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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: March 10, 2025, 07:26:13 am »
big ups to your kid, scooby!

and you're right, people get old because they stop exercising. i'll never dunk again but i'm in as good of shape as i've ever been for running and that feels really good. if i avoid injury, i think i can keep PR'ing into my 40s. there's nothing stopping you from exercising or even training again but inertia. why not try to join your kid as a triathlete?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: warpspeed to the new scenario
« on: March 09, 2025, 03:02:56 pm »
 :highfive:

i carried a water bottle on today's long run, ended up drinking the whole thing (500mL). it's an early version of this, with a simpler strap: https://hydrapak.com/products/skyflask%E2%84%A2-speed-500ml. i like the soft-plus-strap combo, the thing shrinks down as i drink and it's easy to maneuver around if i'm trying to tear open a gel.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: March 09, 2025, 12:47:50 pm »
- run 1:42:42, 17.45 km
middle ~8 km on trail, including some rooty/rocky sections. legs a bit tired for the final couple km. tried out a few different gels, liked all fine except the hammer raspberry. blech. funnily enough, that was the only one that didn't make me burp a minute or two after having it. but no actual GI discomfort, good sign.

total mileage this week: 56.89 km (35.34 miles), 5:12 total time on feet. plan is to build toward 80+ km per week and/or 9 hours time on feet over the coming months, and then hopefully be able to maintain that going into the fall. if i'm able to do that and stay healthy i'll sign up for another half in septemberish. staying healthy will be goal number one.

i've signed up for two ultras, the first of which will basically be a dry run for the second: the patapsco valley 50k in late october and the JFK 50-miler in late november. JFK is the oldest continuously run ultra in the US, so that's neat.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: March 09, 2025, 08:34:30 am »
yesterday

- treadmill 5k
-- warm up
-- 5k in 19:27 (i.e., treadmill set at 9.5 mph)
-- cool down

- climb x 30 mins

extremely happy and surprised with the 5k. going in my plan was to try to make it to two miles and then see if i was in good enough shape to hold on for the full distance. as it happened, HR never went above 170 and it felt below lactate threshold the whole time. i could have kept going. caveats apply for treadmill and also my fancy new shoes (sprang for a pair of asics metaspeed edge), but still. i was hoping to be able to run sub-20 and i cruised to it. confident i could run a sub-20 5k outside, although it might hurt more.

this means i need to adjust workout paces down  :'(

ETA: steve magness now has a mirror on the floor with the stickers still on it, a small low shelf/clothing rail, and a round orange thing of indeterminate size and purpose behind him. the mystery continues.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: March 07, 2025, 08:13:18 am »
- run 51:44, 9.09 km
just above freezing, sun coming up, nice morning for a run.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: March 05, 2025, 07:44:13 am »
it was dragging a little yesterday. back to normal today. how's the homestead?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: March 05, 2025, 07:42:58 am »
- track workout
-- warm up
-- 7 x 4 min @ sub-10k pace (4:06, 4:05, 4:05, 4:06, 4:04, 4:00, 3:53), 2 min jogging rest
-- cool down
felt good, goal was to have negative splits and i achieved that. thinking about doing a parkrun on saturday.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: March 04, 2025, 04:32:14 pm »
- run 50:58, 9.00 km; 3 strides in final 2 km
suddenly warm, like 61F/16C. knees felt okay, legs a little dead feeling.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: March 03, 2025, 06:45:33 pm »
- climb x ~40 mins

- paused push up x 15,10

just to do something. legs definitely needed a rest, the area that was clicking behind my right knee is just a little sore today.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: March 02, 2025, 07:36:55 am »
went out to do my long run this morning and posterior medial right knee immediately started clicking with a bit of pain. not severe but enough to make me stop a block from my house and turn around and walk home. felt obviously like something not to push through. very odd. gonna do a bit of research now and hopefully try again later today.

EDIT: knee was okay this evening, thank goodness.

- run 1:27:25, 15.51 km
full of energy, cruising. knee not 100% but no pain or discomfort. no clicking. wonder what that was this morning.

also, scrabble tournament report: i went 4-3 in my division, which was the lowest one. really should have gone 5-2 but lost to my dad for the first time in my memory. but can't be mad, since going in i thought he might be my only win, lol. i now have an official scrabble elo rating of 809, which is in range for a strong beginner. the tournament was a big success, more than 30 people came to play, everything went smoothly, and we raised around a thousand dollars for a charity that helped my family out when my brother was really sick. also, i won $20 for having the highest-scoring single word in my division (browser, for 102). all in all, a great day.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: March 01, 2025, 07:17:47 am »
- run 48:55, 8.25 km
meant to do this yesterday but actually glad that i had to postpone to this morning. i'm playing in an all-day scrabble tournament today that my mom organized in memory of my brother, so in order to run at all i had to force myself to go to bed earlyish last night and wake up before 6. it's good to maintain that discipline.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 27, 2025, 07:46:30 am »
- run 42:37, 7.02 km
legs a bit dead

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 26, 2025, 07:35:12 am »
- track workout
-- warm up
-- 4 x [3 min @ >threshold, 3 min @ <threshold, 3 min jogging rest]
-- cool down
i slept like crap and am glad i managed to drag myself to the running group. didn't particularly like this workout, but that's okay. also, i'm an idiot - or maybe just sleep-deprived - and absolutely bungled the lap timer, so i only have accurate stats for my last set: 4:21, 4:04, 5:25. pretty good.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 25, 2025, 07:37:53 am »
yesterday

- warm up

- climb x ~90 mins
joined a friend who is better than me. i'm out of climbing shape for sure - hands soft and weak - but still had fun and surprised myself a bit. elbows a bit sore, need to be careful.

this morning

- run 48:09, 8.20 km

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 23, 2025, 09:49:26 am »
100%, i haven't even been able to bring myself to look at the life/business coaching stuff. turbo cringe as a category, and i'm happy to take your word for it that he's no exception.

also, i'm a little weirded out by the room he records in, which has nothing in the background except beige walls. no art, not even shitty art or a motivational poster, no plants, nothing. baffling.

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