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The obscene deluge of sports media personalities and track recruiters vying for my attention is killing me!
…no, the only thing dying is my ego as I try for zone 2 training
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also: PI running club!!??
May 22, 2025
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Don’t bother training or resting. Just wake up at 5AM after sleeping 4 hours and run 4 miles with thousands of other humans and challenge strangers to random sprints (I was 7 and 4 but who is counting?)
Hmmm? I should stretch? Sorry but I can’t be bothered to look like a loser doing calve raises on the sidewalk.
Oh? What’s that? I shouldn’t have run the day before? Oh but it was so fun to clock in more miles!
Huh? What? I should go home and relax afterwards? Nah let’s clock into another 8 miles on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon.
(I’m typing this as my legs are throbbing relentlessly. The regret is so so so high. Please be smarter than I was.)
Apr 8, 2024
I have watched the men's 1500 meter final seven times. I have gotten goosebumps each time. I have thought about these athletes, their families, the years and hours and hours of training. I’ve thought about my own mortality, my own body, my own races when I ran track. The middle distance category (400, 800, 1500, mile) is my favorite because it's long enough that you need strategy but it's short enough that it's exciting and takes absolute guts. You are both running your hardest while also thinking about your position, what the pack is doing, when to kick, all while competing against your tired legs, your burning lungs, your own self doubt. Not to mention the other runners. Hearing that bell on the final lap. The crowd. It just gives me chills.
Aug 8, 2024
FREE running app with NO ADS, and it’s not some shitty free version that hides all the good features behind a paywall, it’s actually free. It has so many amazing guided runs, and it’s great for beginners.
I just do 1-2 miles a couple times a week for my health. It takes me about 30 min or less. Not breaking any records for speed or distance. I like the speed/interval runs because I’m more of a sprinter than a long distance runner. I don’t really have to think or make decisions because they tell me what to do.
Feb 28, 2025
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this is worthy of celebration: the lack of video—autoplay video, noisy inane video, panicky video, algorithmic, dumb video, rabbit hole video, any video—on pi.fyi is a good thing
Oct 5, 2024
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this is going to hurt — A LOT — but it's getting to the point where there's no other option
Mar 11, 2025