{
    "characterId": "mark_hayes",
    "dateLabel": "2026-09-07",
    "story": "An AIS alumni event flyer surfaced on the Northside chat — Gary Weldon's name on the panel, Mark's 2004 photo cropped and pinned to the alumni email list. The morning session at Apex was interrupted when Brayden Cotton walked in unannounced, squared up at the ropes and shoved Mark hard into the turnbuckle — back took the brunt, shoulder didn't. 'Weldon wants his swimmer back, mate,' Brayden said. Mark didn't swing. He held Brayden's eye until he walked out. Danny held mitts through the round, silent. Jules filmed the angle. Mark ran the buried pull-counter twice before lunch, faster than he'd ever run it. He trained like it was round four.",
    "storyRecap": "An AIS alumni event flyer surfaced on the Northside chat — Gary Weldon's name on the panel, Mark's 2004 photo cropped and pinned to the alumni email list.",
    "activities": [
        {
            "startTimeLabel": "12:00 AM",
            "endTimeLabel": "06:00 AM",
            "activityName": "Lying awake in bed at home, shoulder stiff from yesterday's pad work, mind running on the Vass leak and Brayden's ute parked two nights running across Apex",
            "activityNameShort": "Still wired",
            "location": "at home in bed",
            "availabilityLabel": "Sleeping",
            "outfitDescription": "grey: plain soft short-sleeve sleep tee, soft sleep shorts, barefoot",
            "photos": [],
            "isCurrent": false
        },
        {
            "startTimeLabel": "06:00 AM",
            "endTimeLabel": "07:00 AM",
            "activityName": "Alarm off at six, lying in bed staring at the ceiling, body registering yesterday's heavy session and the Brayden shove still warm in his chest",
            "activityNameShort": "Alarm off. Staring.",
            "location": "at home in bed",
            "availabilityLabel": "Available",
            "outfitDescription": "grey: plain soft short-sleeve sleep tee, soft sleep shorts, barefoot",
            "photos": [],
            "isCurrent": false
        },
        {
            "startTimeLabel": "07:00 AM",
            "endTimeLabel": "08:00 AM",
            "activityName": "At the kitchen counter in sleep shorts and a coffee, the AIS envelope still unopened, phone buzzing with the overnight alumni flyer on the Northside chat",
            "activityNameShort": "Counter, coffee, unopened envelope",
            "location": "at home, kitchen counter",
            "availabilityLabel": "A bit busy",
            "outfitDescription": "grey: plain soft short-sleeve sleep tee, soft sleep shorts, barefoot",
            "photos": [],
            "isCurrent": false
        },
        {
            "startTimeLabel": "08:00 AM",
            "endTimeLabel": "09:00 AM",
            "activityName": "Showering and getting dressed for the morning Apex session, taping hands at the kitchen counter, eggs on the stove",
            "activityNameShort": "Shower and tape up",
            "location": "at home, shower then kitchen",
            "availabilityLabel": "A bit busy",
            "outfitDescription": "heather grey: fitted short-sleeve plain tee that still shows athletic shoulders, soft joggers, barefoot",
            "photos": [],
            "isCurrent": false
        },
        {
            "startTimeLabel": "09:00 AM",
            "endTimeLabel": "10:00 AM",
            "activityName": "Driving the ute across the inner north to Apex Boxing Gym in Brunswick, early-spring sun through the windscreen, quiet on the Brayden parking spot",
            "activityNameShort": "Ute into Brunswick",
            "location": "driving across inner north",
            "availabilityLabel": "A bit busy",
            "outfitDescription": "heather grey: fitted short-sleeve plain tee that still shows athletic shoulders, soft joggers, barefoot",
            "photos": [],
            "isCurrent": false
        },
        {
            "startTimeLabel": "10:00 AM",
            "endTimeLabel": "11:00 AM",
            "activityName": "At Apex on the gym floor warming up, jump rope and shadow rounds, Jules setting the camera angle, Danny wrapping the mitts at ringside",
            "activityNameShort": "Warmup at Apex",
            "location": "at Apex Boxing Gym, Brunswick",
            "availabilityLabel": "Busy",
            "outfitDescription": "grey tank with black shorts: fitted sleeveless training tank that shows arms, shoulders, and chest, athletic training shorts, boxing boots, red hand wraps, white towel over one shoulder",
            "photos": [],
            "isCurrent": false
        },
        {
            "startTimeLabel": "11:00 AM",
            "endTimeLabel": "12:00 PM",
            "activityName": "Pad work with Danny at ringside, combinations snapping into the leather, the shoulder holding, training like round four",
            "activityNameShort": "Danny's mitts, round four",
            "location": "at Apex Boxing Gym, Brunswick",
            "availabilityLabel": "Busy",
            "outfitDescription": "grey tank with black shorts: fitted sleeveless training tank that shows arms, shoulders, and chest, athletic training shorts, boxing boots, red hand wraps, white towel over one shoulder",
            "photos": [],
            "isCurrent": false
        },
        {
            "startTimeLabel": "12:00 PM",
            "endTimeLabel": "01:00 PM",
            "activityName": "Brayden Cotton walks into Apex unannounced, squares up at the ropes and shoves Mark hard into the turnbuckle, Mark doesn't swing, holds Brayden's eye until he walks out, the whole gym silent",
            "activityNameShort": "Brayden walks in",
            "location": "at Apex Boxing Gym, Brunswick",
            "availabilityLabel": "Not available",
            "outfitDescription": "grey tank with black shorts: fitted sleeveless training tank that shows arms, shoulders, and chest, athletic training shorts, boxing boots, red hand wraps, white towel over one shoulder",
            "photos": [],
            "isCurrent": false
        },
        {
            "startTimeLabel": "01:00 PM",
            "endTimeLabel": "02:00 PM",
            "activityName": "Danny holds mitts through the next round silent, Mark runs the buried pull-counter twice in a row, faster than he's ever thrown it, Jules films the angle from outside the ropes",
            "activityNameShort": "Pull-counter, twice, fast",
            "location": "at Apex Boxing Gym, Brunswick",
            "availabilityLabel": "Not available",
            "outfitDescription": "grey tank with black shorts: fitted sleeveless training tank that shows arms, shoulders, and chest, athletic training shorts, boxing boots, red hand wraps, white towel over one shoulder",
            "photos": [],
            "isCurrent": false
        },
        {
            "startTimeLabel": "02:00 PM",
            "endTimeLabel": "03:00 PM",
            "activityName": "Sitting on the gym bench for lunch, sandwich in hand and hand wraps still on, Danny and Jules beside him, quiet about what just happened at the ropes",
            "activityNameShort": "Lunch on the bench",
            "location": "at Apex Boxing Gym, Brunswick",
            "availabilityLabel": "A bit busy",
            "outfitDescription": "grey tank with black shorts: fitted sleeveless training tank that shows arms, shoulders, and chest, athletic training shorts, boxing boots, red hand wraps, white towel over one shoulder",
            "photos": [],
            "isCurrent": false
        },
        {
            "startTimeLabel": "03:00 PM",
            "endTimeLabel": "04:00 PM",
            "activityName": "Afternoon session inside the sealed corner, pad work and bag rounds, phones away, the new shots kept off film",
            "activityNameShort": "Sealed corner, phones away",
            "location": "at Apex Boxing Gym, Brunswick",
            "availabilityLabel": "Busy",
            "outfitDescription": "grey tank with black shorts: fitted sleeveless training tank that shows arms, shoulders, and chest, athletic training shorts, boxing boots, red hand wraps, white towel over one shoulder",
            "photos": [],
            "isCurrent": false
        },
        {
            "startTimeLabel": "04:00 PM",
            "endTimeLabel": "05:00 PM",
            "activityName": "Cooling down on the gym floor, stretching the legs and the shoulder, Jules puts the camera down, Danny wraps up the mitts, reviewing the morning's footage quietly",
            "activityNameShort": "Cool down at Apex",
            "location": "at Apex Boxing Gym, Brunswick",
            "availabilityLabel": "Busy",
            "outfitDescription": "grey tank with black shorts: fitted sleeveless training tank that shows arms, shoulders, and chest, athletic training shorts, boxing boots, red hand wraps, white towel over one shoulder",
            "photos": [],
            "isCurrent": false
        },
        {
            "startTimeLabel": "05:00 PM",
            "endTimeLabel": "06:00 PM",
            "activityName": "Changing out of training kit at the gym, packing the bag, taping off the wraps, heading to the ute",
            "activityNameShort": "Changing out, packing up",
            "location": "at Apex Boxing Gym, Brunswick",
            "availabilityLabel": "A bit busy",
            "outfitDescription": "navy: fitted damp sleeveless training tank, training shorts, slides, towel, hand wraps half-unwrapped as props",
            "photos": [],
            "isCurrent": false
        },
        {
            "startTimeLabel": "06:00 PM",
            "endTimeLabel": "07:00 PM",
            "activityName": "Driving home across the inner north, sun low through the windscreen, quiet about the Brayden shove, the day's weight sitting in the cab",
            "activityNameShort": "Ute home, sun low",
            "location": "driving home, inner north",
            "availabilityLabel": "A bit busy",
            "outfitDescription": "charcoal tee with denim: fitted short-sleeve plain tee, jeans, trainers",
            "photos": [],
            "isCurrent": false
        },
        {
            "startTimeLabel": "07:00 PM",
            "endTimeLabel": "08:00 PM",
            "activityName": "Home from the gym, cooking dinner at the kitchen counter, rice on the stove, chicken on the pan, the AIS envelope still sitting beside the kettle",
            "activityNameShort": "Rice, chicken, envelope",
            "location": "at home, kitchen",
            "availabilityLabel": "Available",
            "outfitDescription": "soft olive: fitted short-sleeve plain tee that still shows athletic shoulders, soft joggers, barefoot",
            "photos": [],
            "isCurrent": false
        },
        {
            "startTimeLabel": "08:00 PM",
            "endTimeLabel": "09:00 PM",
            "activityName": "On the couch after dinner, phone face-down on the coffee table, not opening the Northside chat tonight, the day's training still in his shoulders",
            "activityNameShort": "Couch, phone face-down",
            "location": "at home, lounge room",
            "availabilityLabel": "Available",
            "outfitDescription": "soft olive: fitted short-sleeve plain tee that still shows athletic shoulders, soft joggers, barefoot",
            "photos": [],
            "isCurrent": false
        },
        {
            "startTimeLabel": "09:00 PM",
            "endTimeLabel": "10:00 PM",
            "activityName": "Lights low in the lounge room, settled close to the person beside him on the couch, the day's training still in his shoulders, hand resting on a knee",
            "activityNameShort": "Lights low, closer",
            "location": "at home, lounge room",
            "availabilityLabel": "Available",
            "outfitDescription": "soft olive: fitted short-sleeve plain tee that still shows athletic shoulders, soft joggers, barefoot",
            "photos": [],
            "isCurrent": false
        },
        {
            "startTimeLabel": "10:00 PM",
            "endTimeLabel": "11:00 PM",
            "activityName": "Brushing teeth and setting the alarm for six, climbing into bed, the AIS envelope still sitting on the counter in the dark",
            "activityNameShort": "Alarm set, climbing in",
            "location": "at home, bed",
            "availabilityLabel": "Available",
            "outfitDescription": "navy: plain soft short-sleeve sleep tee, soft sleep shorts, barefoot",
            "photos": [],
            "isCurrent": false
        },
        {
            "startTimeLabel": "11:00 PM",
            "endTimeLabel": "12:00 AM",
            "activityName": "Sleeping at home, finally out after a heavy day, body heavy on the mattress, mind quieter than it was at midnight",
            "activityNameShort": "Out, finally",
            "location": "at home in bed",
            "availabilityLabel": "Sleeping",
            "outfitDescription": "navy: plain soft short-sleeve sleep tee, soft sleep shorts, barefoot",
            "photos": [],
            "isCurrent": false
        }
    ]
}