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No Tricks · Day 6 · Tuesday, October 6

Day six.

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A sticker-covered laptop lid under red light: a YETI sticker, two 13.1 half-marathon stickers, a QR code, and Policy and Change.
Tuesday, 5:48pm
A selfie in a gold Drexel hoodie at Suburban Station, the departures board overhead reading 9:41 PM, October 6, 2026.
Tuesday, 9:41pm

*5:55am: “today is locked.” Lift logged 8:47 to 9:40pm, then the 9:41 home. 11:19pm: “this is a daytime workout.” The cancel at the staffed desk moved to Friday.

What I did

Tuesday, 8:47–9:40pm.

The lift

ExerciseSets
Goblet squat45 lb × 5, 5, 5
Inverted rowbodyweight × 5, 5, 5
Incline dumbbell press40, 45, 50 lb × 8
Dumbbell row45, 50, 50 lb × 8
EZ bar curl40 lb × 8

Hevy, the “Tuesday” routine.

The walk there and back

LegOutDistance
Home to the train7:36pm0.78 mi
Train to the gym8:31pm0.52 mi
Train to home10:42pm0.80 mi

Garmin Forerunner 265, read off the watch over USB. Time and distance only. The gym-to-train leg wasn’t tracked.

What I said

From the journal.

555a Wawa?

I say we go you’re not going to the gym if you haven’t slept and you have not slept. What will happen is you’ll stand here and work until like 7, say “I’ll go I’ll go” then lay down and not do shit. Either just do that and go to sleep or go walk to Wawa right now wake yourself up and see if we can power it through. Even typing this you’re like “Nah, B.” OK then the plan is sleep but PLAN to sleep don’t push through no reason to do so (yet) don’t be like that remember you already had the Tough Conversations for Tuesday so you’re kind of ahead of the game check UC move the ball on some tasks you’ll be fine. The gym will be there today is locked I feel good about that much just make sure you go fueled up. …

313p You can’t type

Good morning check the train schedule.

To the gym:

5348Center City Philadelphia6:56 pm
5352Center City Philadelphia7:56 pm
5356Center City Philadelphia8:56 pm
9560Temple University9:56 pm

Back:

3549Thorndale8:41 pm
3553Malvern9:41 pm
3557Thorndale10:41 pm
3561Malvern11:41 pm
2597Malvern12:22 am

This is worth the discomfort 756p reasonable leave 730p plenty of time. I think you can do it. Eat.

Right the point of PWR BLD today was to cancel at the staffed desk. OK this means you still need a daytime train run can you shift up Friday and still go to masjid is the question let’s pin it for Friday keep today alive.

706p Count by the 30s

Leave 730p train back leave the gym on the 30 so 930 goal 1030 next. Already a positive iteration what else you need water? Water. Gloves in bag etc. Aiight. …

1119p Protein shak e

Should have left at 10p had some left in the tank but the real iteration is this is a daytime workout see you with the sun next week. Jeesh.

1158p Mood crash alert alert

It’s blood sugar calm down you made a shake (yay!) and you’re making coffee I’ll get you some Wawa in the morning to stretch those legs so you don’t cramp it’ll be great great work …

236a Wawa in the morning

It’s Wawa Wednesday like obvious we write. Which means we Align all this shit. It’ll be great. It might be the coffee talking. There’s more coffee.