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saw my friend naveed last weekend. he's in town for a week or so to rest on his hike from the afghan border to the wagah border crossing near lahore, with this guy: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/out-of-eden-walk/. he's also previously hiked from the khunjerab pass to gwadar, the whole length of pakistan. former marine and then BBC reporter who was one of the first people on the scene after the peshawar army school attack a few years ago where more than 100 kids were killed. intense guy.

and apparently, he's working with a few people here to organize a triathlon in upper hunza next fall. he said ironman but they won't get a single entrant if they try to do the full distance. that shit is hard enough at sea level, let alone 8,000+ feet up.

but y'all. a triathlon in hunza would be out of fucking control.

there's no way i can do it next year. first of all i'd have to get a lot better at swimming, and buy a bike. and then get better at swimming and biking. but if it goes well this year and they do another one then by god add it to the bucket list.

- run 4km in 18:36

- stretch

late start because gf decided at the last minute she wanted to come to the track as well. wasn't feeling great this morning in any case. but ~4:40 is a very sustainable track pace now, which is good.

ETA: also, shoulder feels none the worse for wear after saturday's experiment. it's not healed but it's not worse. will continue adding upper stuff back in cautiously.

EDIT: evening

- GMB warm up

- tiger tail calves and soleus

- pistol work x a little bit
got two clean on left leg, right leg and rest of left were top-to-bottom with a rock back.

- front levers x a couple

- KB rows x 14/arm

- band pull aparts x 10

just to do something. easing back in.

yeah it wasn't a comment so much about quantity as about content. you're adding and taking away whole categories of food all at once, that alone could be messing with you.

weird about stomach. have you thought about talking to a dietician? you're freestyling these adjustments. pro might be able to get some explanation for what types of foods make you feel good and bad and give you a little more structure.

- migraine x 6 hours
fffffuuu

feel better now but decided probably best to just let myself rest. first migraine in something like two years.

 

So i went for a run for 1.2 miles. Sprinted/jog/walked.... was out of breath almost....

This is good, but i definitely will not be doing this too much.

counterpoint: do it more.

on the football players dunking vid, NB: cole beasley is 5'8" at most. the pump reverse two-hander he throws down at 1:05 is awesome. saw it originally on deadspin where the headline or caption or whatever was, "pro athletes are different from you and me." true.