Training Log Archive: veinbuster

Today’s instalment of the daily double with Mrs, trying to get her lower back sorted out.

Most have been relaxing getting the Basso ready for summer.

Day 3 soloflex

It was a bit cool, but wasn’t supposed to rain so I went out to get some more drone footage of the reservoir. I’ve figured out the baton well enough to manage the tracking while riding and avoid most obstacles.

I did a couple of stunt moves:
A dronie: the drone just goes very high while keeping the target centred. This is a fun effect that shows the landscape really well. I put a sample on Facebook.
Orbit: the drone circles you while you move. You can adjust its distance. It gives a nice perspective of the area.

I did learn if you do a dronie while going fast, the drone can lose sight of you. I had to go back to try and find it, and could hear it, but not see it. I thought it might have crossed the river and been behind some bushes, so sent it higher hoping to see it. No such luck. So...I told it to go to my phone. Once I got home and pulled the video, I found a great super high view of the area.

I took a bit more footage of the mountain bike portion of the trail, but had to pack up when the unforecasted rain came. The combination of live track from my GPS, and drone audio/visual management killed my phone battery.

Nice ride tough. I’ll try to piece together the drone footage.

Second pass of the marsh with the drone. There was a bit of planting in the two week gap since the last pass. Weather permitting, I’ll go out weekly. My big idea is to splice together the footage to effectively time lapse the growing season. I’m guessing 100m or so each week should do it. Subject to finding something that makes that easy to do.

It was a bit cool starting out, but the sun made it near perfect conditions. I filmed about 4 km before a farmer with a toddler asked what I was doing. They liked the idea a lot.

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Day 2 soloflex and free weights

Day 1 soloflex and free weights

First day with reversed mono vision, so I stayed local to get a sense of how it works. After 30 years or so of having my left eye corrected for distance, it is now perfect for close up, so we’re trying to correct my right eye for distance. It is worth noting, that my left eye is my dominant eye.

First impression is that the outside world is a bit hazy. If I close my left eye things crisp up. Maybe my brain will adjust over a couple of weeks. It was cool to do super tight and crisp right turns though.

Ride was on the high side of a moderate effort. A strong wind demanded it. There were a bunch of tree parts on the road. Nothing too big.