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Attacked By Thugs (Idle Words)
The time Maciej Cegłowski was assailed and almost robbed in Warsaw [2004].Sat Sep 29 19:44:40 2018 - permalink --
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http://idlewords.com/2004/05/attacked_by_thugs.htm
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The Slave Revolution That Gave Birth to Haiti - by Rocky Cotard and Laurent Dubois
A graphic account of the Haitian slave revolution.Tue Sep 18 12:25:33 2018 - permalink --
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https://thenib.com/haitian-revolution
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Running with Crocs: The Huge Pachev Family and Their Peculiar Footwear
Sasha has run a ~2:30 marathon in Crocs, and Benjamin has run a ~71 minute half in Crocs.Mon Sep 17 08:51:51 2018 * - permalink -
Runner's World has also done a profile of the family: https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a20848845/large-family-in-utah-aims-to-be-americas-fastest/-
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https://magazine.byu.edu/article/running-with-crocs/
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jwz: Bubble failure
"When I heard that 9.7% of San Francisco voted for Trump, I was puzzled, because does San Francisco even have that many cops?Sat Sep 15 07:12:53 2018 - permalink -
"Turns out, no: 26k Trump voters, 2,100 cops. So the rest of them must work for Peter Thiel and his Brownshirt Combinator."-
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https://www.jwz.org/blog/2016/11/bubble-failure/
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Definitions of fascism - Wikipedia
I just started reading Robert Paxton's book.Fri Sep 14 11:42:08 2018 - permalink --
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definitions_of_fascism
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Mike Rossi’s Endless Marathon - Philadelphia Magazine
"The Internet made Mike Rossi famous — right before it ruined his life." Some classic letsrun.com drama.Mon Sep 10 11:32:35 2018 - permalink --
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https://www.phillymag.com/articles/2017/02/25/mike-rossi-boston-marathon-aftermath/
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Read Scripture: Ecclesiastes - YouTube
This is one of the more recent videos Rich "Beebo" Russel liked on youtube before stealing a plane and crashing it into the Puget Sound in a blaze of glory.Tue Sep 4 13:13:28 2018 - permalink --
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrsQ1tc-2wk
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Bonking vs. Fatigue vs. Cramping: What You Need to Know - Runners Connect
My takeaway is that I should try running some long runs on tired legs.Tue Sep 4 13:08:37 2018 - permalink --
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https://runnersconnect.net/bonk-fatigue-cramp/
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2018 Horizon Air Q400 incident - Wikipedia
I'm just now finding out about this guy. Wow. What an absolutely legendary mix of character, courage, talent, and despair. And unlike Peregrinus he didn't have to talk about it for four years to get his nerve up.Tue Sep 4 12:24:34 2018 - permalink --
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Horizon_Air_Q400_incident
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Why You Might Struggle to Hold Your Goal Marathon Pace During Long Runs and Workouts
I'm afraid this article is full of empty hope, but it is still encouraging. This is a fun sentence:Tue Sep 4 10:47:38 2018 - permalink -
> While you can’t put a number on it, adrenaline and competition will make the race distance feel two-thirds of what it really is.-
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https://runnersconnect.net/coach-corner/long-runs-and-marathon-training/
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How Fast Would You Run A Marathon? | FiveThirtyEight
Not as overly optimistic as other marathon prediction toolsTue Sep 4 10:37:46 2018 - permalink --
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https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/marathon-calculator/
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Masterminding the Marathon | Runner's World
A comparison of how several marathon training plans (Hansons, Pfitzinger, Canova, and Daniels) approach the long run.Sun Sep 2 18:22:52 2018 - permalink --
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https://www.runnersworld.com/advanced/a20813168/masterminding-the-marathon/
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Plennie L. Wingo - Wikipedia
Plennie Lawrence Wingo (January 24, 1895 – October 2, 1993) walked backwards from Santa Monica, California to Istanbul, Turkey (about 13,000 km/8,000 miles) from April 15, 1931 to October 24, 1932 at the age of 36.Fri Aug 31 16:28:55 2018 - permalink --
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plennie_L._Wingo