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NBC's coverage really has been inconsistent. like, i know timing is an issue and i know there are no crowds, but the 100m is the marquee event of the whole summer olympics and the video they posted of it online is the most perfunctory shit i've ever seen. shame.

this, meanwhile, rules so incredible hard:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjSCT97GSsA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjSCT97GSsA</a>

shi zhiyong's swag is extreme. a 2.7x bw CLEAN AND JERK. wow.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pocls7mxS0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pocls7mxS0</a>

- run 52:59, 10.44 km
same route as the other day, but elevation gain given as 99m vs 88m. mmkay. also HR average given as 171, which just doesn't seem possible despite the much quicker pace, because my breathing was normal. so perhaps the watch was having a fit today, who knows. much nicer day today, T+DI 140. still a ways away from ideal but it was easy to cruise along at 5:05.

props to him, overcoming two straight years of playoff humiliation to earn the hell of his first championship and finals MVP. shades of jordan stat stuffing and showing crazy talent for a few years while getting bullied out of the playoffs by better teams before finally breaking through.

heat advisory out today, although it's the same T+DI as monday and actually feels okay in the shade, especially if there's a breeze. but walking back from the grocery store i got a sudden cramp in a weird spot right the top of my left calf, like maybe in the plantaris? popliteus? made my left shin feel weird right away as well. didn't last, but that plus severe thunderstorm watch the rest of this afternoon means no run.

i'm finding that if i concentrate on keeping pace and breathing relaxed, i can make it work. high heat and humidity make my heart rate rise much more rapidly and come down more slowly, so keeping it from spiking is the priority.

- run 41:17, 8.01 km
T+DI 173, highest ever since i started recording it. just checked and i think the previous high was 170, last summer when i ran 18 km at 5:39 pace and got heat exhaustion. much easier run today despite being 30s/km faster.

- stretch

ETA: the humidity pace adjuster chart i found last year suggests this should have been equivalent to ~4:45 pace in perfect conditions. that seems impossibly quick, my easy runs in the winter were at best 8-10s slower than that. shouldn't put too much stock in such charts, i suppose.

reviving this thread to share a video of simone biles doing some absolutely insane shit: https://twitter.com/its_whitney/status/1414061599007117315?s=20

can't embed twitter on here but click through, it's worth it, i promise.