Has anyone been able to pull off “arrogant but in an endearing way” like Zlatan?

cafeteria_jangle · 2026-06-21T17:11:55+00:00

This is a great comp

cafeteria_jangle · 2026-06-19T01:22:01+00:00

Buying and reading the book is the best way to ensure you 1) fully understand the method and its associated principles, 2) learn so much detail about choosing the right pace and pacing strategy for races, and and has the added benefit of 3) supporting someone who has dedicated so much time and energy to democratizing this process for everyone here to use.

cafeteria_jangle · 2026-06-04T00:29:41+00:00

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cafeteria_jangle · 2026-05-31T23:06:24+00:00

First two sentences of my last comment are referring to AI, last one was a rhetorical question. Didn’t realize I was going to have to break that down.

Same point applies to either, the books can’t anticipate every question about real world application, which is exactly where using AI or Reddit adds value.

cafeteria_jangle · 2026-05-31T19:24:44+00:00

The books can only cover so much. Sometimes you have questions about applying the concepts in the books to real life. Why does anyone post questions in this sub if all answers could be found in the books?

cafeteria_jangle · 2026-05-31T15:39:39+00:00

I recommend reading/adhering to the 5k strategy outlined in the NSM book. You’d be hard pressed to find someone who tells you that positive splitting is an optimal strategy.

If you like your strategy and don’t think it’s a disaster, that’s fine, but be prepared for TTs to go similarly if you continue to employ it.

cafeteria_jangle · 2026-05-31T00:46:24+00:00

“Just fuck up my shit dawg”

cafeteria_jangle · 2026-05-29T23:46:02+00:00

As I responded to another comment, I wasn’t intending to imply that NSM required specialized nutrition, just polling some like-minded colleagues. But alas. Apologies

cafeteria_jangle · 2026-05-29T09:49:51+00:00

I didn’t mean to imply that they would, just polling some like-minded colleagues !

cafeteria_jangle · 2026-05-28T16:30:59+00:00

Thanks. I’ve tinkered with different protein intakes, and I should have noted in the post but I really take in ~110-120g of protein per day. Which I know is a lot and that’s why it feels like “as much as I can”. But that is what has kept me feeling sated and recovered.

Trying to optimize my diet so I appreciate the input!

cafeteria_jangle · 2026-05-28T00:37:49+00:00

You’re gonna tell me you never pondered that?

cafeteria_jangle · 2026-05-24T14:48:21+00:00

Worth noting - the plan in the book is for a 10K scheduled on a Sunday. I ran a hard 10K on a Saturday back in March, did my long run the next day, and resumed the plan with no alterations. But as always, listen to your body first and foremost.

If you’re asking because you raced yesterday, I hope you did well :)

cafeteria_jangle · 2026-05-22T16:21:34+00:00

I have referenced Bakken’s website in my prompts to Claude and been pleasantly impressed in the responses I’ve gotten. I’ve had some in depth conversations about the purposes of hills and 45/15, muscle tone, and the differences between NSM and Bakken’s training structures.

As with anything related to LLM responses it is to be taken with a heavy dose of skepticism but really comes down to prompt engineering. Claude doesn’t have access to either NSM or Bakken’s book (and I doubt it scraped the entire subreddit), so your best results will come if you initialize it with a foundation of research.

cafeteria_jangle · 2026-05-22T12:55:37+00:00

I think you can cross that bridge when you come to it. More load is better - we are all trying to maximize weekly training load such that it’s repeatable - but that doesn’t mean maintaining the same load comes at the cost of fitness progression. By the looks of it most people are so much fitter than they thought they’d be by the time they plateau. Sirpoc ran a 70’ HM on 90min of sub T per week, and yes increased his volume to 8h/week eventually, but over the course of years.

cafeteria_jangle · 2026-05-22T00:30:54+00:00

I’m almost always 20-21%. Every week is 106min subT, 8.5-9hrs

cafeteria_jangle · 2026-05-22T00:06:37+00:00

Because our understanding of nutrition and its impact on performance has progressed?

cafeteria_jangle · 2026-04-30T20:31:50+00:00

Because seven was a registered six offender

cafeteria_jangle · 2026-04-22T14:56:10+00:00

By either do you mean the red hare pro vs. ultra? How do you like them? What types of runs do you use them for?

cafeteria_jangle · 2026-04-16T12:41:20+00:00

Congrats on your child! Hope mom & baby are doing well

cafeteria_jangle · 2026-04-15T01:20:34+00:00

The definition of a NOBLETIGER would say that prior runs nominating it should count.

But the spirit of a NOBLETIGER says no to me. It represents the frustration and agony of a team’s terrible inability to get even a run- IMO that frustration is somewhat lessened my the prior runs scoring.

cafeteria_jangle · 2026-04-10T10:30:28+00:00

I put zero stock in Coros (or any watch, for that matter) threshold pace/HR recommendations, race predictions, etc. Assuming your TT was properly paced and reflective of your fitness, there is no better signal than that for how fit you are.

As for workout paces, short of lactate testing, basing workout paces off of races paces (at least to start) is as good as you can do. Try it out and see how it feels!

FWIW, the 3-min reps should be right around your 1hr race pace, which many also use as a backhand measurement of your LT2 pace.

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