{"channel":"misc","content":"The first and most important variable in a course in running is \"how much time can you spend on it per week\".\n\nIf you are trying to increase your ability to do runs of longer than one hour, the three-hour walk will get you there faster than the 20 minute run.\n\n if you don't have three hours per day to spend, that choice will be made for you.\n\n but what if you can spend nine hours per day?\n\n--MORE--\n\n Youtube embedding blocked; we note code bn7IjgD8gPo\n\nThe referenced video is a ~30 minute testimonial/retrospective of running a 100km (62mi) race with no training.\n\n the phrase \"No training\" is true, but disconcerting. He has run a marathon, but only 13 runs of >10km in the past year. Obviously he will do better at this than the person who cannot run a 10km race. But he will suffer.\n\n the sins of delirium always come. for him, it was a 2km detour off the course. the human psyche loves to discount these sins. that is fraud.\n\nSome additional watching notes, for clarification:\n\n\"Parkrun\" - in certain regions, this is metonymy for a 5K race. It is less bizarre as terminology than jeroboams and balthazars.\n\n\"Gear\" - there are two phase-transitions in the \u5f62\u5f0f of a race, between \"do not carry gear\" and \"need to carry gear\".\n\n\"Gait\" - when to switch from running to walking. There is also the (subconscious) switch to an injury-compensating gait later on in the race.\n\n \u5f62\u5f0f (XING2SHI4) - form, shape\n\n Parkrun is a specific organization that arranges free, weekly, timed 5K running events in various parks around the world. Participants can join these events to run the 5K distance along with other fellow runners. The term \"Parkrun\" can be seen as both a synecdoche and a metonymy:\n\nSynecdoche: In this context, \"Parkrun\" can be considered a synecdoche because it uses the name of the organization (\"Parkrun\") to represent the specific type of running event they organize (the 5K race). The organization, in a way, becomes synonymous with the event they host.\n\nMetonymy: On the other hand, \"Parkrun\" can also be seen as a metonymy since it is using the name of the organization to stand in for the broader concept of a 5K race held in a park. The term \"Parkrun\" is closely associated with the event's location (in a park) and the distance covered (5 kilometers).","created_at":"2023-07-24T23:25:22","id":396,"llm_annotations":{},"parent_id":null,"processed_content":"

The first and most important variable in a course in running is \"how much time can you spend on it per week\".

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If you are trying to increase your ability to do runs of longer than one hour, the three-hour walk will get you there faster than the 20 minute run.

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\n \ud83d\udca1\n if you don't have three hours per day to spend, that choice will be made for you.\n

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\n \u2728\n but what if you can spend nine hours per day?\n

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\n \ud83d\udce3\n Youtube embedding blocked; we note code bn7IjgD8gPo\n

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The referenced video is a ~30 minute testimonial/retrospective of running a 100km (62mi) race with no training.

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\n \ud83d\udca1\n the phrase \"No training\" is true, but disconcerting. He has run a marathon, but only 13 runs of >10km in the past year. Obviously he will do better at this than the person who cannot run a 10km race. But he will suffer.\n

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\n \ud83c\udf0e\n the sins of delirium always come. for him, it was a 2km detour off the course. the human psyche loves to discount these sins. that is fraud.\n

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Some additional watching notes, for clarification:

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\"Parkrun\" - in certain regions, this is metonymy for a 5K race. It is less bizarre as terminology than jeroboams and balthazars.

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\"Gear\" - there are two phase-transitions in the \u5f62\u5f0f of a race, between \"do not carry gear\" and \"need to carry gear\".

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\"Gait\" - when to switch from running to walking. There is also the (subconscious) switch to an injury-compensating gait later on in the race.

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\n \u2699\ufe0f\n \u5f62\u5f0f (XING2SHI4) - form, shape\n

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\n \ud83e\udd16\n Parkrun is a specific organization that arranges free, weekly, timed 5K running events in various parks around the world. Participants can join these events to run the 5K distance along with other fellow runners. The term \"Parkrun\" can be seen as both a synecdoche and a metonymy:\n

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Synecdoche: In this context, \"Parkrun\" can be considered a synecdoche because it uses the name of the organization (\"Parkrun\") to represent the specific type of running event they organize (the 5K race). The organization, in a way, becomes synonymous with the event they host.

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Metonymy: On the other hand, \"Parkrun\" can also be seen as a metonymy since it is using the name of the organization to stand in for the broader concept of a 5K race held in a park. The term \"Parkrun\" is closely associated with the event's location (in a park) and the distance covered (5 kilometers).

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