Cape Town marathon flop, hungry caterpillars and misleading headlines.

Todays news comes from the week of Oct 21 and include Jeffs mile update.1. Mile update:a. 8/12 - 7:52 (average HR 167)b. 9/8 - 7.09 (average HR 155)c. 10/16 - 7:26 (average HR 133) d. 10/20 - 6:59 (average HR 154)2. Cape Town Marathon, October 19th, 2025a. In the running to become one of the next World Marathon Majorb. 24,000 runnersc. Race starts at 6:15AM, runners were notified at 5AM that it was cancelled - due to high winds.https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a69084651/cape-town-marathon-canceled-2025/2. The very hungry caterpillar claims the world record in the Manchester half marathon.a. time 1 hour, 14 minutes and 10 seconds. An extremely respectable time.b. the former WR was 1 hour 41 minutes and 37 seconds, and also did it as a caterpillar. https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/friends-caterpillar-suit-claim-world-145550350.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9iYXpxdXguY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFbsfNMbOUuhArNTlMrThoIyB3WkO4jCuSTE8tYzzS0XELtPuCEGUdPDT9lHkDFVvRRKUP6qfLP2GQoDfzxzs0EV8EygRPjXQdGbyjHhZzFeHAn5NkyKJPwMko-DRpU9lDBT78X96St69fVZt5anfOgEfMNTq12E7fBF1I64BGq3&guccounter=23. Headline - "California governor candidate suggests women could compete against men in track at the 2028 LA Olympics."a. Betty Yee (the candidate) was on Piers Morgan's show when she gave that opinion (sort of). b. She kind of got bullied into that position.https://www.letsrun.com/news/2025/10/california-governor-candidate-suggests-women-could-compete-against-men-in-track-at-2028-la-olympics/https://x.com/PiersUncensored/status/19781925860253412844. Headline - "Having a baby takes more energy than running marathons for 9 months straight."a. Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) is the number of calories your body burns to perform its most basic, life sustaining functions while at rest. b. How much above your BMR can you sustain? Based on a 2019 Duke University study - The ceiling was found to be approximately 2.5 times your BMR. Meaning your body cannot digest and absorb enough calories to fuel a level above 2.5 times your BMR. If you are above that level your body will have to burn its own fat and muscle stores, which would not be sustainable long term. c. The study also found "that over the course of a nine-month pregnancy, a women's body operates at an average of 2.2 times her BMR every day for 270 days. d. During a marathon a runner may be operating at 15.6 times their BMR but only for a short period of time. e. A subsequent study, published in Science in May of 2024, calculated the total energy cost of a full term pregnancy to be approximately 49,753 dietary calories - that is equivalent to 30 full marathons over that40 week period. https://www.therunningweek.com/post/growing-a-baby-takes-more-energy-than-running-marathons-for-9-months-straighthttps://www.calculator.net/bmr-calculator.html?cage=63&csex=m&cheightfeet=6&cheightinch=0&cpound=148&cheightmeter=180&ckg=60&cmop=0&coutunit=c&cformula=m&cfatpct=20&ctype=standard&x=Calculate5. Ali Truwit - who is she?a. Yale swimmer and graduateb. Two Paralympic medalist in 2024c. Oh yea, she also had her foot bit off by a shark two years ago. d. And why am I highlighting her on a running podcast - because she is running the NYC marathon in November 2025https://www.nyrr.org/run/photos-and-stories/2025/set-the-pace-episode-130-ali-truwit6. Headline - 2026 World Indoors unveils its Goose Mascot - He/She needs a name. Ideas"a. A few I saw: - Yared New Goose. - The big Honers - there were 2 gooses - the first we named Fred Kerley, but he got into an altercation with the second goose before we could name it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.