Unicycling
Da fuq? Unicycling isn't running.
True. However, after the foot injury that started in November 2022 lasted through my BMDM training, my Cocodona 250 "run" and Western States, I've decided to let the foot heal. Taking a spill on July 1st and bruising one or more ribs cemented the deal.
So, now that I'm in my "Fun Around" training block, I'm going to rejuvenate my unicycling skill so that I'll be ready to buy a mountain unicycle by the time there is snow in the Sandias. Then, assuming I get permission from the race director, I'll train for and compete in the White Mountains 100, a 100 mile race in Alaska at the end of March. Yes, it's been done before.
Craft Poker Outsiders' Fun Club
It may take me a while to get it off the ground, but I'm starting the Craft Poker Outsiders' Fun Club, a group to encourage people to get physically outside (if it will benefit them) and/or to get outside their comfort zone (if it will benefit them) rather than staying indoors and participating in addictive behavior.
Background
I'm sort of cheating by choosing unicycling as an example of me getting outside my comfort zone, because I used to be an OK unicyclist, "back in the day." At one point I owned five unicycles:
- A 20" diameter wheeled one I used for teaching unicycling
- "My own" 20" diameter wheeled one (that wasn't quite so beaten up)
- A 24" diameter wheeled unicycle for commuting
- A 5' chain driven giraffe
- A 36" diameter unicycle[^1] made by Tom Miller of The Unicycle Factory
OTOH, I'll be 61 for the 2024 White Mountains 100 and I really haven't unicycled much in the last thirty years.
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[^1] I got this one in 1989, while working as a contractor for Salomon Brothers. I commuted to work from Battery Park City to their place on Water Street (before they moved to 7 WTC).