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just creating a thread early.. for all things Rio Olympics.

personal experience:

Kids on my h.s. basketball team (JV) said stuff like that alot.. but the team was mostly white. They didn't grow up playing basketball with mostly black people, like I did. They were always extra-intimidated when we'd go into an "all black school" such as Ely or Dillard. I'd actually get way more playing time during those games because I could break their full court press, lol. So to me it was just normal, and I was always the rarity (because I was white) growing up. When I was younger people would call me white boy, Larry Bird, and eventually Jason Williams. lmao.

I'd just suspect that a sport that is majority x-race, athletes would mention the race of someone who is y-race.. seems common from what i've seen. Usually it's not racist, it's just some kind of distinguishing feature that somehow is used to label someone.. However, i've witness it used in racist ways.

I don't know if I ever mentioned it here, but, that kind of stuff was what actually made me not play varsity my senior year (junior year I broke my wrist). It's one of my few "life changing moments". The varsity coach was giving me a ride home after a summer league game and was criticizing the way I handle the ball. That game he benched me several times for actually driving in and scoring, or getting fouled; because I did it before we made 3 passes. Anyway, he told me straight up, no joke, right to my face in the car: "we don't play black ball here".. I was done after that. He kept asking me to try out/play, he had no idea why I wasn't. I really wish I had actually told him why I didn't care to play for him. That really bothered me & it still does today. That coach really ripped something from me, I really loved the game, but I lost alot of love for it when he hit me with that.

pc

going to post now and update additional stuff (food) later.. because I want to checkout my run data now.



06/01/2016

Bio: Morning

last night's sleep: ~8.5 hours
last night fell asleep: ~3 AM
wakeup = 11:30 AM
bw = 146
morning resting heart rate = didn't measure
soreness = none
aches = right calf, left heel slightly
injuries = toenails slightly wrekt, right elbow tendonitis barely (always)
standing desk (when on computer): none
feel = good
water = alot



Food

12 PM

- beet + tart cherry juice
- 2 x wheat bread with peanut butter
- banana



Session: Afternoon

3 PM
- shoes: nb 5000 v2's
- temp: ~87F @ 60% humidity

runs:

1. 0.07 mi in 23s
- ~10.7 mph, ~5:36 min/mi

2. 0.17 mi in 53s
- ~11.5 mph, ~5:14 min/mi

3. 0.14 mi in 39s
- ~12.1 mph, ~4:58 min/mi

4. 0.11 mi in 31s
- ~12.2 mph, ~4:55 min/mi

5. 1.0 mi in 5m42s
- 1 KM PR: 3m15s  (-6s over previous PR), 11.45 mph, 5:14 min/mi pace
- first 0.42 mi was solid, pretty much exactly what I wanted to do: not slow down
- mentally shut down @ 0.42 mi (which is the damn small street crossing).. happens every damn time, BLEH!!#!@$@$!@%
- my drop off was pretty huge.. amazing I still ran a 5:42 mile.



the first portion of that graph is what seems to be a glitch.. happens once in a while with my watch.

anyway, I was holding pace pretty good up until that point.. then boom.. went bichmode.. you can see how bad I drop off at that point, eventually running as "slow" as 6:47 min/mi etc. weak.

6. 0.10 mi in 28s
- ~13 mph, ~4:37 min/mi

7. 0.10 mi in 27s
- ~13.5 mph, ~4:26 min/mi

8. 0.11 mi in 28s
- ~13.6 mph, ~4:25 min/mi

9. 0.26 mi in 1m16s
- ~12.5 mph, ~4:49 min/mi
- a little over 400m.. Strava actually says my "best estimated 400m" is 1:11
- i signed up for Strava today.. really nice that they have some 400m (short sprint) stats.
- best estimated 400m: 1:11
- I need to definitely get that under 1 minute!  

10. 0.06 mi in 15.4s
- ~14.7 mph, ~4:05 min/mi

11. 0.06 mi in 14s
- data seems screwed up

12. 0.06 mi in 14.2s
- ~14.5 mph, ~4:07 min/mi


right hip flexor was bugging me a bit after the mile run.. got better during my faster sprints, believe it or not.

ran a bunch of shorter sprints at the end.. need to keep improving my power. the idea here is, just keep pushing my speed up so that eventually (hopefully) running 11 mph is just "easy".. need to keep bumping these up past 14-15mph.



Food

5 PM

- 2% milk



Food

8 PM

- huge stir fry: grilled chicken, 4 carrots, 1 sweet potato, red chili pepper, jalapeno pepper, serrano pepper, garlic, green zucchini, mixed nuts, olive oil, salt/pepper, lemon juice
- brie and crackers
- green tea with lemon

after:
- needed something to squelch the heat
- 2% milk
- biscotti



Food

11 PM

- hot mint tea



ordered another pair of new balance 5000 v2's and another pair of non-friction socks.. need the non-friction socks mostly, a hole is forming in my current ones. figured i'd save some S&H because it's "international running day" and most sites offered free S&H (found this out at 11 PM HEH).

other than that, feel pretty good.

pC!

btw, draymond has been keeping a public diary for the playoffs?

https://theundefeated.com/features/draymond-green-playoffs-diary-part-16/

pretty cool.

Being called Stiff Nash... ( I am in no way play like Nash )  but i am stiff from all the lifting.  Fwd neck and tight hip...
i always wanted to Stretch into sleep...

actually tried to do the following a few time.
but guess it never worked after i fall into sleep.. I just move around

damn why'd you try that (sleep + stretch)?

that's what wrecked my right hip flexor/adductor ^^ (but on the couch instead of on a foam roller)

how did u mange to not move in ur sleep?
and the lying on the side stretch require a pretty stiff bed too.

nah my bed is pretty soft.. just my bodyweight i guess, all smushed into the bed.

season 2 is out!!

hardly ever see anyone mention this series.. it's solid. the acting is superb IMHO.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3520702/

my cyclic motor programming is improving ;d



05/31/2016

Bio: Morning

last night's sleep: ~8.5 hours
last night fell asleep: ~3 AM
wakeup = 11:30 AM
bw = 147
morning resting heart rate = didn't measure
soreness = none
aches = right calf, right plantar fasciae slightly
injuries = toenails slightly wrekt, right elbow tendonitis slightly (always)
standing desk (when on computer): none
feel = good
water = alot



Food

12 PM

- greek yogurt
- green tea



Food

4 PM

- greek yogurt



Session: Evening

5 PM
- saucony
- no studying, walked fast
- gnats everywhere, got one in my eye during my first PR

walk:
- 9.16 mi in 2h:04m:35s
- cramped up a few times but it only stops me when running
- pretty fast!
- pace: 13:36 min/mi
- speed: 4.4 mph
- walked over 5 mph several times
- splits:
- pushed it HARD on mile 3 & 6.. tried to keep a decent pace throughout, on the other miles.
- 1. 14:38
- 2. 13:52
- 3. 12:43  (-9 seconds from 12:52)
- 4. 13:41
- 5. 13:41
- 6. 12:22  (-30 seconds from 12:52, -21 seconds from 12:43)
- 7. 13:36
- 8. 13:29
- 9. 14:09
- eek!
- rest: 14:26

previous fastest 1-mile split for walking was 12:52 .. so I beat that by 9 seconds first.. then beat that by 30 seconds on the 6th mile...  .. that's pretty ridiculous.

when I walk that fast.. it actually feels like i'm just about to start running. it's hard to explain. my quads stiffen up, glutes and calves fire hard, feet feel it alot, heels feel it, lungs get some work.. when it all clicks, it feels like i'm moving with no decelleration, but I can't hold that feeling forever. it's actually quite hard to keep that form/pace, takes continued focus on pace & extension.. which is probably a good thing.

endomondo has me setting a ton of PR's for this session: 
- 1 hour: 4.53 mi
- 3 mi: 39m38s
- 5 km: 41m07s
- 10 km: 1h22m59s
- i imagine this is the most miles i've walked in 2 hours also..

right hip flexor felt it a bit after.. left & right hip also, but those disappeared. toenails hurt a bit.. especially 2nd toes.


this illustrates the ups and downs of my pace while walking:
- the two faster miles are the ones I pushed





getting closer to sub-12 WTF. 
- these times won't be easy to beat though



Food

7:30 PM

- 2% milk



Food

9 PM

- beet + tart cherry juice
- roast beef sandwich from anthony's (packed with roast beef, large sandwich)
- some mixed nuts
- biscotti



Food

1 AM

- greek yogurt
- banana



Session: Icing

2:05 AM - 2:25 AM

- icing sacral spine
- want to see how it feels after icing/tomorrow
- i get some swelling in there due to that issue I have in there..
- icing's helped to reduce swelling before, so, curious to see how I feel after icing it.
- haven't done this in a long time



my legs felt pretty powerful today and even more powerful after the walk.. they are very snappy/loose.

no-warmup standing floor touch (hamstring stretch) has been "fists" for the last 2 days.

i'd like to run a mile tomorrow if my right plantar fasciae doesn't feel weird. i'd most likely be going for a PR given how good I walked today and how good I ran 2 days ago.

pC!