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  • [647] hello world (7)

    A new year means a new beginning. A new year?! Yes. It’s my anniversary of being on WordPress for 6/7 years. I started this blog 6 years ago, something like that and posted my first hello world on here. [A look back at Hello World | No. 6]

    I wanted to blog about computer/technology, running, and about life. This was not my first blogging platform.  I had another site that started about 10 years before that, mainly on technology, kind of on issues I dealt with at work. That site’s host has changed owner several times and went out of favor with the general public.  This is quite common with social media. Then there’s tumblr and twitter (now X), and BlueSky. I have not migrated to BlueSky yet. WP lately has its tantrums, and I am not getting in to it. It is bad for everyone is my take.

    I am still blogging frequently. It might not be as frequently as before, but I try to release something periodically.

    Yep, not much running’s being done. I am at a crossroad. I know, I am not at my full potential.  Years of my running is almost as long as my blogging. I ran for 7 years. This blog started when I ran my first ultra, The Seashore 50k in December. My experiences of first year of running during 2016 unfortunately was not recorded. Anyway, from my first 50k to my 1st 100 mile are all kept here. Not sure if I will reach my first 200 miler.

    I am a bit at a lost of where I will be heading. Hopefully I will run many more races in the coming years.

    This Hello World is a bit longer than a paragraph. Until next time~

  • [Day584] Hello 6

    I reached another year on WP. End of the fifth year and beginning of the 6th. See last year entry (here).

    This time I don’t have much to write. I have been busy doing so many things. Last year I wrote about mission creep (plan2023), indeed, I was drinking from the fire hydrant in term of running. I run in any races I could get my hand on. Each year, it seems I say the same thing, but each year I add on more and more races.

    I am a bit tired at the moment. I need to refocus of what I want to do.

    The idea I don’t need to do this has not occurred in my mind. Indeed, I don’t need to do it.

    I am happy though. 2023 brought me up on another level. At the start of the year, I did not know where I was headed. Somehow I managed. I can run some hard races and it was not a 1-off.

    I wanted to meet some awesome people and I did. This was one of the goal. I partly succeeded. People such as Greg, Wayne, Tek, Lynn and Caroline have made my running much more multi-dimensional. It has been an interesting year.

    I want to step out and be bold. I did. I traveled to Toronto and ran their marathon. I ran Blackbeard’s Revenge 100. I finished MMT 100 for the first time. I tried the UTMB Grindstone 100, which was one of the harder race. I did not finish but it was a leap of faith to try. Same for Burning River 100. Try something hard and even when I don’t succeed, I am still happy.

    Something new I did was pacing a friend in her 100 mile race and the emotion of seeing her crossing the finish line was exceptional, probably something I will remember for a long time.

    The question of what’s next is always on my mind.

    I want to do more. I want to do something unique and memorable. I want the next year to be new and different from before.

    Next year, I want to be radically different, yet still reaching my goals.

    I am imagining myself playing chess and then sweep all the pieces off the board and still play. I want to approach like that with my planning. Things currently are too messy. Let sweep everything aside and start fresh.

    End of a year and beginning of a new year is a good time to reimagine what and how I want to be.

    Simple is good. I need to simplify things. I don’t need to run gazillion races. Maybe one or two races is good.

    I think I got a bit race envy this year. I met some high power runners this year. Four or five people who are running (like me) every weekend in various places. It becomes like a friendly competition to see who can out do who. Not really, but our races were like our street creds.

    There is also kind of pressure I put on myself to do races so I could write about them. It is kind of silly. I am sure my readers what me to be healthy and enjoy the runs I do. It does not matter though if I don’t have fun. It has been hard for the last several weeks as I tried to set my schedule for next year. I know what races I want to do, but I was reluctant to sign up any.

    I am still looking for a race/run or an event that will define 2024.

    Less is more. What’s next. Soon. I don’t really know yet. To be determined. Hello Year #6