Running Twitter: This thread got a lot more responses than I expected. So here is some consolidation of points for comment:
Gear:
I wear CW-X and 2XU compression tights, heat permitting. My dailies are Ghost 12 and Pegasus 37, plus Wave Prophecy 9 for long runs. I tried Nike /1
& UA compression; they’re really athleisure, not performance wear. Also, I have zero-drop Altras (Escalante 2, which I don’t like) and minimalist Adidas for speedwork/racing.
Issues:
I get pain in my left upper back leg, which I figure is my IT band. And my hams ache /2
constantly.
Causes:
I have duck-feet, with a worse splay on the left. I figure that’s my problem; it hurts my form. (Curiously though, my shoes wear as a supinator [on the outside] not a pronator. I don't get that.) And generally, I am 47 which is old for running, so my legs /3
constantly ache.
Mitigation:
CWX & 2XU are heavily marketed/reviewed as helping stability, fatigue, & soreness, and that’s me. I get that compression pants are contentious among runners, but if they might help, I’ll try it. More generally, I throw anything I can at all these /4
Weather:
The heat and humidity really make a difference. My last PRs were in May. Now I have to stop every few miles to hydrate. I am not keen on gels and /5
and bars though outside of long runs. My daily is an 11K, which isn’t enough for nutrition. Also, it is so hot, that it's not comfortable to wear recovery pants or even socks.
Bonus:
I can’t stand how fit everyone looks in compression gear advertisements.
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fundamentalists in the M East rather than US general interest
- undermines NATO which has kept the peace for 80 years in a core area of US FoPo interest
- believes autocracies like Russia or N Korea are credible counterparties
- rejects alliances which supplement US power
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& enable US global power projection
- thinks trade wars with allies enhance US power
- is guided in foreign policy by his own ego quirks - loathing for Zelensky & female leaders, admiration for dictators - rather than US national interests
running, deep-seated hatred for UKR independence, it is hard to believe this whole thing actually turned on a far-away event 16 months earlier: the 2020 US election. Indeed, the belief that the whole world turns on US decisions is a particular American hubris, probably derived
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from our long-running superpowerdom. But it is not true. Other countries have agency independent of us, especially great powers like RU.
2. Vance and MAGA did not know that UKR had no pathway to victory for the last 3 years
This is lazy retrodiction – using contemporary info
1. This sure looks like a soft or semi-coup, like a SK version of January 6 in the US.
Declaring martial law in response to the gridlock of divided government is just a ridiculous rationale.
And declaring late at night, when half the country is
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asleep is hugely suspicious.
2. It was remarkably inept. In fact, it looks impulsive, as if Yoon decided this the same day
The declaration targeted the media, opposition, & public political expression. That would require a sweeping move across the country to enforce.Instead
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the military and police at the legislature gave away to opposition MPs almost immediately.
Yoon seemed to have no plan to deal with the predictable explosion of public protest. SK has a vibrant street protest culture, including militant labor unions. Did he really think the
1. Do not read a huge foreign policy public opinion shift into T’s victory.
Voters do not choose based on FoPo. This is really well-established in pol sci, & polling. I am seeing a lot of FoPo analysts
saying the election means the US public has turned against the liberal int'l order, Ukraine, Israel or whatever. No, it does not. All the data so far suggest that T won bc of the economy (inflation) &, less so, culture (wokeism)
disinterest, T will have a big impact on US FoPo.
T does not share long-standing US liberal & democratic values. He will be a friend to autocrats and complain ceaselessly about US allies. This is a big shift; the US has never had an aspiring authoritarian in the presidency bf.