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wild_turkey last won the day on January 27 2020

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  1. So I’m at a bit of a crossroads and could use some help. As posted somewhere upthread, I had a bad ankle sprain Feb 1, still ran the Cowtown full marathon Feb 23, but then had lingering ankle issues until about June. That’s over and my ankle has thankfully felt good the last few months, allowing me to get fully back into things. I feel healthier and I’m running better and faster than I ever can remember so I’m very happy about that, but I have an itch to scratch. I decided to run the Houston Marathon on Jan 11 and set my own training plan, loosely based on the Hal Higdon intermediate plans I’ve used in the past. I’m doing 25-26 miles per week, LR last week was 15 miles at a 7:58 pace with no aches, negative splits, and feeling like I easily had gas in the tank without overdoing things. Minor but critically important detail is that I didn’t register for Houston because I wanted to be sure I was okay, but now I went to register and it’s completely full. Well shit, but I mainly wanted it due to its reputation for being easy, and there are plenty of other marathons out there. So I’m thinking Cowtown again on March 1. It’s my hometown race and I know the course, so it’s an easy switch to make. It’s 7 weeks later so that’s a blessing I guess, but my plan was targeting Jan 11 and now I don’t know what to do with myself. Do I ease up a bit and give myself a month of 11-15 mile LRs before starting to ramp up again? Then I thought, maybe I should get the help of an online service. Running has always been a personal zen activity that I like doing independently, and my schedule is erratic, so enlisting a live coach is a no-go right now. Maybe I never want a live coach because it feels intrusive to an activity I view as solely mine. But perhaps an app or virtual coach could be useful? I’ve used the Runkeeper app for 10+ years and like that it’s simple and has no social media involvement. I checked out their premium training features and they will build a plan but it’s just a default plan that doesn’t allow much customization. Basically a different version of Hal Higdon, which is not super useful. Then I found Runna. The app looks sleek and seems to have good features, so I signed up, put in my data, and let it create a plan. Problem is, their plan shows that I have 17 weeks to train and basically starts me from scratch with a LR of 5 miles this week. There doesn’t seem to be any way to input my current mileage and have them start me off a little stronger. This feels like a massive step backwards and a waste of my current progress. I sent them a support message to see if they can adjust my plan at all. Waiting to hear back. Where do I go from here? TLDR: 1. Already halfway through marathon training block with good progress 2. Switched races and now have 7 extra weeks 3. How do I adjust plan in a way that hopefully uses those 7 weeks to improve performance without overtraining and risking injury? 4. Is there an app or service that could make a training plan based off my specific situation, or should I continue to go at it alone?
  2. Zuma Ibiza so YMMV but that was a fantastic meal.
  3. CA prop 50 passing in a landslide is a very nice fuck you to Abbott and Trump. Great job guys. As someone who donated to that effort, and as an American who hates fascism, I feel like I won something last night, even though I didn’t cast a vote in CA.
  4. As a political enemy of Abbott, would he consider paying me to leave? I’m open to negotiations.
  5. Doesn’t a normal dinner at Zuma cost around that?
  6. I voted no on most of the props, but it sucks that the props are listed with very little supporting info to help uninformed voters. If you walk in there without doing your homework, it’s hard to know what you are being asked to vote on. I guess that’s probably the point, but still irritating.
  7. Why did the shutdown cost Republicans elections if the shutdown is the Democrats’ fault? Oh, maybe some people are finally seeing through your bullshit lies.
  8. Go Dodgers! What a series. Late to the thread but watched every minute. Lifelong Dodgers fan. Congrats to the team and to Sbbruin (you deserve it!). Will post more tomorrow.
  9. I need a cardiologist
  10. Hijack was perhaps the worst thing Apple TV has ever put out. It’s not forgettable due to how bad it was.
  11. I think in the eyes of people like Altman, Musk, Thiel, etc, we are all in the morons category. Perhaps there currently exists a line between physician and scribe, lawyer and intern, engineer and technician, professor and tutor, skilled and unskilled workers. There is also the hope and potential for someone in the lower category to ascend to the higher category if they are motivated to do so. Eventually, as humans, we will all collectively fall into the unskilled morons category. We require a salary and benefits. We require personal time, time with our families, vacations, and sleep. We get sick. We might complain if we are treated poorly. We might leave for a better opportunity. It’s fucking madness that so many people are embracing the AI revolution as if it will be something that might have negative consequences for other people. We are all the other people.
  12. One of my many reasons for opposing AI is the concern that it will eliminate an extremely high percentage of human jobs, at a scale significantly higher than any other technology in history. This is a very simple and obvious example of that. Quick internet search shows there are roughly 100,000 medical scribes working in the U.S. They are mostly replaceable, and I would assume in 5 years, that number is significantly lower as EHR platforms roll out their AI packages. We use scribes in our practice and I love working with them. They do far more than enter data into the chart. They are an extension of me that can perform elements of the exam, retrieve instruments, administer meds, take patients to get tests, translate Spanish, etc. Most of all, I just like working with them. They are my friends at work and they are warm towards our patients, providing friendly faces, extending empathy and kindness. You can replace many of their tasks with AI, but you cannot replace their humanity. It’s that loss of humanity that bothers me the most, extended across the entire American and global economy. Even if my interaction with a barista is brief and uneventful, I still want to say hi and smile at another human from across the counter.
  13. I love the show but this was my least favorite season because the bad guys were a bit generic and MI5 was over the top incompetent. Whelan is a beating, and I get that he’s supposed to be a lackluster character, but his scenes felt like network television slop. The previews for next season look great. Have they already filmed the entire season?
  14. Why do you fuckers eat Mexican and BBQ in Europe? You have all of this amazing food to choose from and you blow a meal on a shittier version of something we already excel at in Texas. I’m genuinely confused.
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