This one was hanging out in the same spot for a few hours.
I read the first version of this book in 1998.
A member of my team at the time (one of the better enginners if I'm honest) had his brand new motorcycle confiscated by local police while being arrested en route to work bc he thought it was unconstitutional for the state to require that he register his motorcycle. His license plate was plastic and read "sovereign ind."
I asked him about this (while some in the office laughed and clowned him). We were the only 2 bikers in the office.
He suggested I read this book, which i later did. This was pre-internet as we know it today.
He ultimately John Galt'ed as soon as his kid graduated HS never to be heard from again.
He had the most common name, so a google search would be useless.
I suspect and hope he found bitcoin.
If you had a 1998 Honda Blackbird in 1998, worked for a CLEC in the Philly metro area and your name rhymes with Tim Cook. Hit a bro up. Would love to know you found BTC. #thistheway
Happy Monday nostr fam!
It rained last night (good) trails are going to be muddy (good). The trails tend to feel more like mine on muddy mornings like this. ALLL MINE!!!
Off to kick up some mud folks. This mornings goal, casual 5- #10k.
Have a great day! After all today is #patriotday which = #bostonmarathon2023 day
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#running
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#dogs
I suspect this note probably pissed off some of the "professional investor" cohort.
Dang frog, where'd it go to school. Haha.
This image represents just one of t3ns of thousands of stories that will continue to tomorrow.
Over 25k will cross the start line.
#bostonmarathon2023
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Good morning NOSTR fam!
Today is a good day to take inventory, zoom out a bit, re-assess.
We got a casual 5k done this morning. Nice and cool out, so a relatively pleasant stroll.
#BostonMarathon is on patriots day (tomorrow). A lot of runners will be collecting their receipts from months and years of hard work, dedication.
Much respect goes out to these folks.
#marathon2023
#marathontraining2023
#allthingsmarathon
#runchat
#runbib
#dogsofnostr
👇 A #foggymorning in my corner of the map. We saw more rabbits then deer.
Today's #longrun was slightly better than last weekend.
What seemed to work with the pooch was keeping her on leash for the first 30 minutes to set pace and tempo, then letting her off to make her own way.
This approach = no zoomies and no desire to run off trail after deer.
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#marathon2023
#corsocorner
#canecorso
#bostonmarathon
#londonmarathon
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Good morning NOSTR peeps!
To the folks participating in the #bostonmarathon this weekend.....may the wind be at your backs fellow #runners
#allthingsmarathon
#runchat
#runbib
Our goal for this morning's run is a slow and steady 1.5 hour jog.
The soundtrack for this morning is this book.
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Sometimes I forget how fast she can go from 0 to 60.
She was literally snoring in her bed and within seconds aexploded to the front window to defend her turf from 2 playing chipmunks.
#CaneCorso shenanigans.
#dogsofnostr
#dogs
Good day Nostr fam!
We had some minor deviations this week due to life and stuffs.
But we're back in the normal swing of things today. Well actually maybe tomorrow. But we'll start today.
Today's goal is a casual mix of jog/hike/walk with occasional 30 second sprints sprinkled within.
Oh and best part....the spoiled pooch is coming with. She makes morning #hikes more fun.
I finished this one sometime earlier this week.
Started out kind of meh.
But got more interesting further in.
A fun exercise if you assume...written by, edited by, signed off on by unc sam. Then it begins to sound like a playbook for the world.
Know your place and role in the present decade.
After finishing I had this thought...man makes plans and God laughs. I'm paraphrasing, but basically ish rarely if ever works out 💯 according to plan.
Stack your sats, grab some popcorn and chill.
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Good day Nostr peeps!
The below article was written by me a decade and change ago. It's also the same playbook I am using for #MarathonTraining2023.
However, I thought it might serve useful to some leading up to the #BostonMarathon this weekend and the #LondonMarathon the following weekend.
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#runchat
#bibchat
#fitlife
26.2 Miles of Thought
By Running Man
It’s often said the most challenging part of completing a marathon is overcoming the mental battle that accompanies you for those twenty six miles. So, what do you think about during the race? How do you prepare for this mental battle? What thoughts do you avoid? How do you get into that space mentally which will position you for a win?
As an analyst by profession and an ISTP by temperament, I decided the best way to train and prepare for this was to break the race into five rounds. The steps required to physically prepare for a marathon are no secret. There are dozens of free programs online that you can recruit to your cause or you can combine multiple programs to customize a plan that best suits your level and specific needs, as I did.
Having ran several half marathons at this point with a personal record of 1:52, my focus was not so much on speed, but rather, how to keep moving, non-stop for the four plus hours it would take me to cross the finish line.
Before I get into the granular details of marathon run thoughts, it’ relevant to understand some parts of my training which slightly differed from most plans you’ll come across. My primary concerns in preparing to cross the finish line, was not whether I could cross it. But rather, can I run for four hours non-stop. At the age of 36 this was something my body had never endured and was a big concern. My plan needed to help me answer this question with confidence by race day, which was three months away.
My training plan at a high level was focused on systemically increasing my long runs every weekend. Over the next three months, I would need to get my run time up from two and a half hours to four and half hours. For the duration of my training, the weekday runs followed a typical marathon training plan. During the weekends however, I paid no attention to pace, mileage covered or elevation. My only focus was to run for a longer period than the prior weekend. As a result of this shift in focus, I developed ways to occupy my mind for these long runs, while also learning a lot about myself, which would become helpful in subsequent races.
26.2 Miles of Thought
Round One…Ding, Ding, Ding!
The first three miles suck! Always. For the first three miles, my only expectation is to get through it (the next 30 minutes). When I start a run, it takes my body time to realize what’s going on and adapt. As such, my heart rate, tempo, breathing, the (cold) weather, all these things clash which makes for a very uncomfortable event. I consider this the adaptation period. There is no music or thought to counter this blow. I merely accept it as 30 minutes of unpleasantness. The adaptation period will vary between runners. For some it may be a couple minutes while for others like me its closer to 30 minutes. I suspect for the average distance runner it’s probably closer to the 3-5 minute range. Part of the thing that was doing me a disservice in this regard was the fact that I had been a smoker for almost half of my life. I mostly smoked cigars but occasionally cigarettes to. I suspect because of this, it takes my body longer for those earlier described pieces to sync-up and begin working together. I’ve never been able to win this round of the battle. I merely accept and endure it, after all it’s only thirty minutes.
Round Two…Ding, Ding, Ding!
Miles Three through thirteen are the easiest ten miles of the marathon. My body’s adapted, I have a fresh playlist to entertain me and if you’re within close proximity during the run, you might even hear me singing along out loud. This round of the race is almost always a mental cake walk. My only concern is not going too fast and keeping hydrated.
Round Three…Ding, Ding, Ding!
Miles thirteen through nineteen are the quiet miles. In my mind, this is where the marathon starts. The half marathon runners have cleared the course for the grown-ups. Using the Nike+ app on an earlier generation iPhone (3) that I was using at the time, the batteries usually died soon after mile thirteen. So goes the iPhone, also goes the music and the sexy mile marker announcements from Nike+ app. During this part of the race, I think about how much I’ve accomplished to get to this point. “It’s all downhill from here baby”, so I’d like to think, but I know better, the real battle is yet to come. I’ve got fifteen miles of conquered asphalt behind me and eleven miles ahead of me. Momentum is on my side, you couldn’t stop me if you tried. It’s during this part of the race, I think about all the materials I’ve read in preparation for this day, famous runner quotes, looking for cheering friends and family on the sidelines, checking out the artfully crafted posters, taking in the live music and the scenery. This is about an hour of absorbing the environment, connecting with my surroundings. The body is on auto pilot.
Round Four…Ding, Ding, Ding!
Miles nineteen through twenty four are the most difficult miles. It’s quiet and coincidentally it’s usually the most disserted part of the course, at least for the few marathons I’ve done. If you weren’t feeling any pain in round three you’re most certainly feeling it now. I am most in tune with my body in this round. I can hear and feel my heart beat, feel my feet hit the ground with every step. I can feel the freshly inhaled and oxygenated air make its way into my lungs. Every part of my body is telling me to stop, but I know if I do, it’s going to hurt even more to get going again. So, I keep stepping, one foot in front of the next. I am in the zone and void of any thought that does not involve enforcing my will to keep stepping. It all comes down to this, one foot in front of the next, that’s my focus for the next hour. You train for months to prepare for this specific round. The cheering spectators on the sideline are now a blur, my ears are deaf to any live music that may be playing, I don’t even notice the other runners around me. I’ve read this in many articles and blogs, but nothing I’ve read could have prepared me for how much this round was going to actually challenge me. But this is round four and what’s kept me going in my round four trainings were the thought of a shower and sleep as soon as I get home. To get home I have to get through this. “Don’t try to sprint it, just consider each step to be one bringing me closer to my shower and bed” I would tell myself with a laborious smile. Once I get to mile marker twenty four, I’ll be less than 19 minutes from home, the finish line. Ah, there’s mile marker twenty four.
And Round Five…DING, DING, DING!
Miles twenty four to the finish line is a mental downhill coast. At this point the pain has numbed all senses and the sweat has dried into caked white patches of salt on my face and the rest of my body. There is no longer any extra effort or focus required in taking the steps. My body’s systems are conditioned to the motion. I am magnetically drawn towards the finish line. During my training run, the last two miles were an uphill leg to my house. There was no way around this the two times I did it. So this actual dash to the finish line by comparison, is nothing I can’t handle.
And here comes the finish line.
My Marathon Stats
First Marathon - B&A Trail Marathon
Date 3/1/2009
Chip time 4:24:38
My fastest Marathon – Sun Trust National Marathon
Date 3/26/2011
Chip time 4:04:00
Did someone say politics and biddies? Where do u sign up?
Kinda sounds like me in April 2020. 1 month after covid shut down.
Great post and convo.
Thnx 4 sharing.
I don't think there are any superheroes w/o a cryptonite.
I don't think humans would be interested in a hero w/no weakness.
Bitcoin works bc humans behave like humans.
Every superhero has their cryptonite. Humans can be judgemental, this is one of our's.