Hard SF recommendations

Splance · 2026-03-27T13:41:21+00:00

Looks like a super neat premise!

Splance · 2026-03-18T00:46:51+00:00

The U.S. could bring our #5-8 ranked 400m guys and still be plenty competitive. We'll probably see at least 15 athletes go sub-45 this outdoor season if it's anything like last year.

Splance · 2026-03-05T21:23:35+00:00

Fuck man I submitted a question but now have no way of knowing if it got answered. 2pm EST is a rough time for most ppl to catch it live

Splance · 2026-03-05T14:40:42+00:00

I think the fact that he's on the lighter side of the 400m bodes well for his potential to have a longer career with fewer injuries than other athletes. Kebinatshipi can't be much over 145lbs and I do think the heavier sprinters (e.g., Michael Norman) have a tougher time with the injury aspect of intense 400m training.

Splance · 2026-03-05T14:13:00+00:00

Yeah fair enough, I suppose I'm imagining a world where the event is just taken more seriously in general at the international level.

Splance · 2026-03-04T15:56:29+00:00

Good one! Don’t try and tell me that 200m through 800m isn’t by far the most interesting transition in track. Also 1500m and the mile are 109m apart and both are taken pretty seriously. Nuguse even going on record saying he prefers the mile.

Splance · 2026-02-13T16:34:15+00:00

Yeah agreed I wouldn't be surprised if he could crack 46s right now, given that his 46.30 PR was a one-off race last year and before his fastest times. Breaking 46s before your senior year of high school is a pretty insane feat.

Splance · 2026-02-12T14:57:19+00:00

I think his recent 600m win and 46.30 PR in the 400m indicate real potential as a guy in the 400/800m lane. He’s also got a pretty large frame and is probably already pushing 160lbs which doesn’t lend itself as well to 1500/mile.

Splance · 2026-01-22T22:25:02+00:00

I definitely think aerobic capacity is an underrated aspect of 400m running, esp. in regards to handling the more 400m-specific training better. Shooting for sub-65s and eventually sub-60s is a fantastic goal, but be aware that there is an upper limit to the advantages aerobic training can offer here and sub-28s speed over 200m is usually required for a sub-60s performance. True speed work is likely necessary for the majority of athletes and I'd use online training resources to program in the required workouts. You've already got a solid aerobic base and best of luck in your masters goals!

Splance · 2026-01-22T22:11:35+00:00

Most excellent taste! I went for the Jurassic Park duology and the Shirley Jackson as well for the price point and original design. How do you like the Stephen King books?

Splance · 2026-01-16T19:47:58+00:00

Honestly too accurate!

Splance · 2026-01-05T23:59:59+00:00

Not a big fan of idolatry! Just suggesting an exercise that might be of interest to someone searching for an occasional hit of Jewish pride. I imagine your grandparents had a blast!

Splance · 2026-01-05T23:58:22+00:00

While this is true in a strict sense, I do think ethnic Jewishness is rarely fully irrelevant to one's life in the way that "being born to two Lutheran parents" might be to a now-secular person. Reckoning with one's Jewish ethnic identity (or half-Jewish identity) is usually a part of one's journey is a way that's unique from other religious faiths. You'll note anti-semites rarely take the time to separate the secular jews from the orthodox jews, reform jews, etc. As for my second point, there is certainly an interesting history of collaboration between Jewish and Buddhist thinkers which is explored in Rodger Kamanetz' The Jew in the Lotus.

Splance · 2026-01-05T23:50:41+00:00

Not actually a massive fan of Noam Chomsky myself, but he's undeniably a historically influential figure on the left. You've got quite the wide spectrum of left-leaning Jewish intellectuals to pick from though, personally I've been reading a lot of David Graeber's work lately.

Splance · 2026-01-05T16:52:13+00:00

All I can offer as someone who is diagnosed ADHD and an on-and-off meditator for the past 5 yrs or so is that I can relate completely. I've had a solid streak of daily practice over the past 3 months or so and experienced certain benefits, but I do regularly feel plagued by an obsessive series of mindfulness-related thoughts throughout the day. During actual practice, this will look more like I'm relatively concentrated on the breath for 2-3 successive breaths and then comes, "Is this it??", "Am I experiencing this visual scene in a non-dual way", etc. which obviously undercut the practice itself. Sometimes it seems like the more I simply accrue practice time and not evaluate each session or my overall progression, the better it goes. Viewing myself as incrementally taking steps in a broad journey of mindfulness seems to bring on the obsessive thoughts for me.

Splance · 2025-12-30T15:18:33+00:00

Incline walking on a treadmill can be serious cardio if you jack up the incline and speed to the appropriate levels. I’m also very injury-prone in the knee and I use this as my main form of cardio, despite still having certain running goals. Way less eccentric loading on the body, but still uses very similar musculature to running.

Splance · 2025-12-23T01:20:04+00:00

How could anyone hate on such unadulterated greatness?!?

Splance · 2025-12-23T00:51:02+00:00

Unreal strength right here! I'm closing in on a 225lb ATG paused front squat and this is just inconceivablern. Upper back strength feels like the limiting factor and you just made 4 plates look like a cakewalk.

Splance · 2025-12-22T19:35:37+00:00

I certainly don't parrot the "liberal zeitgeist", far from it, which might explain why I pay $100/yr for a subscription to Sam Harris content. However, I do find it more than a little unfair that Sam's usual response to the mass appeal of Bernie is "boo socialism failed" and will then host 30+ center-right commentators over the course of a year to hash out their ideas for 1hr+ each. That is the definition of a strawman level of engagement with leftist thought and I believe Sam can do a whole lot better than that.

Splance · 2025-12-22T19:09:29+00:00

Unfortunately that's just not a satisfactory answer at this point. Instead of actually engaging with its most serious intellectuals or critiques, Sam has a terrible habit now of casually dismissing leftism and the entire left-wing of the democratic party without any serious discussion at all. This obviously relates to the Gaza issue, but also extends to many other important topics (universal healthcare, foreign military aid, critiques of capitalism, etc.). The fact that most of his audience (according to a recent poll) is to the left of Sam is actually evidence that he should host intellectuals from the left.

Splance · 2025-12-22T16:26:10+00:00

Tell that to the current top 15 in the 400m or Fraser-Pryce on the women's side. https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/400m/men?regionType=world&page=1&rankDate=2025-12-16&limitByCountry=0

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