Yearly Archives: 2023

Be kind to yourself

I know you are frustrated by the lack of significant progress over the last few months. Look at the broader picture – you have made a lot of progress in general! Let the wins fuel you. You had to deal

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Dynamic programming and optimal control

You can’t be greedy in achieving your ultimate goal. This is going to be hard to think about. But, the good thing is that the intermediate state / goals can be quantified. To run fast, I will need to lose

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2023 Q3 GP

Intro (July, August, September) Remember: The overarching goal is NY MARATHON 2024. Losing weight is the first order thing. Building muscle and strength is important too. And of course, cardiac and lactate conditioning. NO CHOICE is the theme of this

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2023 Half Year Review

Wow. I stuck to this for half a year. That is fucking amazing. Now I have full confidence I can keep this going. And now I am ready for the next step. Ready to ramp this up. The goal is

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Six Alarms

Interesting idea? Consistency vs. not consistency “If I wake up at 5:30am, and then I get into work, IMMEDIATELY the whoel day helped” Interesting! Domino This is similar to my idea of TAIL EVENTS. This is a great point. It

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Creatine?

Creatine keeps coming up. Sasson talked about it. Attia too. Seems to help ? Helps build muscle? Creatine hyper responder

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Gymagain

I keep thinking about joining a gym. I think I need to think about some amount of simple resistance training so that I can keep / preserve some muscle. Just a note for myself.

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Why do I think I can run a marathon?

My dad had his second heart surgery a year ago in the summer. Around that time I came across this: https://morbidlyobesetomarathonrunner.com/ That blog was my trigger. Morbidly Obese to MARATHON Runner No bull shit. Just bullet points. 1. It’s not

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Saying no

One issue is peer pressure. I actually have a good handle on it now but I still gotta be diligent. The other issue is obligations from others on me that takes my time and mind energy. Work, family, etc. For

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Summer appetite loss

I just learned something interesting. I have never noticed this before but this year, my appetite has plummeted during the summer. I kinda feel full about food. Looks like the hotter it is, the less you need to eat because

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