90% of running is half mental, don't forget.
Does anyone else go through the syndrome of finding themselves mentally tiring at a certain place on a route just because you have always gotten tired at that location?
"During a marathon, I run about two-thirds of the time. That's plenty." - Margaret Davis, 85 Ed Whitlock regarding his 2:54:48 marathon at age 73, "That was a good day. It was never a struggle."
Manchild
Trails Rock!
One day at a time
Yeah, we actually built it ourselves. DH is the original do-it-yourselfer. We designed the house, poured the concrete, did the framing, electrical, plumbing, roofing, everything. It's a timber frame, also called post and beam, made with round logs. DH hand-cut the mortise and tenon joints, and it's pegged together with oak pegs. I did all the structural engineering calculations, which is a stretch because I'm a chemical engineer, but our building inspector was OK with it. DH quit work for the better part of two years to build it. He worked as a ski patroller during the winters, since we really had to shut construction down then anyway. Our building season is kind of short at 9300 ft. I continued working full time to pay for it, and built on weekends. The biggest plus, besides having a beautiful home, is that we have no mortgage. A word to other overachievers who think this might be a good idea: it takes MUCH longer than you would ever think. When we thought we were nearly done, we decided to start a family (kind of like we were building our nest.) DD came along about a year later, but she was a year and a half old before the house was ready to move into.
Be safe. Be kind.
GreenMan
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