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One year and two weeks after the world ground to a halt due to Coronavirus, and on the third day of availability in Texas, I got my first shot of Pfizer vaccine yesterday. Science is amazing.

Somewhere midsummer, I felt like I needed to set a goal for something. I looked at my running stats for the year, which had been trending up since the beginning of the pandemic, and it looked doable to hit 1000 miles for the year. I told myself, “that’s less than three miles per day!” It seemed achievable in a healthy way without breaking any hips or anything.

I’m proud to say that I hit my goal on December 18th with an easy lap around the hike and bike trail:

Stats for the 1000 miles: 216 runs. 147 hours. 2.8 miles / day. Average speed 6.8 mph or 8:49 min/mi.

What I’m most proud of is that I had no injuries all year. Here’s to many more injury-free years of running to come!

By far the biggest haul we’ve gotten in Austin

Sometimes we put on the White Stripes and just jump.

Dad outdid himself here, and Annie agrees.

Pig roast VI approaches! I brewed another batch of Pig Roast Pale to accompany the meat. Single hop Citra this time.

You could bottle and sell this. (They’re watching the scene in Bambi where they’re slipping on the ice)

You could bottle and sell this I swear. (They’re watching the slipping on ice scene from Bambi)

The lease ran out on the 2016 Kia Soul EV so I bought my third car today: a 2019 Chevy Bolt in “shock” yellow. I call it The Tennis Ball.