Half marathon block - Week #5
Summary
Same plan as previous weeks but with a long run. Like a really long run.
2024-04-16
One hour of Pilates in the evening.
2024-04-17
40 minutes in in Zone 2.
2024-04-18
Intervals:
- 10 minutes of warm up.
- 3 sets with 1 minute of rest between them:
- 10 minutes at 5'20"/km.
- 10 minutes at 5'10"/km.
- 10 minutes at 5'/km.
- 5 minutes in zone 2.
One hour of Pilates in the evening.
2024-04-19
Strength training and a shakeout run.
2024-04-21
The test day. I went to a sports center to run over ground instead of pavement like I usually do. I did 4 laps increasing the pace in each lap and that was a little more than 16km plus the track to reach the place I reached 19.44km at the end. Running on ground is great. I was tired but not a single muscle hurt.
TIL
--mirror
Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies that all refs under refs/ (which includes but is not limited to refs/heads/, refs/remotes/, and refs/tags/) be mirrored to the remote repository. Newly created local refs will be pushed to the remote end, locally updated refs will be force updated on the remote end, and deleted refs will be removed from the remote end. This is the default if the configuration option
remote.<remote>.mirroris set.
Source: Git - git-push Documentation
Spamming my contacts
Today, I realized I was cross-posting all of my blog entries on LinkedIn without any filter at all. It took me a few weeks to realize this because I have it blocked in my system. In fact, I blocked every single social media platform I’ve ever been on. I gave up on social media last year, and I don’t trust myself. As soon as I have spare time, I jump into a web to waste time. I need a few days of seeing a DNS error on my browser to stop using a platform, and a few weeks to totally forget about it.
But I have to admit that it might be detrimental for me and that it is nice to still play the game of posting there from time to time (by there, I mean Twitter and LinkedIn, as they were the only places I ever posted consistently).
I found a way to post the stuff I write here from a feed to LinkedIn, but I made a small mistake and used the feed that contains every single entry. This is basically spamming my contacts on LinkedIn because it is a business-oriented platform, and I bet they don’t care about my running posts, for example. Moreover, I use LinkedIn in a very uncommon way, as I don’t accept unknown profiles. All the people I have there are humans I met somehow. So the chances for them to already know my personal stuff are higher. I deleted the posts as soon as I found this, and I’ll fix the cross-posting.
Another example of this approach, but without the mistake of spamming, is Fedora Planet. I have a category for my Fedora-related posts that automatically appear there.
I like to post the way I’ve been doing it recently on my personal page. It is a mix between Twitter and a blog. I don’t overthink what I write; I write whatever I want as often as I want. But occasionally, I do cool things that I should promote, not only because the promotion is good for me but because they might be interesting for someone who doesn’t read my blog. Which is everyone. Discoverability is extremely low outside social media, and search engine results are getting worse and worse. I am looking at you, Google. Blogs are obliterated.
My closest friends are always aware of my endeavors because I chat with them every day, but not everyone I used to interact with on social media before I stopped using it uses RSS or the Fediverse (the two methods for following this page). One could argue that if I did not miss the interactions, I would be content without them, and while that may be true, it does not do me any favors as I am rapidly disappearing like a ghost. It’s hard to talk to me now unless we work together on something.
As much as it might seem to me that we are in a post-social media world, we are not. I might be, but it is not true for everyone, and it’s a bit selfish to think that people are going to start using what nerds like me like to use. On the other hand, if I feed their platforms, I am encouraging something I am against, and I suffer. Oh, life and its dichotomies!
I wonder if I should do the same thing I do on LinkedIn for Twitter. Takes are more than welcome.
Half marathon block - Week #4
Summary
The plan for this week was easy: Let’s have 4 running sessions, 2 Pilates and skip strength day because there’s a 10k race on Sunday (I always skip strength day if I have a race on the weekend) that I can use as the long run by running 5k before starting the race (15km run).
Everything worked out except that I skipped the workouts due to a pain in my left leg. The week was not perfect, and that’s fine with me. It was a fun one, and that’s what matters.
2024-04-09
40 minutes in progression, starting in Zone 2 and gradually increasing pace until completing 35 minutes.
One hour of Pilates in the evening.
2024-04-10
- 10 minutes at a comfortable pace in Zone 2
- 10 minutes in Zone 3
- 10 minutes in zone 4
- 15 minutes at a comfortable pace in Zone 2
2024-04-11
This was going to be a running session day.
One hour of Pilates in the evening.
2024-04-14
Long-run day. 5km at 5'50"/km and then a 10k race. Ironically, the race was in the same place I usually train.
I didn’t have any expectations for the 10k race. I ran it without thinking about the time and just enjoying the route, and somehow I managed to run it slightly faster than my previous 10k. 47:34 minutes. Around 20 seconds faster, so I am pleased with the results, and I had no pain at all during the whole day.
Finished reading: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 📚
I need to admit that it took me a while to get into it, but oh man, what a read. I loved it. Likewise, I absolutely understand it is not for everyone (not in an elitism way but because the book is weird AF) but it is worth the time.
Sadly, I don’t think the book can be as good as it is if you don’t read it in Spanish because the way the author writes is very complex with structures that are extremely dependable of the language. Extensive descriptions, with several complex verb tenses in the same sentence. Occasionally, some sentences feel like they are 3 pages long.
I watched Freelance at the cinema 📽. I know it wasn’t to be a piece of art but… damn, that was bad. It’s not bad as in “I am going to leave the cinema” but it leaves you so indifferent that I don’t even how to feel about it.
It’s a nap maker.
I listen to @somafm@sfba.social almost daily while I work, and I switch between stations. This has been The Trip week. And today, they are crushing it. I am nailing all my tasks today with this station plus two coffees.
📽 I watched the comedy Northern Comfort at the cinema. A bunch of people with fear to flight attend a course to fix their flying problems. Simple premise, crazy development. Timothy Spall is awesome and I really suffer with Lydia Leonard’s character.
Half marathon block - Week #3
Summary
The week started meh with a lot of soreness, but ended quite nice. Four running sessions, two Pilates sessions and one strength training session.
~35 km in total. 5km more than last week due to the addition of the easy run.
2024-04-02
Steady run on the treadmill. It honestly didn’t feel right, my legs were sore. I guess I didn’t have enough time to recover from the previous week. Also, I tried a new gel, so I wanted to be near a WC, hence running at the gym :P
- 10’ in zone 2
- 5 sets of 4’ at 5’00/km & 2’ at 6’40/km
- 5’ in zone 2
One hour of Pilates in the evening.
2024-04-03
Easy 35' run, short run on the treadmill. Just to put some kilometers on top. Still a little bit short
2024-04-04
Hills. Lovely day, perfect to get all sweaty. Not going to lie. It was hard. I was panting at the end:
- 15' in zone 2.
- 5 times: 1' of progression with 30" of slow run to recover.
- 5 times: 100m up hill.
- 2' slow run.
- 5 times: 100m down hill.
- 5' of zone 3.
- 10' of cool down.
One hour of Pilates in the evening.
2024-04-05
Strength training, I was wasted at the end:
- Warm up: 10' at the elliptic trainer.
- Superset
- 4x(12-10-10-8) Bench press.
- 4x8 kettlebells deadlift.
- 15' AMRAP:
- 10 squats with sandbag
- 12 plyometric Bulgarian split squats.
- 10 lunges with medicine ball.
- 10kcal at the ski-row machine.
2024-04-07
Long run. I was scared about this one. Not because of the distance (14km), but because I didn’t sleep well that night, and I was sore all week long. But it went extremely well. I really enjoyed it.
- 2k at 5'50"/km
- 3k at 5'30"/km
- 4k at 5'15"/km
- 3k at 5'50/km
- 2k Cool down.
📽 watched Wicked Little Letters at the cinema. Loved it. It’s funny in a weird way because the topic is quite sad in reality.
Both Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley are extremely funny with that hint of sadness that the movie constantly has. Timothy Spall is also great.
Highly recommended.