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Today I checked off the first of my running goals by strongly finishing the half marathon in the Delaware Running festival. Ironically the marathon winner pulled in just behind me lol. I’m very pleased with my performance. #running


For a superstitious lot such as our society I’m thinking Bermuda Air’s logo is a little too close to a triangle…if you know what I mean… #aviation #humor #skepticism


Life stress shit still going on since yesterday including through the run, the little sleep because of that, still recovery from Monday’s leg day, allergies super high, temps in the low 70s, or what but this was the crappiest run I’ve had in a long time. Heart rate was all over the place. I cut it off way before the planned 10 miles. Not feeling too worse for the wear but JFC. Ah well can’t win them all. #running


Nope, not NYT Pitchbot (god I wish he was on the fediverse)...economy been reving up for two years now...here's why that's bad news for Biden apparently. Great job WaPo! SMH H/T @Jeff Jarvis #NYTPitchBot #uspoli #Election2024


The diversity of network and UX types across the fediverse/social web that my little Friendica server sees is astounding. This is just Diaspora and ActivityPub federated content since Bluesky is integrated through a client API not AT. #fediverse #SocialWeb #ActivityPub #diaspora #Bluesky #friendica


Now that's a leg day (sequenc should be read from bottom to top)! Plenty of time until my long run this weekend to recover as needed. #training #fitness #running #cycling #peloton


The metrics aren’t showing how much easier this felt compared to the comparable 9 mile run I performed a month ago under similar weather conditions. VO2max is now back to the same level as mid-November when I started slacking too. Very pleased :) #running #fitness


I just tried the Cajun spiced version of the Daring brand Plant-Based "chicken"...and it is very good! They did a great job nailing the texture and taste. It paired great with my Jamaican Pigeon Peas and Rice leftovers :). I'm going to experiment more with their products. #PlantBased #vegetarian #vegan #food


My fueled 12 mile long run is in the books. Fuel being 8 oz each or Gatolyte and G Zero (probably twice as many electrolytes as I needed) and three packs of Welch’s fruit snacks. Despite being more idea temperature my pace was a bit off my 11 mile run last week. Still VO2max estimates over the week have kept improving. I did feel a bit stronger than when I’ve been doing these fasted, definitely not in Cookie Monster mode when I get done the runs too. So I’ll take all that as a win #running #training #fitness


My fasted 11 mile run was as solid as my fueled 11 mile long run in November. It was a different course but with comparable elevation change. This time I wasn’t dressed warm enough though. Despit VO2max still being 1.5 points below November’s (but slowly improving) the pace was slightly faster. On to 12 miles (maybe fueled) next weekend. #running #fitness


Monday is leg day! Pretty solid leg workout with lots of single leg exercises followed by hard HIIT and hard Intervals Peloton rides. Nice recovery run day tomorrow. #training #running #exercise #peloton


10 mile fasted Zone 2 run didn’t go as well as my 9 mile one two weeks ago, even in earlier section. I was woefully unprepared for how much more sweating I did this time despite comparable weather. I was much closer to feeling bonked too. When I got home; an additional 20 minutes of walking later, I did a blood glucose test that clocked in at 109. So I’m thinking of adjusting hydration with G-Zero before switching to adding pre-run or during the run fueling. #running #training #fitness


This totally true, especially when cutting ads for dentists in Texas 🤪 #uspoli #humor #KristiNoem


The 5 mile treadmill run wasn’t as bad as I thought. It also gave me the opportunity to watch my vertical motion and form a bit. Apple Watch estimated distance is off by a bit, or the treadmill is, or both. A 10:00 mile pace didn’t register done on the watch until 10:22. #running #fitness #training


I played a psych game for my 9 mile long run, longest I’ve run since early November and near the highs I haven’t run in a decade. To compel me to stay in Zone 2, fat burning zone, I went out well hydrated but fasted on an out and back run path. I pretty much nailed Zone 2 except the penultimate mile that I intentionally ran way faster. I felt strong the whole way and had plenty left in the tank. The estimated VO2max keeps going up too. I’m very stoked about how well this experiment went and how my training the last month has unfolded. #running #training #Zone2Training #fitness


Got done Alex Basquiait's oldest ride from the archive, from 2019. This is part of my #peloton challenge to do each instructor's first (or earliest available) rides. #PelotonChallenge

https://www.onepeloton.com/classes/adf215aa73e0463782892c4d9a6d2973


When running the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Run in November I thought I still had a long way to go to get back to my 10K pace from ten years before. Finally looking at the data I was a lot closer that I thought I was. Way better than I was with my half-assed training in 2021. Very encouraging #running


Another ride down in my #peloton challenge to do every instructor's first class. This is Ally Love's first from 2019 and it was brutal! I apparently tried it once before two months into my fitness reboot and gave up ten minutes in. https://www.onepeloton.com/classes/5cb429a7b030480c8b8cbae4677e26f1


Jamaican food experiment day was a success for my first try making it: Pigeon Peas and Rice for lunch, Calloloo Rice and Impossible Beef patties for dinner. #food #Jamaica #Caribbean


Another funny one I want to cross federating protocols. H/T Spooky Sarah on Bluesky ( pashion.bsky.social )#humor


I got such a kick out of this I had to share it directly so that those federated to my Friendica account with non-ActivityPub protocols could enjoy. #humor h/t @Jaunty Art


Continuing #enshittification saga with YouTube ads had me turn off personalized ads. Shockingly I had a full day of seeing more normal ads. Then this showed up. LOL. Still better signal to noise ratio than personalized ads somehow... #uspoli #trump #youtube


When does my brain allows me to call myself a runner? When those training runs are done regardless of weather. 60°F and raining was worth it but not fun though, despite the smile. #running #fitness


I had trouble getting a VerticalDivider to show up in a #flutter toolbar. It's because the Row didn't have any explicit height. There are two solutions: wrap it in a SizedBox, or wrap the row in an IntrinsicHeight. The latter can have performance penalties deep in the widget tree.


I've found yoga to be very relaxing too :) #humor


Second up in my challenge to ride each of the first workouts for every #Peloton instructor is Cody Rigsby from back in 2019 (as far back as the archive goes) #CodyRigsby #exercise #fitness #cycling


Something tells me Elon Musk would be surprised about this hack or that these hacks are selling it with his name and face without his permission. It's like those "Steve Job's Commodore 64" ads on ebay retrocomputing auctions. Totally legit I'm sure :)


In the movie Brewster's Millions, Richard Pryor's character has to blow millions within a month. One of his tricks is to run a gubernatorial campaign advocating people vote "None of the above". Truth is stranger than fiction. #uspoli #republican


Jumbo jets look even more impressive when viewed head on through something like these windows to give you perspective. #aviation #boeing #777


Considering the best 1 Year CD rates according to bankrate.com and others is about 5.5% and the average is less than 1%, methinks this YouTube sponsored ad is yet another scam Google has let through their system. SMH #YouTube #google #enshittification


God this is so tempting! I have so much I’d love to ask Dear Leader! #sarcasm #uspoli #trump


I decided to do a #peloton challenge of riding the earliest class every instructor has in the catalog (goes back to only 2019). First up, my favorite instructor Ben Alldis #BenAlldis #fitness #cycling


This is too on point about how the press covers things nowadays and the double standard in how we talk about urban versus rural people and expositions on how those "real Americans" in "rural America" are thinking at their diners. #msm #uspoli


Fundraising for the 2025 election already? Are you kidding me? I'm already never responding to any of these text messages anymore because of how spamming the whole system is now but JFC! #uspoli #Election2024 #Election2025


I cancelled my Economist subscription last year because it seemed their signal to noise ratio was going into the toilet and it was becoming more NYT/MSM-like on social issues and clickbaity content. I nailed it :( There are no good news outlets left. #TheEconomist #MSM #uspoli


Totally on-point comment by @Anil Dash over on Bluesky #uspoli #MSM #NYT (thanks again #friendica Bluesky bridge to the #fediverse :) )


Oh dear, those are SNES games even! LOL. That definitely stung LOL #humor #RetroGaming (h/t aidanmoher.com on Bluesky)


According to appfigures.com Flutter is now #2 SDK on Android and #4 on Apple Store. Since #flutter and #DartLang are my main dev stacks I'm stoked. I'm posting this on #friendica to the #fediverse via my own app written in Flutter no less :). #flutter #DartLang #programming

https://appfigures.com/top-sdks/development/all