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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #5400 on: November 27, 2020, 05:13:40 pm »
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thanks vag. i wouldn't need a lot of training -- i'm well-qualified and have lots of relevant experience -- but i'd be heading a small team, so the investment is not just in me but in the people who'd be reporting to me as well. so it's not something that i could ethically take if i felt pretty sure i'd hate it, as you say. but i don't think i'd hate it, i just think it's not that exciting. it's a great point about never knowing what's coming, and a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

- tennis x one hour
played with my brother, mostly just rallying but i beat him 6-2 in a set at the end. lower back very stiff for some reason. odd.

EDIT: accepted job just now, starting in january. feels like the right thing, i feel good about it.

EDIT 2: also, just to say thanks again vag and also adarq for your input. it's still wild to me that i have entirely virtual friendships built through this site but there it is. i don't even know what vag looks like. but i definitely trust his advice and that's just cool.
« Last Edit: November 27, 2020, 05:31:09 pm by LBSS »
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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #5401 on: November 27, 2020, 11:35:58 pm »
+2
thanks vag. i wouldn't need a lot of training -- i'm well-qualified and have lots of relevant experience -- but i'd be heading a small team, so the investment is not just in me but in the people who'd be reporting to me as well. so it's not something that i could ethically take if i felt pretty sure i'd hate it, as you say. but i don't think i'd hate it, i just think it's not that exciting. it's a great point about never knowing what's coming, and a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

- tennis x one hour
played with my brother, mostly just rallying but i beat him 6-2 in a set at the end. lower back very stiff for some reason. odd.

EDIT: accepted job just now, starting in january. feels like the right thing, i feel good about it.

awesome !!!

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EDIT 2: also, just to say thanks again vag and also adarq for your input. it's still wild to me that i have entirely virtual friendships built through this site but there it is. i don't even know what vag looks like. but i definitely trust his advice and that's just cool.

you just forget what he looks like, hasn't posted vids in a long time. :ninja:

and sure np! before reading that you accepted, I was going to say i'd lean towards taking it as well. To me it sounded like some of the freedom of not working (in addition to personal projects/ideas/being patient) was keeping you away from it (i can related to that 1000%). But once you start back up, you'll probably be pretty happy. From what you told us about it, sounds like a solid opportunity.

sick man congrats!

and regarding virtual friendships, you're always welcome to come hang @ the farm (haha). you know I don't travel much (at all), so if you're ever in the area (SFL) lmk and we'll plant some trees :ibjumping: :ibrunning: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :highfive:

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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #5402 on: November 29, 2020, 07:55:01 am »
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Well said, it is like that indeed, we've been in here so long, you know characters, background, way of thinking. It is real human relationship not just reading training logs!
I just hope we didn't push you into a bad decision haha  :uhhhfacepalm:
Nah j/k , awesome that you took it, wish it proves to be better than any expectation!
Target training paces (min/km), calculated from 5K PR 22:49 :
Easy run : 5:48
Tempo run : 4:50
VO2-max run :4:21
Speed form run : 4:02

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it's the biggest trick in the run game.. go slow to go fast. it doesn't make sense until it smacks you in the face and you're like ....... wtf?

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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #5403 on: November 29, 2020, 05:28:13 pm »
+3
- run 1:36, 16.47 km
mom biked alongside, mainly kept to rock creek park. we had to walk right after the turnaround point because she couldn't make it up the very steep hill right there. very lovely, nice and relaxed (5:50 average pace), shorter than sundays should be but it's okay.
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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #5404 on: November 30, 2020, 05:42:58 am »
+4
I'm late but well done on the job!

EDIT 2: also, just to say thanks again vag and also adarq for your input. it's still wild to me that i have entirely virtual friendships built through this site but there it is. i don't even know what vag looks like. but i definitely trust his advice and that's just cool.

you just forget what he looks like, hasn't posted vids in a long time. :ninja:

and sure np! before reading that you accepted, I was going to say i'd lean towards taking it as well. To me it sounded like some of the freedom of not working (in addition to personal projects/ideas/being patient) was keeping you away from it (i can related to that 1000%). But once you start back up, you'll probably be pretty happy. From what you told us about it, sounds like a solid opportunity.

sick man congrats!

and regarding virtual friendships, you're always welcome to come hang @ the farm (haha). you know I don't travel much (at all), so if you're ever in the area (SFL) lmk and we'll plant some trees :ibjumping: :ibrunning: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :highfive:

pc!

I also value the virtual friendships here a lot, not just for training but for different perspectives and interesting debates etc. The site seems to have retained a lot of sensible members: credit to adarq. Plus, all the adarq.org member meetups I've had IRL have been great fun too. I will never forget T0ddday flogging me for 4+ hours on the track, gym, and bball courts while jetlagged, haha. There's always an open invite to anyone travelling through or to Melbourne in the Covid-free future to hmu!

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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #5405 on: December 01, 2020, 10:18:28 pm »
+1
I'm late but well done on the job!

EDIT 2: also, just to say thanks again vag and also adarq for your input. it's still wild to me that i have entirely virtual friendships built through this site but there it is. i don't even know what vag looks like. but i definitely trust his advice and that's just cool.

you just forget what he looks like, hasn't posted vids in a long time. :ninja:

and sure np! before reading that you accepted, I was going to say i'd lean towards taking it as well. To me it sounded like some of the freedom of not working (in addition to personal projects/ideas/being patient) was keeping you away from it (i can related to that 1000%). But once you start back up, you'll probably be pretty happy. From what you told us about it, sounds like a solid opportunity.

sick man congrats!

and regarding virtual friendships, you're always welcome to come hang @ the farm (haha). you know I don't travel much (at all), so if you're ever in the area (SFL) lmk and we'll plant some trees :ibjumping: :ibrunning: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :highfive:

pc!

I also value the virtual friendships here a lot, not just for training but for different perspectives and interesting debates etc. The site seems to have retained a lot of sensible members: credit to adarq.

yea. very happy that we're all still staying in touch, training, working on new things etc. it's great to see folks on here still just supporting each other and focusing on a variety of things.

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Plus, all the adarq.org member meetups I've had IRL have been great fun too. I will never forget T0ddday flogging me for 4+ hours on the track, gym, and bball courts while jetlagged, haha. There's always an open invite to anyone travelling through or to Melbourne in the Covid-free future to hmu!

yea lmao. t0ddday had the most adarq.org meetups. hope he's doing well. looks like he's really focusing on teaching now etc. pretty cool.

if i'm ever in .au i'll def hit you up. My cousin has lived there for over a decade (met her husband here in the US, he's from AU), so one day I might head over there :|

i've still NEVER been on a plane though....... :derp:

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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #5406 on: December 02, 2020, 01:08:01 pm »
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i dunno, i think i'd give t0ddday a run for his money on adarq.org meetups. pretty sure i'm on five.

no workout yesterday, i had a headache all day that only went away around 11:30 this morning. gonna fall below my mileage/time target for the second week in a row. this will be a year of falling short, i'm afraid.
Muscles are nonsensical they have nothing to do with this bullshit.

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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #5407 on: December 03, 2020, 12:52:38 pm »
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- run 47:58, 9.76 km
kept it short. more later on why.

- stretch
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https://www.savannahstate.edu/cost/nrotc/documents/Inform2010-thearmstrongworkout_Enclosure15_5-2-10.pdf

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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #5408 on: December 04, 2020, 11:09:53 am »
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i've been feeling discouraged about training. i set ambitious goals but life gets in the way (or rather, i let life get in the way) and then get down on myself for not meeting them. the week before thanksgiving was a great training week: did every workout, total mileage >60km, felt amazing. then my brother and his gf came to town, and there was the holiday, and i went to baltimore for the day on saturday to spend time with them rather than training, and i only ran ~40-45 km. this past week i had a two-day headache and so missed two days of training, and my weekly mileage isn't going to cross 35 km. and so yesterday it was hard to get out the door for what, per my plan, should have been an hour-long run. i warmed up after a while and it was fine, but for the first 3 km or so my body wanted to turn around and go home. not a good sign.

at the same time, i've started to get more and more into guitar. and i have some ambitions about outside-of-work professional growth that will take time to follow through on. given that there are limited hours in the day, maybe it's time to just back off on training with an ambitious goal like 18:xx 5k, at least for a little while. it might be better to switch to a kind of GPP holding pattern for a while, join the Y and go lift weights with my dad in the mornings 2-3 days per week and run 3 days per week but holding myself to a more limited target. it'd help to switch working out to the mornings, especially in anticipation of starting to work again.

something like this but without getting stressed if i miss a day or have to switch things around because you have to book slots at the Y because they only let in a couple of people at a time:

monday AM: work out at Y
tuesday AM: run 10+ km at "natural" pace (i.e. not trying to run slow)
wednesday AM: run 10+ km
thursday AM: work out at Y
friday AM: rest
saturday: run or work out or some other physical activity (tennis?)
sunday: long run

or maybe i should just suck it up and keep gunning for 18:xx, recommit myself to my plan and really try to switch to the mornings. there's nothing stopping me from doing that except my own sloppiness around going to bed.

i dunno, just musing.
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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #5409 on: December 04, 2020, 03:52:22 pm »
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Mate I feel your pain. In the past I have always filled my plate too full and as a consequence I don't get the best out of anything. I also often found that I would detour from something just when I needed to double down and get a breakthrough. My 2c is to suck it up, recommit and go for the 18:xx. 
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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #5410 on: December 04, 2020, 04:21:02 pm »
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I've noticed you seem to have headaches quite frequently. Have you always had these or have they just started occurring recently?
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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #5411 on: December 04, 2020, 05:47:59 pm »
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Mate I feel your pain. In the past I have always filled my plate too full and as a consequence I don't get the best out of anything. I also often found that I would detour from something just when I needed to double down and get a breakthrough. My 2c is to suck it up, recommit and go for the 18:xx.

yeah it happened when i was working on dunking, too. i'd be like, i know what i need to do! sprint more! and then waste a year on that shit. i'm slow as dirt and sprinting is hard on your body, what was i thinking?

alright that's one vote for 18:xx.

I've noticed you seem to have headaches quite frequently. Have you always had these or have they just started occurring recently?

it's a lifelong thing. they tend to come in waves, like i'll go months without a bad one and then get a bunch in a short period of time.
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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #5412 on: December 05, 2020, 12:04:49 am »
+3
i'm kind of in the hybrid boat.

i think you should go for 18:xx but, in maybe a less focused way. ie, run frequently to stay healthy but don't get down on yourself for missing a day. turn it up when you feel good. When races start back up again, do more of those and try to hit some good times when you feel good.

i've always been into more of a free form training style though.. but that works better in my brain. with all you have going on, might be good to not hold yourself strict to a program at the moment.

the idea there is to just commit to "frequent free form workouts", .. ie running 3d/wk, or 4-5d/wk if you just feel like doing it/feel good etc.. doing some harder runs when you feel like it, otherwise getting in some enjoyable longer runs (really build that aerobic base nice and gentle).

then just crush weights whenever you want.

i think you will hit your 18:xx eventually if: you are hyper focused, or even if you are less focused .. as long as you just stick to running for fun+health, ie 3d/wk minimum, 5d/wk optimal.

you'll hit it in some races eventually and that'll make you want to hit it again.

out of all that, biggest key is just not getting injured. so if you're feeling run down/tired from work/life etc, be completely ok with missing a day or doing something light instead of what you had planned.

so ya i say stick to the 18:XX but, just relax into it. even if you just get your runs in for fun/health/de-stressing, you'll keep making those micro-gains towards permanently improving that foundation, which seems to last alot longer than you think, even after taking time off.

hope that makes some sense, i'm about to collapse/pass out. :derp:

that schedule looks good tho.

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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #5413 on: December 05, 2020, 12:22:40 pm »
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^^^ A+ advice thanks adarq.
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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #5414 on: December 05, 2020, 01:46:13 pm »
+1
- warm up; 800s x 2.5 (3:03, 3:02, xxx); cool down
very windy, lungs felt filled up and i was slowing down substantially on the third rep. just felt off. bailed.

- stretch
Muscles are nonsensical they have nothing to do with this bullshit.

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https://www.savannahstate.edu/cost/nrotc/documents/Inform2010-thearmstrongworkout_Enclosure15_5-2-10.pdf

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