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 A dismal effort on 10/25 was followed by a return to 50 on 11/9.    10/25: # dist sec min/mile 1 1012 266 7:2 2 1000 267 7:9 3 1004 293 7:48 4 1010 283 7:35   11/9: # dist sec min/mile 1 1002 267 7:7 2 1012 266 7:6 3 1001 267 7:9 4 1003 267 7:8   The lion kingdom still woke up in the low 170's.  10/25 was with the metronome,  after 2 walking days & 2 hard 13 milers where things broke.  11/9 was without metronome, after 2 easy days with metronome.  Cumulative fatigue in the preceding 2 days definitely affected it.  Got more hip elevation.  The trick is finding a place to stretch.  There are some sitting places before the bridge.  Definitely felt like lions could have done that with no stops, if it was cooler & there was no wind.  Of course, there is now always a starting drop.  There is no more straight path without starting on the bridge.  The flat historic route would entail zig zagg...
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  A hard earned pill crusher, in the next battle of the lactose.     A quart of egg nog probably needs 2 pills while lions have been taking 1 pill with the protein supplements.  It's a lot more hassle to clean the mortar & pestle than it was to chew the pills, in the hope it's more effective.  Still got a bowel movement from the egg nog, but it might have been slightly improved.       ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Started on In Good Company, after being reminded of its catchy premise, an uninvited upstart boss getting between our protagonist & his daughter. The real boss which has interjected itself in between every animal & his acquaintances is    pick your favorite language model.  He really looked like the personification of a language model.   Lions were delighted to find the      silent alarm clock from Voyage of the Mimi.  It w...
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The blue wave jokes are in.  Trump tried regime change in Iran & got regime change in US.  It is now safe to blame democrats for inflation again.   Musk hasn't tweeted in hours.   Funny how no-one ever gets out of their Teslas, no-one knows what the hell is on the bike path, yet they all voted to raise their sales tax to fund BARF pensions.  In the past, the pre-election period was considered a time of uncertainty for stonks, depressing prices, while the post-election period was considered a time of certainty, temporarily boosting prices.  The winning party had no lasting impact.  The lion kingdom did well enough on the post election bump to ponder quitting early again.  There's still 4 years until the definite cutoff, pending employment.  The S&P did not recover its record high but the lion kingdom's BRK shares exploded. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ...
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 Keenly following the adventures of the ACA subsidy cliff.  It's not being adjusted for inflation.  So prices rise 6-10% every year while incomes decline, allowing the federal poverty level to stay constant.  The government made health insurance super expensive by subsidizing it for just the very bottom incomes, as it normally does.   So Dubya actually got daylight savings time expanded by a few weeks to deal with the then sky high $2 gas. Trump said he made it permanent & didn't do anything.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Speaking of healthcare,  https://www.today.com/health/news/rhabdomyolysis-runner-rachel-apa-nyc-marathon-explained-rcna607256  Another death in a long distance.   As usual, the AI generated text is as useful as mud.  Her results were struck from the web app, probably because it was a DNF.  There is a phone tracker showing her go...
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After 6 months, got back up to 24 miles with great difficulty.  It seems a full marathon is going to entail collapsed arches.  It makes lions wonder if an orthotic can be fitted to a sandal.  It's going to take a return to shoes to ever do another ultramarathon. Doing it in 12mm sandals definitely hurt, but 12mm sandals previously led to less posterior tibialis pain. Surprised 1 speed event in July caused so much regression, but metabolic changes in old age are ending the party.  Trails might be easier on the posterior tibialises. Today's effort featured an 8.5 minute program on the way up & a 9-12 minute program on the way down.  Actual top speeds were in the 8m45 range.  The final mile was straight walked.  Tried going without electrolyte & didn't cramp but did become quite stiff.  Felt the borderline of cramping & went to walk/running.  Still finished with salt deposits, so some electrolyte was being shed.  Some sort of el...
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 Lions have been equally laid off when they were entering a busy phase & when they were entering a slowdown.  Booming business was about as relevant as mud.   It would be shocking if lions were still employed next summer.  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    Patrick Stewart's death at 86 from dementia adds another data point to the life expectancy equation. They never disclosed when he was diagnosed, other than saying it was brief. There's no more paparazzi tracking these details down like there was 40 years ago. His last interview was typed in July 2026.  He was last in public in 2024, keeping with the traditional figure of 2.2 years for that age.  Social security at 62 is more likely if lions can only expect to reach the mid 80's.  The RMD's & the ACA are the only wrinkles, but probably won't matter.   A scenario emerged whereby the old man would move in with ...
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