I’ve noticed that whenever I talk movies with someone who has similar taste, I eventually ask whether or not they’ve seen many (or any) foreign movies. Responses range from, “yeah, [ … ]
Rubik’s Cube
Everyone knows what a Rubik’s Cube is, but not everyone knows how they work. Growing up (in the days before the Internet), I just assumed that they were more for amusement, but not actually possible to solve unless you just happened to exactly reverse the sequence that had scrambled it in the first place.
Track Tidbit #3
Don’t bother with 4×100 splits. If you already agree with this sentiment, I’m probably not going to say anything you haven’t already a millions times yourself. If you do still [ … ]
Track Tidbit #2
Cut in gradually in races with a one-turn stagger.
It boggles me how few athletes do this, but I constantly preach it with my runners. Feel free to double check my math, but in the diagram here (not to scale) we are assuming that the break-line following a one-turn stagger is about 90m to the 200m mark. The blue line represents a sharp cut-in and the red line represents a gradual cut-in.
Q&A with Rebekah of PDXfoodlove
Feeling better than expected.
Rebekah: I am mildly concerned/weirded out that I am running much faster with zero difficulty and/or injury. Today I ran four miles at under 7:30 pace and could have gone more. And since my asthma was nonexistent, I was barely winded, like, not winded at all. Just sweaty.
Rich: Well, first, how does your training over the past year compare to other times you’ve trained consistently? You might just be in the best shape of your life. You never even did distance running as a sport until your senior year of high school. Look how talented your brothers are. And running in Oregon [as opposed to Kansas or Colorado] may just treat your asthma really well.