Signed up for the VA Beach Shamrock Half Marathon.

"5 Tricks to Make Your Run Faster, Healthier and More Fun"

The grumpy old man in me hates the clickbait-y title, but it's an otherwise nice overview of different types of runs (tempo, strides, progression, etc.) and their intent. I wish I had something like this when I was starting out.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/well/move/speed-work-running-exercise.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w08.lnzj.B5e8EoHg-c71 (🎁 article)

#running

Strava says I can finish this marathon in 5:20, but it is making predictions outside of recent data.

Last marathon today. From now on, half marathons only.

Am I ready for a marathon tomorrow? Nope.

It will be a "fast walk/hike with some running" experience.

Cancer risks for Ultramarathoners.

My armchair snap opinion is this has to do with how long distance runners eat double/triple the food of non-runners and has been suggested as the cause for heart risks with runners... if you eat triple crap, it clogs the arteries 3x.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/health/running-colon-cancer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.k08.pUQl.CbnHKcFqHq46&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Surprising research (to me): Ultra marathon runners live longer.

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.147.suppl_1.P312

#running #runnersofmastodon #health

@gausby Domain looks a bit dodgy

WaPo article on running while very old

https://wapo.st/4oXOJjB

@ruthpozuelo I can't interpret that chart, but I imagine that weekly mileage and a long run have equal impact, i.e. 50% of the explanatory value.

I also figure it is mostly multiplicative, i.e. long race perf = long run * weekly mileage

citation- people sure talk like a weekly long run is of same importance as weekly mileage

@MichalBryxi Cool how it hangs in the sky

WaPo says long distance #runners are stupid.

"If we start consistently burning extra calories by, for instance, stalking prey on foot for days or training for a #marathon, **our brains slow down **or shut off some tangential biological operations, often related to growth, and our overall daily calorie burn stays within a consistent band."

You just going to take that?

#running

https://wapo.st/4mb5UvJ

@BenjaminHan This book takes on that topic.

Too much info for all the nuance but...people who had bad health when they were young & pivoted to running hard or have bad habits and run, they get arrhythmia. People who run their entire life are fine & do better.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MZ6S2LP?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_a_conn_dt_b_pd_6

Sorry, I thought this was interesting:
CNN: #Chinese #robots ran against @humans in the world’s first humanoid half-#marathon. They lost by a #mile
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/19/asia/china-first-humanoid-robot-half-marathon-intl-hnk/index.html

#running is the best way to stay young

is my take way from the article

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/77-she-fit-25-old-164243791.html

@SergKoren Someone calculated if we were immortal (free of dying from sickness) , we'd die in ~600 years of an accident.

@SergKoren People would rather die 2 hours earlier than exercise for ten minutes.

@SergKoren https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/changepower/201305/what-is-the-exact-dose-exercise-needed-longevity?msockid=0e0b437393306f91326c56fc92226e7c

**11 minutes/day** → You gain **~131 minutes of life** for every minute you exercise.
**22 minutes/day** → You gain **~65 minutes of life** for every minute you exercise.
**43 minutes/day** → You gain **~33 minutes of life** for every minute you exercise.

Elite runners do lot of easy #running! They do warm ups of 13 miles at 8:30 miles because it is so easy for them!

I'm no elite runner, 8:30 is my max half marathon pace. I think they're so fast because of all the things they did to get to the point where running 8:30 miles all morning is easy.

Until I'm elite runner, maybe the real story is, lots of lifetime miles. (5 years of consistent running is a rule of thumb I've heard)