Tag: Walking

Run, Run Forrest, Run

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Daily writing prompt
How often do you walk or run?
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Contrary to what you may believe I used to love running and walking. I would walk for miles to get to work, so stupidly long distances just because I enjoyed walking along the coast where I used to live. The running was good. Me and my brother, Day, and around a mountainous suburb with lots of ups and downs. His friend attempted the same running feat but wouldn’t stop throwing up.


I used to love running on treadmills but I was always paranoid about the noise it would make while running. At this point in my life. Mid 20’s, the gyms I was a member of were quite small. That said I would skip running sometimes because it was burning muscle when the fat left. I was trying to bulk up and cardio was there just slightly to get my heart going.


I would go to the gym almost 2 or 3 times a day, then throw in some late-night swimming when I had the whole pool to myself. They were fun times.

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Avoid the void, question time!

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What are your top 5 favorite things to do on a rainy day?

  1. Listen to the rain. I love it. Always have since I was little. At the farm, we had a slate roof. The sound of the rain beating off the slate was mesmerizing and put you in this instant trance. Rain against the window works too when it’s stormy. I can sit and look at the rain for hours. I sleep by the window in the bedroom so I can sneak a peak if it’s raining at night. Also to a lesser degree, the sound of rain hitting the tent. That induces both panic and joy. Lovely to hear, horrible if there is a leak.
  2. Play on my Switch. Granted I don’t play on it as much as I like but I’ve got a few good games such as Diablo 3 (god I used to be so obsessed with Diablo 2), Arceus, and zombie army. Which is awesome. Who doesn’t like shooting nazi zombies? I’m not very good at it but it’s a good excuse to practice more. Take my anger out on them and not myself!
  3. Play on my PC. Okay, so that sort of is like the last one. But on here I play Russian Fishing, Counter-Strike, and Diablo. They are all great games and I had an obsession with buying random Steam keys to get random games to play. B shares the account with me so he’s always testing out the new ones and letting me know if they are any good. Sharing is caring. Except when you want to fish or play Defcon and he’s busy playing beamng drive. One day I’ll make him his own account and transfer the games he wants over.
  4. Walking. I love to walk in the rain BUT it has to be a certain type of rain and I have to have a coat on. It happens sometimes when I walk the dogs, the proper raindrops that you feel when they hit you. Wrapped up in a coat with the hood on. You’re dry. Sounds of rain. Puddles to jump in. What more could you ask.
  5. Board games. What kind of answer to this question would not be complete with saying I love playing board games with the kids. The actual answer would be no. A while ago D found a games shop in Manchester where you could play board games drink coffee and chill. We went a few times. Coffee? fu*k me that was some bitter organic vegan shit. But the games were good. But that coffee. That was bad. The only reason we never went back is because of that coffee. Please, people. Serve normal coffee to black no sugar coffee drinkers.

Muscica

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So above is my favorite playlist at the moment. It varies every few days but a lot of the songs on there invoke some awesome memories. Rancid, Green Day, and Anti-Flag, I could listen to them for hours. Wait. No. I actually do listen to them for hours. Yes. I’m one of those people who have mortgagable headphones to drown out all the outside noise in the world. I used to wear them all the time when I was walking the dog but got used to the route so my anxiety is a lot less. I even look up now and again while I’m walking. But yeah, nothing beats listening to music at an obnoxious level and just losing yourself in the moment.

Does anyone have any good recommendations? Or even a playlist to share?