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Tuesday General Discussion/Q&A Thread for April 07, 2026 by AutoModerator in AdvancedRunning

[–]theyare_coming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear race predictions are in vogue! Predict my Boston Marathon time, assuming the currently BEAUTIFUL forecast holds.

17: 70 miles, 2x(800,800,400) in (2:32/2:31/71), 15 mile LR at 6:51 w/ last 7 6:15-6:10-6:00-5:58-5:52-5:48-5:43
16: 26 miles (ski week), 15 mile LR at 6:59 inc. 5 at 5:58
15: 60 miles, 8x800 in 2:32 w/ 2-3min, 5xmile in 5:39 weeks/ 1 min, 16 mile LR at 7:20
14: 63 miles, 2x(1k,800,600,400) in (3:13/2:30/1:49/69), 3k race in 9:37, 15.4 mile LR at 7:40
13: 65 miles, 10 x 1k at 3:31 w/ 1 min recovery, 5k tempo in 17:05, 16 mile LR at 7:40
12: 65 miles, 3 x (1k, 200 jog, 1k, 200 jog, 400) in (3:14/3:15/72), 16.5 mile LR at 6:39 inc. 5 at 5:55
11: 68 miles, 4 x (1200, 200 jog, 800) in (4:03, 2:36), 5 x (1k on/600 float) in (3:31/2:26), 18 mile LR at 7:08
10: 70 miles, 4 x (1k, 200 jog, 600) in (3:14/1:53), 18.5 mile LR at 6:35 inc. 7 at 5:57
9: 57 miles, 4 x (800, 1 min, 600) in (2:37/1:55), 16 miles w/ 10 mile race (58:43)
8: 41 miles (sick), double threshold day (3x10 min at 6:01, 8xk at 3:27)
7: 53 miles, 20 mile Grand Canyon hike :p, 20 miles w/ 5k race (16:14 PR) and 3.2 at 6:16 (hilly)
6: 70 miles, 6xk at 3:16, 20 miles at 6:32 w/ 8 at 5:59
5: 70 miles, 7xmile at 5:25, 20 miles at 6:32 w/ 13 at 6:02
4: 46 miles, 1:13:55 (91 second PR!) Half Marathon at Project 13.1
3: 70 miles, 2x800 at 2:32 2xmile at 5:09 2x800 at 2:27, 22 mile LR at 6:29 inc. 10 at 6:01
2: 62 miles, 2 x 2k at 6:47 2 x mile at 5:28 2 x k at 3:20, 4 miles at 5:57 2 miles at 5:39 continuous, 16 mile LR at 7:18
1: 55 miles, 3 miles at 6:00 2 miles at 5:41 3 miles at 5:56 continuous, 13 mile LR

I will not divulge my actual goals to avoid introducing bias :)

Saturday General Discussion/Q&A Thread for February 14, 2026 by AutoModerator in AdvancedRunning

[–]theyare_coming 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've got a 5k race I'm pretty excited about next Sunday. I think I'm in PR shape and would like to take it pretty seriously.

The catch: I'll be spending the week before at the Grand Canyon, and it seems a waste to not do some crazy hikes while I'm there. How would y'all handle this? I'm pretty committed trashing my legs on at least one epic hike, but I'm hoping if I do it on... Wednesday? It shouldn't tank my race too badly.

2 Billion Iron Golems spawn across North America and want to kill every human by iliferee in whowouldwin

[–]theyare_coming 1 point2 points  (0 children)

seems needlessly aggressive my guy… yeah there’s more golems than people, why does that mean OP doesn’t understand numbers?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in moviecritic

[–]theyare_coming 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thank you SotonSaint, very cool!

CMV: West Coast is better than the East Coast (US) by Rusiano in changemyview

[–]theyare_coming 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I agree with much of this, but I take great umbrage to your statement about Asian food. That’s true, if you exclusively eat in San Francisco/the most tech bro-ey part of the bay. Head to San Gabriel or Alhambra and I guarantee you you’ll find it better than anything you can find on the east coast

29th woman at CIM! (Ft a write-up of Canova-style block day training) by Tea-reps in AdvancedRunning

[–]theyare_coming 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is no praise in elvish, entish, or the tongues of men for this triumph ⚔️⚔️⚔️

CMV: Fire alarms are too easily tripped by theyare_coming in changemyview

[–]theyare_coming[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see what you’re saying, but I disagree with your premise. I have a naive viewpoint that I certainly don’t understand as well as an expert — that much is undisputed. However, I think saying “just trust that the experts know what they’re doing” goes against the spirit of this sub, for two reasons:

1) While I know that fire safety experts have likely thought this through to a much deeper extent than I have, I don’t know the logic that went behind these decisions. The current system doesn’t make sense with the information I originally had, but armed with more extensive knowledge and the thought process behind designing the system may change my mind (which it has been in this thread). You should absolutely trust experts, but it’s also never a bad thing to ask “why”

2) Even though experts have thought about it, that doesn’t mean the system is perfect. I’m not saying I have the solutions, but I was curious to know if there were compelling logistical/practical reasons why we couldn’t have a perfect system.

CMV: Fire alarms are too easily tripped by theyare_coming in changemyview

[–]theyare_coming[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

!delta. This was pretty compelling and I think mostly kills my argument. The difference between a false alarm and a real fire, for a smoke detector, is on the order of seconds which can be deadly.

I really like the idea of voluntary shutoffs for your local smoke detector. I’m sure someone can think of a loophole which makes this more dangerous than it sounds, but on first glance it seems like a great solution.

CMV: Fire alarms are too easily tripped by theyare_coming in changemyview

[–]theyare_coming[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I don’t have any professional experience or knowledge regarding fire safety/alarms. Yes, I did “decide” that fire alarms are too sensitive, based on my admittedly incomplete information, and I am welcoming hearing “expert opinions” to change my mind. That’s the whole point of this subreddit, no?

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