Page not found – Live from Minnesota https://7minutemiles.com Live from Minnesota Fri, 29 Mar 2024 04:48:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 1075085 2024 fitness planning https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/28/2024-fitness-planning/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 04:38:25 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120232 Mentally, I’ve very much enjoyed not wearing my Apple Watch daily. Physically, I’ve fallen way behind on my general fitness when I don’t track the circles. This week I decided to do something about that.

On Monday, I met with a personal trainer at Lifetime Fitness and took a tour of the Target Center club. We talked quite a bit about my past history and what I think I want to do this year, which is basically get back in running shape and lose weight.

While I elected not to hire him now as my personal trainer, here’s my current plan:

  • Bought new running and gym shoes (and a new gym bag).
  • Started back on the nightly treadmill hill walk with hand weights while watching shows from the list on the iPad.
  • Preparing to run the Get in Gear 10K on April 27, the Milk Run 5K on May 25 and the TC 10 Mile on October 6. And if I get extra motivated, maybe the Afton 25K on July 6 too.
  • Looking forward to the bike trails drying out – want to increase that cross training this year. Might add the bike attachment to Oliver’s roof rack.
  • Planning to walk every golf round this year (like usual).
  • Thinking about getting another weight bench to go with my dumbbell set.
  • Utilize my access to Lifetime for indoor running, stair machine cardio, a return to racquetball, explore new classes and learn to be a better swimmer.

My schedule makes all of this challenging, but you need to prioritize what’s important, right?

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Do you have any kind of smokises? https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/28/do-you-have-any-kind-of-smokises/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 01:22:11 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120228 Can’t believe they still make (and sell) these

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New Power Generation (Pt. II) https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/28/new-power-generation-pt-ii/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:12:54 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120226 This here rap’s about the true confession. If you listen close, you ’bout to learn a lesson. You must know failure before success…

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Stocking up for Sunday https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/28/stocking-up-for-sunday/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:40:43 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120223 Stocking up for Sunday

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Bacon potato salad 👍 https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/28/bacon-potato-salad-%f0%9f%91%8d/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:31:02 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120220 Staff lunch from Heather’s today

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Big KAT sighting https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/27/big-kat-sighting/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 01:56:38 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120214 Big KAT sighting

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Detroit Pistons (12-60) in the crib 🏀 https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/27/detroit-pistons-12-60-in-the-crib-%f0%9f%8f%80/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 01:40:50 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120210 Any given Wednesday…
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18 years of web publishing 🎂 https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/27/18-years-of-web-publishing-%f0%9f%8e%82/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:20:57 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=119765 My little web baby is almost an adult: 7 Minute Miles turns 18 years old this Saturday. Some highlights:

  • First post: March 30, 2006
  • Domain created: November 26, 2002
  • Posts: 30,050
  • Pages: 216
  • Database: 193.4 MB
  • Directory: 62 GB
  • Server: AWS Lightsail, Ohio, Zone A, Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS, 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPUs, 80 GB SSD
  • Tech stack: WordPress 6.4.3, PHP 8.2.17, nginx 1.18.0, MariaDB 10.3.39, Let’s Encrypt SSL/TLS
  • Costs: $17.99/year @ Hover, $25-28/month @ AWS (Lightsail and Route 53)
  • Jetpack stats (avg/mo): 96 posts, 1497 views, 540 visitors

I’ve tweaked the font sizes a little since the launch of the new theme last year, but overall remain happy with how things are now. I recently simplified the navigation menu, which now just has home, about, lists and search links. The new about page was completely re-written and I updated my résumé page (and PDF) to reflect my move to Target Center last September.

Not sure what comes next. I’ve re-established the automation between 7 Minute Miles and Instagram via the excellent Intagrate plugin and continue to automatically capture any posts to Mastodon via the TootPress plugin. This site also technically federates content via the ActivityPub plugin (you can follow dmk@7minutemiles.com in your favorite Mastodon client), but I don’t see many people reading posts that way.

I removed all of my concert videos from YouTube, hibernated my channel, then posted them all here using the HTML5 Video Player plugin. I also tried to clean up the photo galleries a little, but both of these media types will likely require an increase in server storage in the next year to be expanded/enhanced.

Long live the weird web – thanks for visiting!

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Kings from Queens: The Run DMC Story ✅ https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/26/kings-from-queens-the-run-dmc-story-%e2%9c%85/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 03:26:48 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=119399 Another good one from the Peacock trial

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Breaking: Choco Leibniz still delicious https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/26/breaking-choco-leibniz-still-delicious/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 22:13:45 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120176 So glad I picked these up at Jerry’s

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Meat coma reported in Minneapolis https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/26/meat-coma-reported-in-minneapolis/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 19:27:17 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120173 Lunch @ Fogo de Chão on Hennepin

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Rough morning for Mary https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/26/rough-morning-for-mary/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:39:25 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120170 Winter is laughing at spring in Minnesota rn

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🫡 March 2024 Apple Updates Part II https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/25/%f0%9f%ab%a1-march-2024-apple-updates-part-ii/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 20:04:27 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120164 macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 ✅, iOS 17.4.1 ✅, iPadOS 17.4.1 ✅

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Snaptacular. 📱 https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/25/snaptacular-%f0%9f%93%b1/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:40:06 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120161 Wonder how much First Ave makes annually from Apple

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The Littles hit the spot https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/25/the-littles-hit-the-spot/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:03:41 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120158 The Littles hit the spot

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Track Shack Orlando https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/24/track-shack-orlando/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 04:15:35 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120151 Hey, I know that guy!

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🫡 2024 Barkley Marathons https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/24/%f0%9f%ab%a1-2024-barkley-marathons/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 03:16:27 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120141 I watched that documentary on this crazy-ass race a while ago, but I’m still surprised when it pops up in my social feeds each year (at random times). This year was awesome because of 40-year-old Brit Jasmin Paris, the first woman to finish the 100 mile race (with 99 seconds to spare before the 60 hour cutoff). BBC has a nice story here.

Bravo!

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ARE YOU THREATENING ME?!? https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/24/are-you-threatening-me/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 00:44:36 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120136 ARE YOU THREATENING ME?!?

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Wolves Live – Steph Curry in the crib 🏀 https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/24/wolves-live-steph-curry-in-the-crib-%f0%9f%8f%80/ Sun, 24 Mar 2024 21:33:04 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120133 Golden State Warriors @ Minnesota
114-110 W

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Solid Lightning Link Bonus 🎰 https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/24/solid-lightning-link-bonus-%f0%9f%8e%b0/ Sun, 24 Mar 2024 19:19:04 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120130 Need to get a real life nino trip planned soon

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Little bites of sunshine https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/24/little-bites-of-sunshine/ Sun, 24 Mar 2024 16:20:59 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120127 This bag of citrus taffy from Sun Harvest Citrus won’t last long

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Minneapolis surprises https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/23/minneapolis-surprises/ Sat, 23 Mar 2024 23:58:10 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120123 Never change, Northeast, never change

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New Wave Riders for 2024 https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/23/new-wave-riders-for-2024/ Sat, 23 Mar 2024 23:47:05 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120120 Used my work gift card at Mill City to offset the cost 👍

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Murray’s pizza joint ✅ https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/23/murrays-pizza-joint/ Sat, 23 Mar 2024 18:46:18 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120115 Murray’s pizza joint

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Our first Bird Buddy ❤️ https://7minutemiles.com/2024/03/23/our-first-bird-buddy-%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f/ Sat, 23 Mar 2024 14:35:42 +0000 https://7minutemiles.com/?p=120111 That only took almost three months – are birds even real? This cute house finch is the first visitor to our little yellow feeder…

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