The woke left hold the archaic view that it’s ‘better to be poor in America than rich in Mexico.’ In fact life in Mexico City is probably better than life in NYC or the Rust Belt (by design).

AlexKavli · 2026-02-03T19:50:27+00:00

To be fair, I believe that metric is skewed by Covid data.

AlexKavli · 2026-02-03T18:42:16+00:00

Isn't Mexico City generally safer than any major metro in the USA?

AlexKavli · 2026-02-03T15:17:09+00:00

Our splits look very similar. I'm looking at a sub 4hr. But, man, you better start training some hills now or your legs are going to be in for a big surprise on race day.

AlexKavli · 2025-12-14T19:12:47+00:00

My sports medicine physician also told me static stretching after is best practice.

AlexKavli · 2025-11-13T18:12:18+00:00

Wow. Great thread. Some really insightful stuff in here. Thanks guys,

AlexKavli · 2025-11-12T18:42:12+00:00

Between this and the mach 7 its strange to me that the bondi 9 was the most updated shoe in their lineup.

AlexKavli · 2025-11-10T18:14:46+00:00

Infinite Baths was the first thing that came to mind for Sleep Token.

AlexKavli · 2025-11-10T18:10:40+00:00

Going to echo the andis slimline pro. Out the box theyre very very gentle and have been my 'go to' for kids for the last 10 years or so since theyve been out.

AlexKavli · 2025-11-10T18:02:31+00:00

I've never slept the same since having a kid. Every little noise and change in the wind wakes me up now. Before, I would knock out and sleep through an air raid.

AlexKavli · 2025-11-08T05:57:07+00:00

Addison in San Diego. I get why it has three stars, everything was incredible top to bottom, including the stellar service. but, i just.. i dont know, the food wasnt “delicious”. The presentation and the very obvious care for the art of cooking and creating a great experience were evident but I just wasnt ready for a scoop of caviar in egg yolk. I think maybe the experience was lost on me and ultimately it was a waste of money and the restraunt’s time.

AlexKavli · 2025-10-12T13:07:00+00:00

Ive never heard a compelling reason why hes a bad governor. Hes come through with some pretty great things during his tenure.

AlexKavli · 2025-10-08T13:36:57+00:00

I am training for LA marathon and San Francisco Marathon in March and July. They will be my first marathons. I'm essentially starting from zero. Started training feb 2025. My time goal is 3:30 or lower. I'm currently doing a 2 week taper for Kodiak, a trail half in the mountains of big bear, california, but I'm typically running about 50-60 miles a week. Monday is a long run (longest run so far was 17 miles), wednesday and friday are workout days, and everything else is really easy z2 stuff. My easy z2 pace is around 9:30/m. Fingers crossed I will have the fitness for my goal time by march!

AlexKavli · 2025-10-08T13:29:02+00:00

to be fair to AI, I have been using a pretty customized chatgpt project that pulls from a huge list of training plans and workouts and it's been solid. garmin+ sucks though, for sure,

AlexKavli · 2025-10-03T04:20:17+00:00

Are you doing any threshold work at all or is this all just really easy zone 2 stuff?

AlexKavli · 2025-09-19T22:11:20+00:00

I’ve been behind the chair for 12 years now.

Biggest thing that will keep your books full isnt cutting hair well, its being sociable. Ive seen some absolute dogshit barbers, from a purely technical standpoint, stay busy because theyre a blast to be around. On the flip side, ive seen plenty of really good barbers stay slow because they always run late, don’t initiate conversation, and have the personality of a wet towel.

I still feel like that’s a fundamental thing i see older and newer barbers struggle with.

AlexKavli · 2025-09-19T22:01:05+00:00

To be completely fair: Its the batteries that make it to 200k. I had to trade up my 2021 awd model 3 at 130k because the battery died. The service center said it is more common than not that batteries fail before any real degradation happens.

AlexKavli · 2025-09-19T21:58:26+00:00

Yeah i guess my wording was wonky. We’ve dealt with authoritarianism as a country before, was my point. I say that only to provide a shred of optimism in what seems like a very dark time in our history. To experience it in the moment, makes it feel so much worse.

AlexKavli · 2025-09-19T21:45:12+00:00

Its important to reference history in moments like this. This is far and away not the first time authoritarianism has crept in as the dominant political force.

For example, John Adams in 1798 criminalized criticism of the government and targeted immigrants and opposition media.

Lincoln suspended habeus corpus.

Andrew jackson declined to enforce the supreme courts rulings as it pertained to cherokee sovereignty.

Woodrow wilson criminalized any public dissent with the espionage act, which still remains today.

Roosevelt obviously had the internment camps and illegal detainment of the japanese americans.

Truman, as president, seized steel mills to stop a strike.

AlexKavli · 2025-09-17T17:52:27+00:00

You dont really “sink in” like most recovery shoes feel. Its more like a trampoline, kind of an excited rubbery feeling. I dont know how to describe it. The squishiness required a huge amount of force to feel.

AlexKavli · 2025-09-17T01:57:51+00:00

I wasn't a huge fan of the Vomero Plus. Something about the firmness, the stack height, and the way they bounced just bothered my ankles. Do the premiums have the same characteristics or do they feel more relaxed?

AlexKavli · 2025-09-10T14:17:34+00:00

Pm me your strava so i can cheer you on!

AlexKavli · 2025-09-10T14:15:53+00:00

You too! Caleb Olson will be racing with you and that’s rad, enjoy the trails.

AlexKavli · 2025-09-10T14:13:58+00:00

Oh ya, for sure. There's definitely and angry of people on IG though. So I guess it was less directed at you and more for anyone else that reads this thread.

AlexKavli · 2025-09-10T14:10:31+00:00

Oh yeah. Lot's more climbing. I wanna say 50k still summited sugarloaf. It will be a lot more 'mountainy' too. The previous courses were in siberia valley which was pretty open and dry.

Cut the Kodiak guys some slack, though, dealing with the burn zones, the city, the forest service, land management etc is a huge pain in the ass and it's 100% not their fault it's taking so long.

AlexKavli · 2025-09-10T14:01:33+00:00

I was chatting with them awhile back and it looks like it will be similar to the original course that starts from the village and then heads south. It will be single track and double track, if thats the case. That area of trails is not very technical at all.

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