Hutch Carpenter 🌻

Raced the @tracksmith Twilight 5000 last night at Kezar Stadium in SF, went 18:01 (5:48 per mile). That's a new over 40 running era best for me.

To those who leave the airplane window closed during takeoff/landing, Have you no whimsy? No childlike wonder? Are the subtle joys of life lost on you, air traveler? Hath ye spirit died already, body unburied?

Clear improvement in peroneal tendon today. Last few days of easy/rest helped. So let’s see what sub threshold tomorrow does…

Woke up Sunday morning with more peroneal/insertional Achilles pain than I’d been having. So took yesterday off, and being “aggressively” conservative today.

@WahooGlobal We'll keep this amongst ourselves.

Not gonna lie I'm lowkey hoping the Virginia Cavaliers win the basketball game today

@nedryun He looks so smooth and economic holding on to the lead there.

I watch Lutkenhaus and understand my dad a bit better. It seems crazy that a 17 or 18 yr old can run with and beat the best in the world and then you see it in real time and go, So that’s what it was like. Fascinating.

@Cathal_Dennehy I mean...

"I can't even be that mad. I flexed on him at Millrose, I know he can't let that slide. "All I'll say is at least come up with your own (celebration). It's already been done before. I'll remember that one though, for sure..." Cole Hocker on Josh Kerr's night-night celebration:

Felt quite decent after yesterday’s increase in sub threshold volume. Left insertional Achilles is acting up, an easy run on soft flat surface should help.

4:50, 4:52, 4:53, 4:49, 4:46 with 75 sec rest. Increased sub T work to 6000 meters today. Peroneal is good. Early start because it’s just warmer today. And Virginia plays in NCAAs this morning. #wahoowa

Dude understands that "If it ain't on Strava, it didn't happen." #RunnerMentality

Siena. #AnalyticallyFinal

Best two days of sports start today. Peroneal tendon with a little noise this morning but best it’s been post-workout yet. Off track sub threshold sessions seem to be working.

@haslametrics Will be watching for your in-game kiss of death tweets.

I gotta' say, the first set of four games going off today feels like the most intriguing first set of four games in several years. Lots of potential for early madness. Now watch all the favorites win by 35.

Beware the Threes of March

4:48, 4:51, 4:50, 4:47 with 75 sec rest. Legs felt bouncy today. Temps much better this early, with a pleasant breeze to help cool off. Peroneal tendon better, low level noise on wake-up this morning.

@TheFieldOf68 Danny Manning would like a word.

“Just imagine how good he could have been if he had stayed at Kansas to play alongside Perry Ellis.” - Mike Francesa, probably.

Mike Francesa explains that Zuby Ejiofor transferred from Kansas to St. John's because he was being blocked by Joel Embiid Zuby Ejiofor was 9 years old when Joel Embiid played his last game for Kansas.

Easy miles day after sub-threshold workout off. Peroneal tendon was better (not 100% though) this morning following the off-track workout than after the track workouts. Will do again tomorrow.

@US_Stormwatch Colin - I downloaded that app and like it. BUT, I will note that here’s the SF forecast high today: 81. Apple Weather was actually nearly right.

The Weather App on your iPhone is awful (sorry, Apple). I’ve seen tons of screenshots of the upcoming heatwave forecast, and the Weather App is off by up to 5-10 degrees. National Weather Service forecasts are the most accurate source, but unfortunately its website looks like it was built in 2003. @EverythingWX (not an ad) is the only app I know of that displays NWS forecasts in a great user interface. If you are wondering why the Weather App’s forecasts are so inaccurate, it’s because it only uses select raw weather data without any trained meteorologists reviewing it. There are over 120 NWS offices across the US that issue fantastic forecasts using far more models and tools, with real humans reviewing the data. Take the Weather App’s forecast for San Francisco, it’s only forecasting a high of 83°F on Tuesday, while the NWS is forecasting 88°F. The NWS also uses a point forecast system where each grid square covers a 2.5 km × 2.5 km area, which more accurately captures microclimates, perfect for a city like San Francisco. Use the NWS forecast this week and ditch the Weather App.

4:51, 4:56, 4:53, 4:53 with 75 sec rest. Peroneal wasn’t 100% quiet so an experiment: Is it the pace or tight track turns that aggravate it? Ran these on Polo Field, see how it is tomorrow morning. Hot! HR got higher each rep.

NSM week 2. A 43 mile week. Peroneal tendon better; if tomorrow morning is good, will do my sub threshold workout. And we’re in for a hot few days ahead here in the West.

@Brady_H You owe CIM a strong effort, let's see it!

Little training update 👇🏻 This week I finished the 8th week of my return to run. Logged 59 miles (+ ~6 hours of biking) I don’t feel super fit, but I’m happy to be running strong. Now to start building toward something more formal. But that’s a secret for now… 😄😎