Been thinking about our VP lately, I can’t imagine if Tim Walz is our VP right now, fraud will continue the next how many years and we don’t know until when. When we will know about the fraud happening in Minnesota and ither states if Kamala and Tim Walz won the election. Wheewww!!
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“I hate running, it’s so hard”
That means you’re doing it wrong.
Most runs should feel closer to a brisk walk. Easy, relaxed, not sweating your pace. It doesn’t matter. You finish feeling good, ready to go again tomorrow.
Occasionally run very fast, very short.
But most of the time? Just take it easy and rack up time on your feet.
Do that consistently, and something clicks. The pace that once felt hard starts to feel easy.
You have to trust that slow running and even walking works.
Being exhausted all the time isn’t how you improve. Feeling good after your run is.
Embrace that mindset. You’ll get faster, and want to run more and more. Just watch.
If your heart rate gets over 100bpm when you walk, the biggest game changer for your running will be more walking. Long walks.
I’ve gotten over a dozen DMs of people telling me their running did in fact improve from just walking a lot more.
Heart rate of 70-80bpm while walking? It’s still great, but won’t move the needle on your fitness like running will.
If your heart rate is much higher, then walking is the lowest hanging fruit available.
Treat your easy runs like a long walk.
When you go out for a walk, you’re not concerned with your walking pace. You’re not worried about other walkers being faster or slower than you. You’re not trying to impress anyone on Strava.
That’s exactly how you should approach your easy runs.
A true easy run is close in intensity to a purposeful walk, and for many people should include plenty of walking.
Chill. Relax. Feel good. Go longer. Do it frequently.
Time on your feet, every day. That’s how you build a monster engine.
The more you treat every run in training like a race, the slower you end up racing.
It seems counterintuitive until you get it, then it clicks.
Train mostly slow, then you race fast.
I just found out about the HELOC hack to pay off your mortgage in 5 years.
Why isn't everyone talking about this?!!
$2,528 per month.
$303,000 paid in 10 years.
$340,000 still owed.
That’s the math of a $400k mortgage at 6.5%.
Most homeowners never run the numbers.
They just follow the payment schedule.
But mortgages are structured so:
Early payments = mostly interest
Later payments = mostly principal
The bank collects interest first.
This is why reducing principal early changes everything.
Example:
Mortgage balance → $400k
HELOC available → $150k
Send $150k to principal.
Mortgage instantly becomes $250k.
Your payment stays the same.
But now the interest calculation is dramatically lower.
Same payment.
Completely different math.
If Strava is negatively influencing how you train, the problem isn’t Strava.
It’s your insecurity.
I’ve fallen into that trap before too.
Now I don’t care. I train with confidence because the only thing that matters is race day.
I’ll walk during runs. I’ll run as slow as I need.
Listening to my body matters more than impressing an imaginary audience.
Most of the pressure people feel from Strava comes from critics that don’t actually exist.
Matthew 24:6:
"You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come."