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“these workouts are too easy” 🤣😂 no brother, your brain is just warped into believing you need to race every rep and go to the well during every work out stack 10-12 healthy weeks of 50-70 mpw with 2 workouts per week then run these six workouts in the final 3-4 weeks taper for 2 weeks the runner will be 2:59 marathon shape

Another brutal M&A. Miro, founded in 2011 and valued at $17.5B 4yrs ago, is getting acquired by Bending Spoons, founded 2013, at ~2.3x ARR. After Airtable, another unfortunate victim of the SaaS bust at ~10x down from peak. It raised $476M only to be sold for $1.355B EV ($1.79B equity value), clearing its preference stack. Any employees who joined 2021 onwards are likely underwater on their options in the company.

Elon vs Chess was not on my 2026 bingo card 💀

Femke Broeders-Bol revealed today that her Long run pace is 5:30 per km and threshold pace is around 4:20 per km

Why people hate getting cars serviced at dealerships: "Sir your cabin filter is very dirty you'll need to replace it for $105." I literally put a new one in yesterday myself for $14...

I think we need to build this. I designed this below image, representing Lewis and Clark on the Mississippi in the style of Argonath. At $1 Billion or more, I think it can be done.

There's a track etiquette - lanes 1 & 2 are left clear for athletes who are doing proper fast training. Some tracks have notices on the track saying as much. The majority don't. Did my brain in when slow joggers and people with kids were in the inside lanes.

My wife mentioned a nice private school over dinner this week She said the campus was beautiful I asked what's the tuition She said we should look at it as an investment in him not a cost I made a note She said don't make a note I said I always make notes She said this isn't a deal I said everything is a deal She closed her eyes She said we'd discuss it Saturday I agreed Saturday 7:02am She came downstairs in her Saturday robe Coffee in hand I had my cargo shorts on The dining room had been cleared The projector was on The analyst was at the head of the table Quarter zip on, three iced coffees, a legal pad, and two laptops He had been there since 6:44am I texted him at 11:14pm Friday The text said dining room 6:45am bring the model He sent a thumbs up My wife stopped in the doorway She said what is this I said you said you wanted to discuss it She said this is not a discussion I did not respond She sat down anyway The analyst stood He said good morning ma'am She did not respond He sat back down A printed deck in front of each seat A fourth copy in case Slide 1 Tuition Schedule $38,500 per year Thirteen years $500,500 nominal Before escalators The school has raised tuition 4.2% per year for a decade With escalators $648,000 My wife said okay I said I'm not done Slide 2 Opportunity Cost Even before escalators $38,500 invested annually 10% nominal return S&P long-run average since 1928 By his eighteenth birthday $944,000 My wife said we can afford it I said I know that's not the slide Slide 3 Terminal Value at Age 65 $83 million She was quiet The analyst slid the sensitivity tables across the table 8% return $31 million 10% return $83 million 12% return $222 million She did not look She said this isn't about money I said it's always about money She said no it isn't I said then what is it about She did not answer She said you can't put a dollar value on his teachers his classmates his environment I said I can the analyst already did slide 6 He flipped to slide 6 She did not look She said the school is the best in the city I said best is a feeling She said it produces the best students I said the students were already the best before they got there She said our son deserves it I said our son deserves $83 million My son walked in He is five Dinosaur pajamas He looked at the projector He looked at the open deck on the table He looked at slide 3 He said are we modeling pre-tax or after-tax The analyst opened a new tab My wife looked at the ceiling He said what's the discount rate The analyst set down his pen She closed her eyes He said is this the same return assumption from the 529 conversation The analyst stopped typing He looked at me I did not say anything She stood up Sat back down He said dad can I help I said yes He pulled up a chair The analyst handed him a printout He started reading My wife watched him read She watched him for a long time She said his name He looked up She said do you like school He said the work is too easy and the kids don't ask questions She did not respond She looked at the ceiling She walked out of the room The analyst started packing up He said should I follow up Monday sir I said no follow up needed He'll be fine Sent from my iPhone

McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski goes viral after seeming reluctant to eat his own burgers—he takes a tiny bite, looks uncomfortable, and calls the food ‘product.’ 👀 🍔 😳

Announcement for my Strava/tech peeps! I built a tool that does deep dives into your Strava data. Its called AmIFit and it's been so fun that I think ya'll would like as well. It started as a way for me to find out what states I've run a half in, not easily done in strava

your timeline convinced you AI is in a bubble. talk to a boomer above the age 35 for 5 minutes. most people don’t even know what claude is.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ kind of wild when you zoom out.