Today's workout: 8.1 miles. 2 minutes max situps. 8 sets of max pullups. 5 sets at 160 lb farmers carries.
As promised, here’s the “more soon.” I’m back to normal after the collapse a couple of weeks ago. The blood pressure meds are working. I’m back to my regular run training cadence and feeling strong again. I’m also doubling my strength training. Why? Because what’s next for me full-time is going to take me back into a world I know well, and I need to be sure I'm ready. I can’t share details yet, but it will use everything I’ve learned over the last 11 years. Not a cop. Not corrections. Not a recovery coach. But something that touches all of it.
Hey. Still alive. Just busy. More soon.
My GP confirmed the recent heart issues were stress related. I’m working on fixing that. More on it later. Low dose blood pressure meds, follow up in a month. I’m good. Logged 2.5 hours of running over the last three days with no issues. Tomorrow I head back into the belly of the beast.
My recent ER visits didn’t show major damage. Maybe some minor issues I’ll follow up on Tuesday.
What they really revealed was how much my work environment has been affecting me.
I wrote more about it here:
https://jimlunsford.com/when-endurance-becomes-self-betrayal/
Feeling good about how jimlunsford.com is lining up.
After a couple of years of figuring out my voice and how I want to publish, it finally feels dialed in.
The mission wasn't changed, just refined. Put the work out there and let it help who it helps.
Stress test and a bunch of other tests. They found nothing. That’s supposed to mean I’m okay, right? Apparently not. No one could explain what’s actually going on with my heart or blood pressure. Just, “you’re not having a heart attack.”
My body couldn’t wait until Tuesday. Went back to the ER last night and now I’m admitted. Stress test today.
I mentioned a few posts ago that I was in the ER with possible heart issues. The symptoms haven’t really let up.
Yesterday was rough. Today’s been a little better. Trying to keep stress as low as I can.
I won’t know anything for sure until I follow up with my doctor next Tuesday. Apparently, urgency works on a different schedule.
Am I alone in wanting to create high-quality content without obsessing over SEO?
And creating posts on X to make an impact, not to game the system for a payout?
Out of the hospital. Ugh, I hate that place.
No heart attack. Maybe some small blockages. Stress test coming soon.
Ending the night setting up Kelly’s new laptop.
Currently in the ER with chest pain and high blood pressure. Better now, but not perfect.
I’ve seen the ER doctor once and the nurse twice in over an hour. As tests post to my chart, ChatGPT is actually explaining the results to me in real time.
Note to self.
Transferring sites from one web host to another is not fun. Stick with this one.
Didn’t get to the apparel line like I planned.
We decided to move back to our old web host, so I’ve been busy transferring sites instead.
Last month’s Garmin stats took a hit thanks to weather and getting sick. I was about 20 miles short of my usual 100.
A big snowstorm kept me inside more than I like last week. Managed 3.1 miles yesterday and today.
Looking forward to getting back to those 7+ mile days.
Day off. Quiet morning. No plans. Recliner. Coffee. Cat.
Off from the full-time gig until Wednesday.
Planning to spend the next couple of days working on our apparel line we will be releasing soon.
I don’t watch national news, and I stay away from news on social media. Still, it’s hard not to feel what’s happening in the country right now.
It pulls me back to 2020, during the riots and protests. My job then was to protect people and property. It was a daily fight, literally. I was stabbed twice and left with lasting scars, both physical and mental. That period left me with PTSD, and no matter how hard I work through it, it never fully goes away.
I don’t want to relive that, and I don’t want this country to either.
Be careful, America.
Strength isn’t always pushing through. Sometimes it’s recognizing when a situation is quietly doing damage and deciding to move. I’m in that place right now. Not every hard thing is worth enduring. Some things don’t build you, they wear you down.
One last note before I start the day.
Comments and registration are disabled for now. I want to think through how I want to handle the security side of that first.