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Chicago Marathon 2026 Training and race recap
Today was the 48th Chicago Marathon! I was aiming for a sub-2:40 and was on pace for it for the first 35k. I unfortunately started cramping with about 4k to go, so I had to adopt the good old Gordo Byrn run-walk method1 to make it to the finish in a 2:44. I’m obviously a little disappointed, especially considering that I prepared far better (in certain ways) for this race than for Boston in th
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Ya he leído este libro en ingles durante abril del año pasado (pero en forma de audiolibro). En aquel entonces, mi entendimiento del tema del libro fue bastante bueno, pero ni comprendía completamente los detalles del argumento ni podía pensar en nin
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Why the West Rules—for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future:
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October read for Philosophy book club! I was supposed to only read the first 5 chapters of this for this weekend, but it was so good and easy to read that I just had to keep going. In this book, Turchin makes a start at beginning to define a field of ...more |
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War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires:
"Re-reading this 15 years after I last did. Most of my opinions I had then I still have now, with some refinements. Though I am extremely suspicious still of applying mathematical models to the humanities (if this worked we would be able to abolish th"
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The Oxygen Advantage: The Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques for a Healthier, Slimmer, Faster, and Fitter You:
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“Perhaps we can fly. All of us. How will we ever know unless we leap from some tall tower? No man ever truly knows what he can do unless he dares to leap.”
― A Feast for Crows
― A Feast for Crows
“My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“He must have known I'd want to leave you."
"No, he must have known you would always want to come back.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
"No, he must have known you would always want to come back.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“all men are fools, and all men are knights, where women are concerned.”
― A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
― A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
“This isn’t lust. Lust wants, does the obvious, and pads back into the forest. Love is greedier. Love wants round-the-clock care; protection; rings, vows, joint accounts; scented candles on birthdays; life insurance. Babies. Love’s a dictator.”
― The Bone Clocks
― The Bone Clocks
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