Mike Lawton

#dotnet & #powershell developer, runner, ex-pat Hoosier now living in the mountains of VA, supporter of #LFC ⚽️ #IUBB 🏀#USMNT ⚽️ #USWNT ⚽️

Hashtag disciplined: not interested in one aspect I post about? Mute it and enjoy!

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Pronouns: He/Him
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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/50174115-mike-lawton

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2024-09-08 19:36:48

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I know better. Can’t let your guard down for even a second! 🙃🙃😂

2024-09-08 16:43:12

Under no circumstances should you ever tell your spouse, “we can probably leave 15 minutes later than my original estimate”.
[Waiting by the door, 15 minutes past my updated estimate…] 🪦

2024-07-26 19:10:35

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yeah, that's a lot of swelling! I'd be bedridden and swooning.
I also love how anything short of an actual amputation is no reason to make major adjustments.

2024-07-26 19:03:37

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swollen is right! 😱

2024-06-19 14:58:10

Humidex this morning of 88°F (31°C), so that’s a wee bit less horrid. Honestly, I couldn’t tell the difference. Simply too hot for this polar bear.
I could get out earlier to get better temperatures, albeit with higher humidity. I’m working on it. Considering I had been #Running between 10:00 PM & midnight, this has been a shift. It started because I was driving kids across town to 0800 summer school P.E./Health class & this was my window to run. That’s now ended & I’m trying to keep it going.
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2024-06-18 14:58:07

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🙏💙

2024-06-18 14:08:59

Clouds came out after 5km and a merciful breeze picked up after 7km. Still hot & humid at the end, but much more tolerable.
The vultures remain disappointed in me. Ever may it be so! #Running
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2024-06-17 16:23:05

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I know... ridiculous!
The beauty/curse of the out-and-back run is that one way or another you've got to come back to the start. If you can leg it, you might as well. It was only going to get hotter as the morning got later... so to walk would be to suffer too.

2024-06-17 16:12:01

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I love this! 🤣🤣🤣
Not dead? You're fine, no worries. Onward!

2024-06-17 14:33:53

Entirely too hot, entirely too early. Humidex of 93°F (34°C) before 10:00 AM. Broke it off after wilting at 5 km. Walked a bit further because I was in a previously unexplored section of the greenway and was curious to see what was around the next bend. Then decided to run another 5 km, even if I suffered.
Not geese today, but vultures. A worse omen, for sure. “Just how bad is my fitness?”, I wondered. 🪦 #Running
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2024-06-16 17:56:07

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I certainly see it. Handsome crew!

2024-06-14 12:24:18

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given the grim choice of one’s demise, I think I’d choose the same. Still would suck, but rhino-skewered sounds worse. 🦏 😳

2024-06-14 10:57:25

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“We’ll have our hog family root about in a different area to avoid where we saw that fast human yesterday”, they thought…

2024-06-13 18:26:18

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Casting no stones here! I had to deal with geese today. Far less terrifying than bears and wild hogs!
I was still nervous and now feel much less brave. A deflating balloon of bravado...

2024-06-13 18:10:35

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😆💯
My legs would spin around in the air a few revolutions, cartoon-style, and then I'd be gone!

2024-06-13 18:03:10

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wonderful! It was the community here that recommended it to me. Right at a time when I was really struggling with my running and, if nothing else, it rejuvenated me a bit. Reminded me of certain aspects of it that I love.
Hope you enjoy it!

2024-06-13 18:00:15

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whoa! I understand wild hogs can be pretty dangerous and surprisingly fast. Are they aggressive?
Glad you extricated yourself!

2024-06-13 17:53:55

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I just looked down at my watch and I'm at 67. Training for a marathon, just sitting here and typing this out! 😆
It's such a bizarre claim that I think it has to be some kind of mistake.
Haruki Murakami runs in a previously unknown HR zone, this one left of zero. HR -2.

2024-06-13 17:33:17

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so happy you liked it. Lots to think about after listening to it.

2024-06-13 14:07:03

Take a gander at this blockade of geese. 😉
I had to pass under that bridge and while I was paralyzed with indecision on how to accomplish it, I was astonished to witness an elderly gentleman just cruise right on through unbothered.
“You just have to be the boss!”, he called back with a wink.
As I walked through, there was much hissing and flapping, but no attack. I am evidently not the boss. Middle management, perhaps.
#Running
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2024-06-12 14:41:42

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well done! I would have traded my Boston Cream for this delight with the cherry on top. Looks fantastic!

2024-06-12 13:59:04

Tried out a new part of the Greenway today with mixed success. Dodged geese on the trail, lots of geese droppings, and found construction denying access to all the places that would keep one along the river. Like a moat with raised drawbridges.
Instead I ventured into the surrounding neighborhoods and found out that all roads that go downhill to the river, quite obviously, go uphill away from it. Those hills found me out! #Running
Boston Cream donut shoutout to my friend @npub1xmw…4d4d! 🍩
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2024-06-11 17:31:58

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👏 Love it! 🤣🤣🤣

2024-06-11 17:26:41

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did you also balance it on your nose? Looks like no witnesses for miles...

2024-06-11 14:24:14

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yessir! Give me days like today, cooler and low humidity, and I’m happy. 🏃‍♂️ 😊

2024-06-11 13:57:05

Pleasant weather. Decent run. The boost from the prednisone for my never-ending poison ivy outbreak cancels out the lack of sleep from the same. #Running
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2024-06-10 17:36:50

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glad to hear you’re feeling well!

2024-06-08 19:12:43

Finished “I Cheerfully Refuse” by Leif Enger & LOVED it. It’s so many things, but at its core, it’s a dystopian novel, dealing with grief, loss, and yet hope.
Enger’s prose, like all really compelling art, deals in the dynamics of contrast, the necessary tempo, an awareness of when restraint is required, and the occasional flourish. I found myself rereading certain passages because they were written so beautifully, so unexpectedly, so perfectly.
5/5 stars
#bookstodon
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198276006

2024-06-06 15:23:08

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it’s really good, particularly the first half. And the audiobook narrator, Ray Porter, is excellent. You’ll enjoy it too, I feel sure!

2024-06-06 15:18:49

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never in doubt!
Let’s just say you subconsciously conserved energy for tonight’s rehearsal. Laudable sacrifice of the individual for the greater good. Magnanimity all the way! Heroic, even.

2024-06-06 14:30:29

Finished “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running” by Haruki Murakami. Heavily recommend by my friends in #Running & justifiably so because it’s absolutely brilliant.
For me, Murakami’s writing on the mental aspects of running surfaced so many latent thoughts I had but hadn’t yet been able to articulate.
It’s also a treatise on aging and decline, as he copes with his diminishing performances. 5/5 stars
#bookstodon
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2195464

2024-06-06 14:12:30

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still a fine run, even if not what you’d hoped for. You’ll be back on it tomorrow. Today is unofficially “mentally discard your run” day. I’ve done so already! 🙃🚮

2024-06-06 14:01:50

Awful run. Humid ++ and none of my body parts wanted to work together. Dead legs, lungs that couldn’t keep up with such a slow pace, and profuse sweating that couldn’t evaporate. Had to walk often to keep my HR down.
It’s fine. I’m not happy about it, but the next one will be better. Mentally crumple this one up and throw it away. Big fat whatever… #Running
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2024-06-02 19:48:40

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I was assuming it was for your back, but now I suppose it’s so much more, isn’t it? I bet your legs feel great too. I’d be such a wimp about getting in…

2024-06-02 15:24:37

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how far into that ice bath do you go? 🧊🥶

2024-06-01 03:24:28

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outstanding! I hope you like it! I can guarantee you'll find the humor similar to the Bobiverse.

2024-06-01 03:19:40

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I've read Daemon, but not the second one. I should go back and pick it up.
Have you read "Off to be the Wizard" by Scott Meyer? Less of a thriller, but fun and somewhat similar to some of @npub15z8…8s38 with perhaps a bit of the Scalzi kind of humor mixed in.

2024-06-01 02:59:38

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I read it earlier this year and very much enjoyed it. I think the only book of his I haven't read is Earthside, which is the continuation of Quantum Earth series.
I DEVOURED the Bobiverse series. One of my favs for sure! Cannot wait until the next one comes out.

2024-05-31 22:43:21

Finished "Outland", Dennis E. Taylor's first novel and the first of the two books that make up the Quantum Earth series.
A light and fun read. Don't take it too seriously and enjoy the ride. 4/5 stars.
#Bookstodon
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24292598-outland

2024-05-31 18:26:12

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Yep! And why not? Cooler in the summer and he can grow it back out for the school year.

2024-05-31 18:23:46

The dude (17) and his friends decided they were all doing buzz cuts for the summer. He's just came home from getting it done and... it's going to take some getting used to! Doesn't look bad. Just, different.

2024-05-31 18:15:17

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if it can't be avoided, I hope you find some joy in it. Sometimes I think it's fun to be in really messy conditions... after the first good soaking is over with, that is. Until I've recovered from that initial moment, I'd rather go back home. After, can't get any wetter, so as long as I'm warm enough... let's go!

2024-05-31 18:01:47

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hopefully the soggy ground made for a relatively softer landing. Awkward still. Hope nothing bothers you tomorrow!

2024-05-26 12:30:45

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😂 of all the universes in all the multiverse…

2024-05-26 12:23:43

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I bought the audiobook a few months ago, but haven’t listened to it yet. This seems like the universe telling me it’s time.

2024-05-25 22:33:11

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thank you! All the encouragement has been super affirming and greatly appreciated! It helps speed up the transition from frustration and despair to acceptance and hope. 🙏

2024-05-24 22:49:45

Another terrible run, hot and with my heart rate out of control. I cut it off early in frustrated disgust. I am not myself & I can’t explain it.
My stress and sleep issues have mostly resolved and that two weeks without running shouldn’t have affected my fitness as much as it has.
And while I may not understand it, it’s clear to see. I went through the stages of grief on the walk back & am mostly landed on acceptance. Will now run slower & target zone 2, rebuilding my vanished base. #Running
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2024-05-23 11:38:42

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really enjoyed that book. Easy to see how you could lose yourself and be so immersed while listening to it. Blisteringly quick pace! 🔥

2024-05-22 17:49:02

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Exactly. Knowledge that a task is Sisyphean does not escape its compulsory performance. Such is the way.
But perhaps we can have rest days... 😉
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2024-05-22 17:28:23

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this is me too. The good intentions of a clean slate, all the while knowing that entropy is out there.
Lurking.
Waiting.
Knowing.
But for this brief moment, all is clean and fine.

2024-05-22 15:07:29

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might be a solution to more of life's problems than just a soggy run! 🙃🍰

2024-05-22 15:02:51

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looks like fun! At least for awhile...
The kind of run you have to peel off clothes afterwards because they're so sodden.

2024-05-17 16:57:01

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solidarity in loathing the heat and humidity. ✊