *finally* dipped under 200. I'd hit 200.6, 200.4, but had bounced back up a little after each. Today was 199.8. Yes, the difference is miniscule but the milestone was important to me. I did another trail run yesterday. Different trail, so it's hard to compare times but I think this one was more challenging due to bigger hills: 7.13 mi Distance 1:07:34 Time 9:29 min/mi Avg Pace 554 ft Elev Gain 1,022 C Calories Best road times now: 5K 24:48 10K 55:00
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9 years ago today, a desperate plan came to fruition
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I don't recall. It's hard to credit it's been so long ago, or that this forum has been around that long. She did eventually reconcile with her dad. I liked him. I may have posted about it, not sure. Anyway, we went back to Jordan for a visit with her family about two years before he died. It's a shame her brothers ruined it for them for so long, but at least they worked it out before it was too late. We've got a 20 page version of it in Word with all the various steps, stamps, documents, etc. that she knows about. -
It went pretty well. I had ran 6.27 miles on the road the day before so I wasn't trying to set any pace records. With all the hills, having to do a few log crossings over big puddles/muddy spots, and the like I was quite happy with the 9:41 minute/mile pace. I was probably a bit faster as the GPS signal was spotty in a few places and the track shows me going over a pond instead of the nearby road, etc. I will say I've been bushed for the rest of the day, though. I keep thinking to get off my ass and change the oil in my truck, but I'm enjoying sitting on my ass for awhile. I'm not sore or stiff, I'm just tired. I did make pizzas on the Kamado when I got home, though, so at least I refueled. 😄
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Did a 7 mile trail run today.
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Thanks. I was 202.6 this morning and set a new 5k PR: 26:25 replacing 27:13. I think I could break 26:00 if I did a .25 mile or so warm-up, as my first mile is always my slowest. My best mile was 8:07.
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I looked at Big Green Egg as well, but went with the Kamado Joe for a few reasons. You get more for your money and the available accessories are better and more options for KJ. I really agonized over this decision. I also considered "The Good One" offset smoker/grill. My wife is enamored with the idea of doing pizzas outside for some reason, though, and that pushed me into the kamado. I don't know if I told the story here already, but I tried a pellet grill from Green Mountain Grills and, while the company was great, the grill was shit.
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My wife has been after me to buy a smoker/grill I can use in shit weather. I know, the opposite problem most guys have. I finally sprung for a Kamado Joe "Big Joe II" ceramic egg style grill. It's the tits. It's expensive, best price I could find was $1499 shipped, but it's proving to be worth it. 1) Temperature control is very easy. There are no air leaks, so you have full control of air flow in and out. If you shut both vents, it'll actually kill the fire and save the rest of your charcoal for next time. 2) The ceramic has a lot of thermal mass. Once it's up to temp it'll stay hot for hours, even if the fire is out, if you don't open it much. 3) It's very efficient with fuel. See above two points. 4) It's a clean burn. You get smoke but very little 'dirty' smoke. I made 2 full racks of ribs, 10 lbs of various sorts of chicken, then let the temp come up from smoking range to grilling range and did 5 flat iron steaks and 3 lbs of party wings (lemon pepper). That's enough meat to get us through the week, which is probably why my wife likes me to have it so much. She cooks less, just makes sides to go with the meats. The ribs were, by far, the tenderest I've done. Literally fall apart tender. No dealing with temperature spikes, no dealing with adding fuel during the cook, no dirty smoke from adding cold wood, just easy cooking.
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202.8 lbs is my lowest so far, so getting close to the magic <200. I jogged 10.1 miles in 1:39 day before yesterday to get a 15km challenge from Garmin done. Rested yesterday with a 5 mile walk but no jogging. 5 mile jog today, but on the treadmill since weather is shit.
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Thanks. 185-200 lbs, then work on strength mostly as I move in that range. I'm kicking around the idea of a half marathon, but no time goal. Just run the whole thing.
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Almost two years later, I'm at 208.4 as of this morning, and am in significantly better shape. I can do a 1 mile run in right at 8 minutes, 5k in under 28 minutes, 10k in under 60 minutes. The Garmin has been really helpful, both in terms of motivation and in data points and feedback.
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Garmin also shows you your training load which helps you see if you're pushing too hard, not hard enough, etc. I've been "productive" but we had snow/ice and I didn't run for two days, only walked. Yesterday I went to "peaking" which means you're recovered from previous loads but aren't detraining yet. I ran a 27:45 5k today, a new personal best by 45 seconds.
