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WTL

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#WordPress hosting, music festival IT, #filmmaker, repairer of busted things, fan of #horror movies, and to my surprise, a #runner. (he/him) 🏃2020: 4,245km 🏃2021: 6,119km 🏃2022: 5,113 km
#Ottawa, #Canada <waves>

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stephanie, to random
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There is no good faith arguing with a boomer whose sole concern is spent money.. And all change is met with "I'm too old now" and "I'll be dead soon" come oooooon lol

WTL,
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@stephanie This conversation sounds strangely familiar. <sighs>

sam, to running
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I’m running the Hackney Half tomorrow with my wife tomorrow. This is probably the least training I’ve done for a race ever due to injury and life. However I’m looking forward to not going too hard and enjoying the atmosphere. 🙂

WTL,
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@sam Good attitude! Enjoy!

recollir, to random
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What a great photo. 🙌
https://mastodon.iow.social/@shauncuff/112461094720650468

WTL,
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@recollir @shauncuff It’s great.

dredmann666, to running
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Never actually carb loaded for a race before and been eating pasta, bagels and overnight oats as well as keeping myself hydrated. Just hoping that what has gone in, the waste has come out 😳💩

WTL,
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@dredmann666 I never have, even at that speed, but it’s important to remember that we’re all different. You know your body best; if you feel you need to, then I’d folllow that. You can always try not doing g it another time and see if it makes any difference.

WTL, to random
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It’s that moment in Friday evening when I realize I can sleep in until I wake up tomorrow. Aiming for ten hours!

WTL,
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@axxl I can. 🤣 From my teenage years until mid way through 2020 (30+years), I slept between three and four & a half hours most nights, and I have learned my lesson about how important sleep is.

We got a dog before having kids, and decided that was good enough for us. 🤣

WTL,
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@sebastianhahn Well, @axxl will hate me for saying it, but a bit closer to eleven hours. 🤣

atoponce, to running
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#Running the Ogden #HalfMarathon tomorrow.

I've been training to hit 1:25 since my half marathon at St. George last October. My PR is 1:29.

Unfortunately, the training hasn't gone to plan. Despite running hills, threshold intervals, long tempos, and lots of slow easy runs, the best I can probably hope for is 1:28.

However, this course is more difficult having about 1/3 the elevation drop of St. George and some rolling hills. 1:28 would mean a significant fitness improvement.

Here we go.

Infographic showing key performance metrics for running from October 2023 to May 2024. Pace has improved by 0:25 min/mile. Power has improved by 27 watts. VO2 max has improved by 5 mL/kg/min.

WTL,
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@atoponce Have an most excellent run!

WTL, to random
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Maybe I shouldn't send work related emails on Friday afternoons. 🤣

Mind you, all they need to do is be reasonable and agree with me. 🤷🏻

WhippoorwillSong, to Ottawa
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People driving like loons again, trying to break the sound barrier, as they kick off the long weekend here in

WTL,
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@WhippoorwillSong When I crossed King Edward on my way home, not one, not two, not three, four, or five vehicles blew a red light. Six did. Only one of them may get caught by the red light camera.

Maybe we need spike strips that come up on red. 🤔

rmattila74, to random
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The world needs nuclear energy but can't have it unless it is safe. Making sure it's safe is what keeps me going on. Not just for my current employer but anywhere where atoms are split. Always ready to share my thoughts about a design.

WTL,
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@suihkulokki @rmattila74 @arclight <follows>

purplepadma, to random
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Opened my work email and now I’m having an anxiety attack 🙃

WTL,
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@purplepadma I think this is normal behaviour. 🤣 Maybe close email and go for a walk.

WTL,
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@purplepadma All part of the service! 🤣

stephanie, to random
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Me texting my mom "Where are you at now?"

My mom: "We're almost at Mirabel, looooots of trafic".

If only we could save time and money taking a high speed train from Québec City to Ottawa, heh. If only.

WTL,
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@stephanie It's certainly a much nicer way to travel.

stephanie, to random
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So my whole (old) team is forced to do mandatory overtime this weekend because a client decided that, after three rounds of modifications, their document needed to be delivered two days before the deadline. For reasons.

Every single long weekend, I swear.

I do not miss this, even with the more intense days at the new position.

(My coworker just sent me the "What if I told you, your failure to plan is not my emergency" meme 😆 )

WTL,
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@stephanie The concept of mandatory overtime is bonkers. How about, no? <sighs>

stevex, to random
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My Uber Eats driver has 0 deliveries.

WTL,
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@stevex Maybe they're always hungry? 🤣

bomkatt, to random
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It lurks in the sunshine

WTL,
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@bomkatt Up to no good, I'm certain.

WTL, to running
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Friday:
102 seconds of plank
11 minutes of yoga for runners
30 minutes of HIIT
20 minutes of strength training
5.24 km of (17°C, 100% humidity)

Everything up to the run was tough, but fine. The run was best described as suffering in motion. By the time I was done, there was a Humidex of 26°C, and I did not handle it well.

It's mid-May and it's too hot out in the morning. I know this is only going to get worse, short and long term.

Can we please have winter back?

<sighs in digital>

WTL,
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@sebastianhahn I think so? I’d say it worth trying out (I mean, that’s what I did). You’re already mixing things up.

I’m doing an hour of Apple
Fitness Monday to Friday; yoga for runners, then 20 minutes of HIIT, 30 of strength, then the next day 30 HIIT, and 20 strength.

The HIIT is tough (none of the workouts are the same so far) - I’m in my 50s, but it’s nice to be challenged like this. I don’t do much of the jumping as I don’t want to wake our neighbour downstairs. 🤣

WTL,
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@sebastianhahn I checked. 🤣 It's worth a try and see how you like it.

YOW_Weather, to Ottawa
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Today is 's 43rd consecutive day with maximum temperature ≥ 5°C. This is the longest run before May 18 in 19 years, since May 17th, 2005.

WTL,
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@YOW_Weather What's the shortest time between a day with windchill and a day with Humidex (and vice-versa I guess)?

WTL,
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@johnefrancis @YOW_Weather <crosses fingers>

BenjaminHan, to running
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Repeating yesterday’s route aiming for making a PR on 10K, and this happened… 💩

(so my 10K PR remains to be 50:51)

WTL,
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@BenjaminHan @recollir I wonder what that's for specifically. 🤷🏻

WTL,
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@recollir @BenjaminHan This is sounding like a lot of work on a Friday afternoon for a service I haven’t used in a year. 🤣

lrz, to random
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I have picked up an injury since yesterday’s run, although I’m doing better today already. It’s in the tendons of my right knee and I’m also wondering if I did not cause it myself by stretching too hard.

WTL,
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@lrz Yay for progress!

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