Two 50s in three weeks

I ran two 50-milers in three weeks. The first I did in a sluggish 11:55. I wore the wrong shoes and tore up my feet. Not only horrible blisters but a lost toenail (gross!), completely destroyed my heels and irritated my achilles. Not good. I'd never had such problems running a 50 before.

The second 50 I ran in 10:40, much better (though still slow). My achilles bugged me from about mile 15 on so I stayed slow and modified my gate to protect it. Coming in under 11 hours qualified me for Western States 100 so my slow, guarded gate forced me into a lot of clock-watching. It was also pretty hot (around 90 degrees) and only one aid station had ice so my brain boiled most of the day.

6 weeks rest means no running, more swimming and a bit of time at the gym.

Quick update

Hi everyone! It's been almost a year since I broke my ankle and moved into a room. Well I still live in the same room, have been running some races, including a 50-mile run just recently! I'm studying a lot these days and working toward a good career change and life change. I still use my truck to sleep in when I go places (cheaper than a hotel). My mattress is still in the back of the truck so when I go camping or climbing I sleep well.

More adventures to come!

5 years, 2 months, 19 days (or 1907 days)

This blog is going to stay up and will, at some point soon, be transformed into just adventures and other exciting things I do. But officially, my truck life has ended. I started at age 25 and ended at 30. A big section of life. There's a lot to think about and a lot more to write about, but not yet.

Comment Moderation and Other Nonsense

For some reason spammers (pointless air-wasting people and their idiot programming skills) have taken to finding random old posts and mass-spamming in the comments field. Well no more! From now on you'll have to use those obnoxious random text generating boxes AND I'll moderate. This way no more time-wasting people can bother me.

On a more positive note, things are looking up. The air is warm, the grass is green...

Up

I'm still here and still trucking. 5 years has come and I'm now 30! Based on the direction my life is taking I'll be out of the truck very soon. Can't do it forever!

I have a lot to share but I'm going to wait a little longer before I do. Don't want anything that I'm working on to get jinxed before it starts. I'll be back to posting regularly very soon!

For those still following: THANK YOU!!!

Here's a few photos from stuff I've been up to (San Diego 100, Badwater, climbing, birthday pie in-the-face):

Boring Update

Hello. I am still alive.

I haven't posted because I'm tired of credit card companies reading and quoting this thing to me. I'm very very poor these days. Not sure how I'm actually getting by. But meals come regularly, which is good.

If you are a creditor/debtor please shove off at this point...

Ok, so other than that I've been running a lot. The foot issues I had from the Tahoe 72 are gone. I started barefoot running as a supplement to my regular runs and it cured me in such a short time. And now I'm even tougher. Gonna run a 100-miler soon!

And other than that I'm studying hard for what is coming!

So how's everyone doing?

In Hiding

I'm still out in the cold and struggling to get by, eating less often than I'd like and being assaulted by credit card companies. I'm in school, which is great, but I have nothing else going. I got horribly screwed over by the Rope Access company owner, a real jerk, and can't afford anything at all now. I'm doing a little massage, though it's barely more than enough to get me gas money to get to the appointments. So everything is tough now.

I made the blog private for a while because credit card companies were reading on here, seeing only the positive parts of my life. That's what this blog was created for - for my family and friends to follow the fun stories and cool adventure of living in the truck. But it's not cool now. It's actually pretty bad these days.

Despite all the bad things, being poor, being a bit hungry, and being assaulted by credit card companies, I'm still moving forward. I'm training hard, hoping to run a 100-mile race this year, and trying to make my way through the beginnings of a new school program that will one day get me ahead.

Hiding, Gaps, and Where-the-Hell-I've-Been

As you, if anyone reads this, may have noticed the blog is currently set to 'private.' Also of note is where I've been. Still living in the truck. Credit card companies assaulting me at every turn; beasts.

I'm trying to get around, trying to get a hold of enough money to just get by. I'm particularly poor right now and am not always eating. I've spent a little time sleeping on some couches as the weather has turned colder.

School is currently only on the weekends and will be through May.

It's an uninteresting time right now.

On the road again.

Well, after living indoors at my parent's house for nearly two months it's time I get moving again. I'm heading back to LA. The classes start this weekend and will be weekend-only through May. I'll be back working and trying to get by. Studying, training, living.

This means that nearly 5 years of my life, half my 20's, will have been spent living in my truck. Wild. A story, for sure. Something to tell potential offspring if I even have the audacity to reproduce, which is questionable.

Goodbye bedroom. So long kitchen, with all your neat cooking utensils and oven and stove. Later electricity. I'll miss you most private bathroom - I love how, within your confines I don't have my naked ass stared at by really hairy middle-aged guys. *sigh*

And thus the journey continues!

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Boldly going to where no homeless guy has gone before: Chiropractic school!

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On the road again...

Accepted!

As of friday, 10/2, I have been accepted to Southern California University of Health Sciences to get my Doctor of Chiropractic and Master's of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine! I'm really excited!

And...

Back to the truck! I start a weekend-only intensive prerequisite program on 10/17. I'll be back living in the truck from 10/15 until probably August. So the adventure continues. I'll be working, studying, training, and taking my weekend classes. Then, in August, I'll be going full-time in my DC/MAOM program. At that point I'll have to live somewhere so I'm hoping to rent a room very close to the school, which is in Whittier, CA (South East LA county, right next to Fullerton - a familiar area).

Back to the truck! I guess I just can't seem to stay indoors too long, can I?

I am very excited for the future!