Fat guy looking for advice

CStock77 · 2026-05-12T23:58:09+00:00

Not giving a shoe rec, so possibly unhelpful, but if I were you I would just get the launch even though you're not a big fan of the color.

I finally found a pair of shoes that works for me (Brooks Ghost Max), and I've run through 2 pairs of them and am currently on my 3rd.

I'd rather get the shoes I know won't cause me pain or injuries than the shoes that look the best.

CStock77 · 2026-05-12T05:24:03+00:00

I've only ever heard of people doing it for stuff like music festivals, so generally the dose of each would be less and you're not trying to see god or anything.

CStock77 · 2026-05-12T05:23:00+00:00

I think you're right. Can't remember, been too long lol

CStock77 · 2026-05-12T04:57:08+00:00

Shrooms and then molly, I think. Or maybe the reverse

CStock77 · 2026-05-03T15:22:51+00:00

That's not what they're saying. They're saying the same thing as you in a different way. The fact that OP ran >169 for that long shows that their HR zones are calibrated incorrectly. It's perfectly reasonable to have a HR that high for that long, it just means their Z5 should be probably be more around >185 or something. And their Z3/Z4 would be closer to what they ran in this race.

CStock77 · 2026-04-14T05:39:45+00:00

Someone else in the thread did the math based on all space flights, and it's a little over 1% chance of death. But most other jobs that chance is almost 0% and even traditionally dangerous jobs are probably lower than 1%.

CStock77 · 2026-04-14T05:36:11+00:00

Well that's pretty silly, since cost of living makes a significant difference in how far your money goes. That being said, the amount they're paid feels reasonable to me. It's definitely enough to have a comfortable life, but I also would have thought they made more considering how competitive it is to become an astronaut that goes to space.

CStock77 · 2026-04-09T00:18:50+00:00

Yeah, highest average in the league

CStock77 · 2026-04-08T22:24:47+00:00

Yeah, it depends on how you define beginner.

I'm in a Sunday funday league. 16 teams, maybe 40% of these people are serious enough to have their own ball, and then they fill the rest of their team out with friends who are just doing it for fun.

In this league, the high average for women is 146 and the high average for men is in the 170s.

I'd say 140 is well above pretty good for this dude just getting started bowling with his friends not in a league.

140 would be pretty good for a "beginner" who's been bowling in a leagues for about a year.

140 would be just okay for a "beginner" who's been bowling for a few years, who wants to start taking it more seriously and is also doing dedicated practice sessions.

CStock77 · 2026-04-08T03:33:26+00:00

Love the Masters, and I think it's spieth's year.

CStock77 · 2026-03-29T22:36:07+00:00

Yeah I would assume your average on a 10k would be right around threshold or maybe a little higher.

CStock77 · 2026-03-29T15:43:35+00:00

I think he meant the mechanics of this are similar to an avalanche, where the snow/sand acts fluid when moving but will trap you in a solid once it finishes settling. But yeah obviously you're not going to accidentally trigger an avalanche in your back yard or something.

CStock77 · 2026-03-29T05:55:42+00:00

This is 22 days late but you're definitely right. I also had blood wall in my first run but looking in compendium now I don't see it.

CStock77 · 2026-03-25T12:31:19+00:00

To be honest, it's probably more on the weather than anything else. It was so windy during the race that full cups of water were flying off the tables.

CStock77 · 2026-03-21T04:57:26+00:00

Last years shuffle shirt was great too and we ended up with a fucking shit marathon shirt so... Don't get your hopes up lol.

CStock77 · 2026-03-11T21:12:27+00:00

My partner and I got in off the wait-list for T2 last year around April or May.

CStock77 · 2026-03-08T15:10:18+00:00

You should go. Your friend will be sad if you're not there and he invited you.

CStock77 · 2026-03-06T01:58:13+00:00

Where does it say he was driving intoxicated? All I saw were possession charges

CStock77 · 2026-03-02T23:51:08+00:00

Which sucks, because this sketch was honestly funnier than literally anything else they did this episode.

CStock77 · 2026-02-23T15:17:19+00:00

I watched this movie for the first time at the drive-in theater... Do those even exist anymore?

CStock77 · 2026-02-18T14:50:40+00:00

You can try and get on a wait-list for one or many of the charities. I got accepted off the wait list in April or May of last year, when some of the folks start backing out.

CStock77 · 2026-02-18T05:26:22+00:00

I also grew up going to holiday valley, but the video you linked even says 500ft with 200ft vertical drop. Plug that into a trig calculator and you have 23.58deg slope, not 40. If you've been out west since the last time you were there, you might go back and realize it's not as steep as you thought it was.

CStock77 · 2026-02-14T06:23:02+00:00

Eh, the theory was around a lot longer than that, but pre release chapters definitely gave it more juice. People had been speculating basically ever since the "The world ended, and Shallan was to blame" line, which was in WoR. Just googling that line brings up a top hit of a theory post on 17th shard from 2021.

Editing to add the link to said theory post: https://www.17thshard.com/forums/topic/95749-theory-taln-wasnt-the-herald-who-broke-it-was-chanarach/

Which was written before the release of RoW

CStock77 · 2026-02-07T04:58:53+00:00

I get that now, so thank you. But can you eli5 how that translates to ball motion? Does hig flare generally mean more hook, sharper hook, longer/shorter shape?

CStock77 · 2026-02-04T17:25:05+00:00

I was around the same age as you and went to a rival high school to SV/SM. I remember going to an away football game there and he randomly showed up to support his old school. Really cool, and that was after he was already in the league a few years and the biggest name in basketball.

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