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odin, 6 hours ago

I listen to music. Sometimes I use Spotify’s auto-generated playlists and find new things. I was also into the “Zombies, Run!” app for quite a while which is a zombie apocalypse story that unfolds as you run, and you get to listen to music in between story clips.

odin, 21 days ago

I use my Garmin as a fancy stopwatch, I don’t find its analytics are particularly useful. My forerunner has literally recorded me running a half marathon in 1h 55m, but it predicts my half marathon time would be 3h 17m?

odin, 24 days ago

Maybe not so far as you think. Keep increasing the time you are running little by little, and before long you’ll be able to run for 30 minutes without stopping.

odin, 29 days ago

Drag queens have the best names. My favorite from this season of RuPaul’s Drag Race is Amanda Tori Meating.

odin, 1 month ago

Any talent Twitter once had jumped ship a long time ago

odin, 1 month ago

I also have a high HR when running, so I do HR training in the off-season on a stationary bike. It’s much easier to control your HR and keep it low.

odin, 1 month ago

Calf stretches helped me a lot. Not just before a run but anytime throughout the day- put a daily reminder to stretch on your phone.

odin, 1 month ago

At least 9 people have read it and upvoted. Nice job on running a marathon!

odin, 1 month ago

I thought US Gov had their own email systems. When did they start moving officials’ mailboxes to Microsoft?

odin, 1 month ago

I have some wool performance shirts (minus 33 woolverino) and I want to make the switch for environmental reasons, but they don’t seem to last as long as my polyester (some of which I’ve had for many years and still wear regularly).

odin, 1 month ago

When I started training longer than 10K, I was seeing signs of shin splints- tender shin bones and tight calves. I started running with calf sleeves and it made a lot of difference both in reducing the pain and helping me recover faster. I also started doing calf and ankle stretches (downward dog is the best for this!) and just in general I’ve adapted better to running over the last few years, so now I don’t use the calf sleeves even though I’m running marathon distances.

odin, 5 months ago

I’ve been using Kubuntu on my main laptop for a few years now, and I really enjoy having an environment that just works, doesn’t get in my way, and I don’t have to think about. That’s just the way it should be.

odin, 4 months ago

Nope. Which is good because I hate snaps. A media player that can’t play nfs-mounted media or a browser that can’t read my remote KeePass file are just useless to me.

odin, 5 months ago

Not medical advice, but maybe see about deferring your registration to next year (or depending on the race organizer, maybe even another race this year). I know it sucks but take care of yourself first.

odin, 6 months ago

Any new activity is going to cause your body to react. Eventually you’ll find recovery is easier and takes less time as your body adapts. In the meatime look into foam rolling, stretching/yoga, and a massage gun if you have one.

odin, 6 months ago

I don’t do a lot to warm up, but for recovery I can’t stress enough how helpful foam rolling and downward dog (the single best calf stretch) have been for me. Early on in my running I was getting shin splints and leg pain, and these two things made a world of difference.

odin, 6 months ago

Right now I’m just doing 8km runs trying to keep a cardio base, but I signed up for a marathon 6 months from now so training for that officially begins in January.

odin, 6 months ago

One option is to play the stream on your PC, and hook up the TV as another monitor using a HDMI or other video cable.

odin, 6 months ago

Brittany Runs a Marathon

odin, 7 months ago

I tried Nike Pegasus and all they did was blister my feet to the point where I had to take time off from running to heal. I gave them a fair chance, but eventually I went back to my trusty ASICS. Sure I still get blisters when I run 50 mpw but not so bad that I need to stop running.

odin, 7 months ago

I think you’ll be fine. Put whatever is more important to you first. If you’re trying to improve your lifts then do that first. If you’re chasing a running time then do that one first. Your other activity will suffer a bit though.

odin, 7 months ago

Try something different. Take a cardio boxing class, or try a group run and meet some new people. Just getting out of your routine for a day can be enough to get out of that rut.