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The battle against Van Ark is won, but the war is just beginning #ZombiesRun
Treadmill run cause it’s so friggin humid here that it wasn’t even worth trying to run outside.
This run was not so horrible as some of the other treadmill runs have been. Maybe that’s what actually doing a good job at working on my diet and losing 8lbs so far will do. Hmmm, who would have thought!?!! 🤦🏼♀️
Also this was my cheer squad today. They are not so cheery, but I just love that they come down and join me while I workout. The cats always join me as well.
Day two of Septembers run challenge and it’s off to a great start already,another 10km off the total and another sweaty gym selfie 😏
Had a pretty good day at work, got to take a resident outside and just sit under a tree for a while. Hit the gym after work because I wanted to get some form of exercise in and I only had shorts and a tank top (not enough clothes for how chilly the wind was), and I'm starting to make peace with the treadmill now that I feel like I can run faster on it (almost as fast as I can running outside).
2.2 miles @ 8:59 min/mile
Well I’m not necessarily proud of what I did...but I’m proud that I did it.
I haven’t worked out since before Thanksgiving (not including the 5ks, which I had to do since I had signed up for them)
But today I made myself get up an run on the treadmill. Now when I say I made myself, it’s not because I don’t want to, I really do...it’s just the actual act of doing it feels impossible.
Yet, I did it.
Of course I was shooting for 4-5 miles but I struggled to do 2, which was really disappointing...but 2 miles is better than no miles.
And I do think it helped. I feel a lot better mentally and I think it will be easier to workout tomorrow.
I also think I am going to find some other ways to deal with this, because I have a feeling that it might be Seasonal Affective Disorder. But I guess we will have to just wait and see what helps!
Either way, today was a win!
I don’t know if I’ll ever be a fan of treadmill miles but when it’s dark at 5:30, I guess I️ can live with it. I did get to break in my new shoes, though!
This, I am proud of: 20 kilometers on a treadmill alone with a medical researcher asking me questions and 2X 2km hills @ a 7% incline. Those are damn big hills. And I kept my cool. More than I ever have in my life. Two perfectly symmetrical half-time splits of 45 minutes. I expected to suffer so so much more than I did, it was almost anti-climactic. It's good to remember that I don't always have to SUFFER and negotiate an internal wildfire in order to do a hard thing really intelligently and well. Not everything is about 'earning' it. I just ran and paced myself super well. And I'm proud a proud bean. (and i'm lying in my bed watching youtube videos and Planet Earth for the foreseeable future)
Received confirmation from New Canton of the identity of Abel's traitor #ZombiesRun
Well, since I wasn’t born yesterday I worked out 8 was the traitor already. But since I wasn’t born yesterday, I’m assuming there is going to be more to it than that. Onwards!