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So uhm... I made it! But man that was a tough one! The first half felt pretty decent though a couple of red lights stressed me a bit meaning a couple of periods at a higher pace than planned. But when I started a climb at about 14km it felt very clear that the temperature was getting to me. I "saved" it by changing the last part of the route to the nearby forest to get into the shadows, but that didn't help enough to stay running for the rest. I did try running a few times but I crashed mentally every time after half a km or so. Therefore the time was nowhere near the last one, but I learned a bit about how my body behave on longer distances in the heat and did get to take on the lovely medal with the time 2:09.32 Now it'll be a period of shorter distances before I start preparing for the postponed "real" half in october.

I have a running belt with 2 bottles and am considering running with a third one in my hand that I can throw away when I'm done with it.

Meanwhile tomorrow is half marathon time here. Just below 4000 are registered for either the full distance or "run with me" (11km) with me as no. 89. As I wanted to make a bit more of a thing out of it, the route will be crossing a bit more roads than last time meaning that I may have a few stops due to traffic (as I want to go down to the Stadium that was supposed to be part of the route) while the last 5 km will be similar to the 5km lap that I ran 2 weeks ago. It will be slightly warm meaning that I really have to think about the hydration but otherwise I feel very ready.

Yeah. They just included a small warning.

Though both the numbers in ICU and deaths are on the decline (still nowhere near where they would wanna be, but the higher number of new cases is mainly because they've finally gotten to a decent number of tests)

As expected, it's already back

That's just sad!

Though it's not due to Don't Mention the War part, but the Major talking about people from the West Indies Not that I agree with the decision. That part had been cut before so why not do that again and leave one of the most hillarious pieces of Television alone!

It is truly one of the most sad things in this World. Even courts are a political tool and either USA or Russia and/or China will make it impossible to start major processes. Someone like Putin wouldn't even have allowed ICTY. Macropolitics is such a massive hindrance to human rights and the fight against war crimes (with some few exceptions that they don't really care about).

Taking over the forum one member at a time

Got through the Finnish mini series Tuntematon sotilas (Unknown Soldier) about a group of soldiers during the Continuation War. Pretty well made with some very fine scenes. Some pretty classic soldier roles, but considering that it's based on a book written by an actual soldier from the war I guess there's reason to believe there's some reality in there. All in all I would recommend it

25000m has 5 on the start list

You have some sources? I've seen a bit about the manufactoring, but nothing sounding that bad.

Well, putting pretty much all the top Norwegian athletes out there (just lacking some race walking) and having Johaug go for a major running result..

It's a gimmick to give us some athletics to watch. It's perfectly fine as that, but no doubt I prefer the good old as well.

Not much team work in Nairobi!

I'm calling it. Team pursuit in the Olympics!

And a WR (well, World's Best officially )

The wishes from WSF has been known for more than a year. Why should they suddenly take Laser out (they've signed a contract for 2024, by the way making it even less likely). That would mean cutting the most universal class. That would also mean breaking their own regulations, I believe. In athletics, I would see discus as one of the most likely cuts as well if that's where it ends up.

Hasn't Disney just put a disclaimer?

Even as a pretty Eurocentric historian, I know that the movie doesn't show how the South looked in the 1860s. It's a rather romanticized picture of the situation and especially the slavery (and later freemen).

I'm not a big fan of removing the movie. Putting a disclaimer on it should be more than enough, but it's not like there aren't plenty of movies with slaves. Removing one due to how slaves are pictured isn't denial. Tearing down statues isn't really just a Middle Ages thing. It has happened plenty of times showing changes. And though statues do sometimes make people curious enough to look somebody up, it's a long way from erasing history. Statues are made to celebrate people and if they aren't worthy of that, it's not like they disappear. I'm not for some massive purge of statues, but I don't see why people whose only contribution to history is slavery should be having a statue in a modern society. Don't destroy it, but use it to tell the sad parts of history. Meanwhile I don't really see why it should end up with buildings destroyed.

No doubt that it's all part of his desperate plan to get reelected in the current mess. If he can make ANTIFA seem like an actually organized thing, it's a lot easier to go on witht the Law & Order talk pushing towards strengthening the police and putting more people behind bars. Sadly OAN is more than ready to give him the weapons, but considering that it's packed with conspiracy theorists and a (former) writer for Russian propaganda media Sputnik News that's not really surprising.

No news that painkillers/gout medication is pretty big in football. Sadly