give sweat, get words

Dates: 5/8 and 5/9
Mileage: 2.7 and 3.15

Notes: Ughhh... you know those runs where your brain is like: yes! Finally we have the time to go running, let's go! Let's do 5 miles! And your body is like: lol, no. My last couple runs were like that. A past version of me would probably have said fuck it, and kept going, but that was before I turned 30. So I cut them short and I'll live to fight another day.

Prompts inspired by my life, today:

1. New computer means I'm doing things like googling "where is the home key on a mac" so... grumbly older player/coach learning new technology? With or without help?

2. Tell me what new players, pairing, whatever Worlds has got you excited about

3. it rained in southern california, and accordingly, everyone freaked out. So: player dealing with the climate in his non-native habitat. A SW transplant to the north? A Canadian dealing with Floridian winters? A Russian thinking we all have it easy?

Date: 5/2
Mileage: 5.13

Notes: I WANT TO WRITE ONE MILLION FILLS for all you wonderful people. Because you're all so great, and I love you, but I've barely been in front of my computer, and I will just as soon as I possibly can <3333333

Prompts: I feel guilty asking for fic/fills since I have not been good about writing, but:

1. Do a self-rec. What's a fic (or piece of art or podfic or whatever) of yours that you're proud of and/or you wish you had gotten more feedback on? What do you like about it?

2. For those of you whose teams have been eliminated, how have you picked your cheering allegiances this playoffs? Or are you tuning the whole thing out? (basically all my in-season teams have either not made the playoffs this year, or washed out in the first round). But it was always going to be hard to live up to 2014, in which we won All The Championships :)))))

3. Your fav dealing with a social media fail.

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Date: 4/26
Mileage: 4.44 miles
Notes: First time going up The Big Hill since my running hiatus ended. Uptick in mileage felt good. I may stick around the five mile mark for awhile and see if I can shave some time off. I don't know. Any thoughts?

Also, I passed a place called "Omega Notary" and I thought: most boring a/b/o AU ever?

Prompts:

1. Worlds are coming up! So, your favorite player/character trying to navigate a city they do not know.

2. Also timely: your player-of-choice seeking comfort after being eliminated

3. Podfic. Do you listen to podfic? Do you make podfic? Do you like long podfic? Short podfic? If no, what throws you out of it? If yes, what's one of your favs? (one of my stories was podficced and posted today. I am very excited to listen, even if half the time when listening to my own writing, I end up hiding my face in my hands)

Date: 4.23 (in fact, like, moments ago :)
Mileage: 3.18 miles (creeping up...)
Notes: I played hooky from work this morning and went to the beach which was lovely. Rare, rare gray weather down here in SoCal, which, as someone transplanted most recently from the pacific northwest, I adore <3

Prompts:

1. I will just leave this picture of a baby Willie Mitchell... here, you write whatever it moves you to write

2. Post a snippet of whatever you're working on that you would like some cheerleading for

3. Check out and comment on this fic. It's NFL RPF... which means it probably won't get the exposure I think it deserves. I know most of you reading this are a more hockey-centric crowd, but I think this story (gen, about Rob Gronkowski) has really interesting things to say about sports figures and the narratives we create about them that are relevant for fans of all sports. I don't know the author, but it's a moody and thoughtful piece, which is just the sort of thing I adore.