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Former scholar of Islamic history. I am now mostly ruled by my three cats and one dog, who insist that I post images of their cute visages here frequently. I also like to talk about history (how surprising!). Queer/Ace/ADHD. #Vancouver 🇨🇦
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Agreed.
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So helpful
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You can “appeal” and I think they honor those requests.
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(Also, swimming 3.4km in a 25m or 50m pool would be really really boring.)
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It's true. And you can kind of just brute force your way through 750m-1.5km by kicking as hard as you can and just pounding with your arms. It's terrible form tho. (I am not actually a very fast swimmer, but my form is pretty good.)
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In swimming, we consider a marathon-level distance to start at about 10K. But I think that too many triathletes aren't very strong swimmers and the swim (if it's in open water) is the most dangerous section of the race, so they don't push it. It makes sense.
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We always joke that it feels a little ridiculous that, to complete an Iron Man, you have to run a marathon, ride your bike 180 km, and then only swim 3.9km. (Not that a 3.9 km swim isn't a long swim, but just seems short when compared with the run/bike distance).
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In my experience, nearly everyone who does a tri is weakest at swimming. I used to be the president of the local open water swim club and we would always get people coming to try out a swim in the week before their triathlon. I was always a bit shocked at how little they trained for the swim part.
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I am apparently incapable of not offering swimming advice, which you did not ask for, so please forgive me. But I take classes with a dude who also has a pretty extensive youtube library of drills, if that's ever something that could be useful for you: www.youtube.com/c/SwimSmart
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I am ambivalent about it? Sometimes I really like it and I even have running dreams that feel like flying. But the reality of it is so much more trudgy.
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750m for the sprint distance really isn't bad. It's the kind of thing that you could work up to pretty easily with a bit of training. (Swimming is the thing I am good at, although not nearly as fast as I'd like.) I've taken some classes aimed at adults improving form and it's been super helpful.
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I'm doing a 10K in April, in part to force me to actually train because I've got a sprint triathlon in September. I did the sprint last year and the run portion is the main place for me to improve my time.
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Nice! Running is kind of my nemesis. I try to do it from time to time but usually end up hurting myself in some way (even though I always start out really slow and gentle). But it's just such an easy way to get my HR up that I can't seem to quit it!
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Is running your main/preferred form of exercise?
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I mainly always try to do some squats and lunges because they're giant muscles. + lat pulldowns + tricep pulldowns because the machines at the gym are better than anything I have at home for those. Then I rotate through some other stuff.
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I work out with a trainer once/week and she does give me some advice for my solo workouts (her advice is generally: always be working your posterior chain!). But I ad-lib a lot based on what machines are free at the gym while I'm there.
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I've only recently started working the bench press into my workout. (Mainly because I am lazy and there isn't a specific station for it at my gym, so I have to drag a bench into a squat cage.)
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Well, I just ordered that book. Thanks. I'm sure it won't be totally terrifying.
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NICE.
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I’m already GETTING an authoritarian form of government, and it’s NOT COMING WITH TRAINS.
What a shitty deal.
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Looks like this
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I also missed it the first time through, listened to the Wil Wheaton narrator, and assumed that Chris was a dude. Then was *fascinated* when I realized what had happened. I've since listened to it with the female narrator as well.
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I want more in the series.
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Also, I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but he actually never mentions the gender of the main character (Chris). There are actually two versions of the audiobooks: one with a male narrator and one with a female narrator. So he’s also playing with gender in an interesting way.
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Awww
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I thought that bit was fascinating. I LOVE how he talks about the Agora and its uses.
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Upon further reflection, I suspect that using the term “blindspot” is, itself, an example of my continuing need to learn here.
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I have a hold on that from the library. Let me know what you think!
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It’s such an amusing movie. I rented it when I was in college and we ended up watching it three times in a row because roommates kept getting home just as we finished so we’re restarted do they could see it too.
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I’d be really curious about your opinion. I think he does a great job with the disability politics, but I’m sure that I have blindspots.
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I would love another Interdependency book.
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I'm so sorry. I keep checking in on a good friend of mine who works for the EPA.
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I suspect that she's currently hiding in a bunker somewhere going 'oh no oh no oh no' over and over.
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Right?! I literally searched to see if she's published any op-eds talking about what's going on right now. I don't know why I want 'the expert' to opine when I can clearly see that is very, very bad. But I still do!
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It's not going to make you feel better, but it might help give you a more orderly understanding of what's going on in the US right now.
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Oh, Pepper.
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Yes, come to Vancouver! Depending on the timing, I can definitely offer a place to stay.
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I would actually love to learn how to do this. I will need to bug you about it in April, when my teaching ends for the Spring.