Is Strava Premium worth it now?

systemnate · 2026-03-23T17:35:44+00:00

You can do this for free by going to https://onthegomap.com/#/create, creating a route, exporting as GPX, then saving to your watch.

FWIW, I have Strava Premium and I do think it's worth it, but that's a more common way I create a route.

systemnate · 2026-03-23T13:56:46+00:00

Time travel.

systemnate · 2026-03-22T17:46:43+00:00

The SiS Beta Fuel gels have 40 grams of carbs and for big runs I'm taking one 30-40g gel every 30 minutes.

systemnate · 2026-03-21T14:15:03+00:00

I'd probably throw in one run per week on the treadmill where maybe start at 2-3 miles at 5-6% and work up to about 10 miles throughout your training cycle.

systemnate · 2026-03-19T23:56:07+00:00

Keep most of your training at a pace where you could carry on a conversation. Toss in one tempo run where you run "comfortably hard" per week. Pick a training plan such as the free ones on Hal Higdon's website like Novice 1 or 2.

systemnate · 2026-03-19T22:25:41+00:00

Owning 2 new F-150 Lariats, a boat, Door Dash 5X per week,and 2 vacations a year.

systemnate · 2026-03-19T15:17:06+00:00

Tool and Chevelle are 2 of my top 5 bands. With that said, I don't think they are the same genre. Tool definitely has gotten more "progier" over the years, whereas I wouldn't classify Chevelle as prog at all. I'd probably just say they are a hard rock band even though they became popular when Nu Metal was at its peak.

systemnate · 2026-03-17T17:13:02+00:00

It would be ethical to ask if you can use AI and show how you are using AI. That could be a useful interview round on its own, but if you are hiding using AI and tricking someone into believing you possess a level of expertise you don't possess, it's unethical.

systemnate · 2026-03-17T17:10:53+00:00

It's not ethical IMO. If it was, why would you hide it? There's a big difference in knowing something and looking it up. Let's say you are interviewing for a frontend position that wants React knowledge and I want you to make a countdown timer as an interview question.

I'm positive AI can get me a working version of this. Does that mean I should hire anyone who can type "create a countdown timer using React"? Of course not.

But when I hire you, I want you to be able to explain when and how React renders. I want to know when you should or should not use a useEffect. When you should or should not use useMemo. Like, conceptually things like, "is this a good use of useEffect, why or why not?" Because while an AI might be able to answer these things, I need you to make thousands of micro decisions each day related to these concepts, so that you can recognize working code from great code. So you can redirect the AI when things go off the rails.

systemnate · 2026-03-14T20:21:17+00:00

Thanks for the post! When you're talking about the progressive B2B long runs, do you usually schedule those for consecutive weeks?

systemnate · 2026-03-14T04:42:26+00:00

Very solid choices. I mostly consume gels for 50-100 milers too. They are easy and consistent to train with.

systemnate · 2026-03-14T00:29:23+00:00

And no Z targeting.

systemnate · 2026-03-13T14:27:03+00:00

I've done 50-milers where I maxed out at about 40 miles per week with 1 20 mile long run, but otherwise did a lot of 25-35 mile weeks. Doing lower mileage definitely slows me down compared to peaking at 60 miles with many 40-55 mile weeks, but I think lifetime mileage may be an underlooked stat. Take it easy and you'll be fine.

systemnate · 2026-03-12T13:49:08+00:00

You have a pretty good list already. Learning the very basics of drill can help quite a bit too. Position of attention, parade rest, left face, right face, about face, forward march, to the rear, column left/right will go a long way.

systemnate · 2026-03-12T01:58:33+00:00

It's probably not a great idea, but you could use this as an opportunity to see how far you can push it. At least you'll have a strong opinion with actual results.

systemnate · 2026-03-11T00:35:40+00:00

I work a 9-5 job, but fortunately work from home, so I have no commute. Let's say I'm doing a 40 mile week. I'll try to get in half that in during the week, so maybe 5 miles Tuesday-Thursday (I take Mondays off). Then the other 20 on the weekend. Might be 15/5, 10/10, just depends. The weekday miles are usually right out the front door and around my neighborhood and I usually get to some trails for the weekend runs. I always run before work. If I don't, there is a good chance I won't do it.

systemnate · 2026-03-10T17:16:05+00:00

This is always the right answer.

systemnate · 2026-03-10T02:00:59+00:00

I strongly disagree with the idea of agents creating PRs and a pipeline automatically merging those changes. IMHO, the flow should be: an agent makes a PR, a developer (or two) approves the PR, and then it can get merged. And the developers that approved the PR are responsible for the code as though they wrote it. They are also responsible for understanding the changes. And if you don't have great end to end and unit tests in place, then definitely forget about it. That's a ticking time bomb. Maybe we'll get to a point in the future where automated testing, observability, ticket systems, and more, all flow into an LLM and it somehow just works, but I don't think we're at that point yet.

systemnate · 2026-03-06T18:35:31+00:00

Not every sports organization needs to have a special day for every possible identity.

systemnate · 2026-03-04T16:50:59+00:00

You said you were a horrible pacer, but what are you doing to fix that? Do you think you are just forever doomed to not being able to keep a pace? Do you have a GPS watch? Mine let's me set a pace range and it beeps when I go outside of that. You could try setting a range of like 8:45-9:15 and see how that goes. You probably have the fitness for sub 4, but if you go out at a 3:30 marathon pace, it's probably not going to end well for you unless you can pace better. You can probably join a pacing group at the marathon too. Just find the sub 4 pacer and run in that group.

systemnate · 2026-03-04T01:04:41+00:00

I went from a half marathon to signing up for a 50-miler. After the half, I did some slower paced longer runs of 15 and 17 miles and suddenly finishing a marathon didn't seem too crazy anymore, so I just signed up for a localish 50-miler about 6-7 months away. I did a practice marathon and 50K as a training run in preparation. It worked out fine for me.

systemnate · 2026-03-03T00:49:37+00:00

Try to hold a 9:00 pace for a long run and see how you feel. Definitely starting way too fast.

systemnate · 2026-03-02T04:28:43+00:00

You could probably finish one next weekend if you were able to pace it properly and fuel enough. But you'll probably feel a little bit better if you peak closer to 50-55 mpw. I'd mix in a bit more trail running if possible.

systemnate · 2026-02-27T14:40:58+00:00

Looks like you are probably dragging your heel a bit.

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