Had to move a little today
Still a little sore, but I got a very strong 5 miles (8km) in. I felt pretty consistent, and the times look pretty consistent. It’s much easier when you’re pretty much running flat. But I also think that because I was so sore and tired, I was just able to take it easy and I had to stay focused on form and doing things right. It was a bit difficult to stay focused and motivated. But overall I feel good. My hamstring doesn’t hurt, no aches beyond anything normal for the amount of miles I’ve done to this point. So it’s all very positive and very good.
Sometimes, it’s very hard to stay positive, to stay up for all these things. It helps seeing Herr Drumpf so middling in the polls. To see him whinging and crying already about a “fix”. Look, if you’re up 10% in the polls and you lose, then yes, there’s something weird happening. If you’re getting beaten like a rented donkey in the polls and you go onto get beat in such a manner, then you just lost. This will be bad when he looses, the temper tantrum will be epic. Even people in my home state, I have seen, are being shitty over Drumpf already. He had a rally there, and one of my friends was kicked out just for holding up a sign that said, “Ballots not Bullets.” That’s a shitty thing. People sent him nasty bookfaces messages and stuff over it, because you know, we shouldn’t call out politicians on their bullshit. So they’re anti-people who don’t look like them, anti-people who don’t pray like them, anti-people not the same gender as them, anti-people not the same sexual orientation as them, anti-people who don’t have the basic means to survive. About the only thing I can figure they’re for is being angry and ignorant.
The real problem is, Fascism is on the march again. Across Europe, in the US with Trump and others, in the Middle East with Daesh. Fascism is on the rise, and they’re coming for your resources, wrapped in flags, holy books, hatred, and bigotry. Resist them in any way you can. We can’t be afraid of the consequences for resisting them now, we will be terrified of the consequences if they win, because every time fascism rears its ugly head, we’re in for a very bad time. I don’t really care much who is the candidate against the fascist. I can deal with whatever crap they do, but fascism, hatred, bigotry have no place in this world at all. I will always fight it, and I shouldn’t need to defend that to anyone. I’m not saying everyone I am against currently is a fascist, I am saying it’s on the rise, and the rise is embodied in some of these people, and we should be very worried. I’ve been saying for decades that this was brewing, and that this was going to happen. People who know me well, know I have been talking about this exact situation happening for a very long time, literally since high school. So go out and fight.
Have fun, keep running, and remember; if Gil can run then so can you!
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