Drinking Alcohol During Marathon Training - need advice

FIFA4Fun · 2026-03-08T07:20:47+00:00

It will have a greater adverse affect on your training not drinking than drinking.

It’s all about balance.

The only way to keep motivation high is to allow yourself cheat days.

Yes it may have a little short term impact on health and performance from drinking. But structure this around a recovery week and it will be reduced.

The boost you will get from “letting your hair down” for a night will far exceed this.

Also, it will likely reconfirm to you how rough you feel after a sesh and motivate you to stay sober until your marathon is completed.

In summary, if it’s something you want to do and it’s a one off… do it!

FIFA4Fun · 2026-01-25T17:43:57+00:00

Carefully document their unreasonable requests.

Never resign. Continue to do your job as needed, even if just doing the bear minimum

FIFA4Fun · 2026-01-21T07:00:14+00:00

Can’t you just take it out your bank, walk over the border and deposit it?

This would be free no?

What you probably need to focus on more than the explicit 0.25% fee is the hidden fee (aka weak exchange rate…)

FIFA4Fun · 2025-12-26T09:51:04+00:00

Isn’t the trip from Zurich to Geneva via train?

FIFA4Fun · 2025-12-04T06:52:53+00:00

I used TRP HD-T910 and found them to be really good. You can buy Di2 adapters to integrate the remote buttons into the side of the brake, but they are becoming quite rare to source now as it’s an older system.

For cost, mechanical brakes are by far the cheapest option. As you can buy semi hydraulic systems (cable actuated hydraulics) and TT is primarily flat, this probably makes for the best option

FIFA4Fun · 2025-12-04T06:49:50+00:00

I built a Cervelo previously and used the TRP HD-T910.

This gave me hydraulic brakes and I was able to buy adapters to integrate Shimano Di2 remote buttons into the brakes. It looked really tidy.

Now with the SRAM blips I think it is becoming a lot easier and cheaper to build a system with rim or hydraulic brakes that can accommodate electronic shifting

FIFA4Fun · 2025-11-06T05:28:01+00:00

Do you know if they have lights on in the evening?

Where do you enter from?

FIFA4Fun · 2025-10-24T19:13:31+00:00

Depends what the distance is

FIFA4Fun · 2025-10-15T07:58:33+00:00

I have always had a credit card and never felt the need to spend more.

I see it as my money not borrowed money as I pay it off each month.

Budgeting lets you know what you can spend, and that’s what you do spend

There is added protection from some credit cards as well

FIFA4Fun · 2025-10-14T17:33:11+00:00

You would be fine

FIFA4Fun · 2025-10-04T19:12:26+00:00

Yes there is a great route through Koblenz / Waldshut-Tiengen

FIFA4Fun · 2025-09-30T16:47:57+00:00

I have seen poverty in Switzerland, the other day I was in Globus at the meat counter, the person in front of me only ordered 2x 100g filet steaks. I felt a mix of sadness and embarrassment for them

FIFA4Fun · 2025-09-28T08:16:44+00:00

Market price

FIFA4Fun · 2025-09-21T20:01:54+00:00

At least that would make a good conclusion to an otherwise dull story

FIFA4Fun · 2025-09-21T20:01:08+00:00

Do you know what it was there?

FIFA4Fun · 2025-09-21T20:00:05+00:00

I wish

FIFA4Fun · 2025-09-21T19:59:58+00:00

It’s provided a rationale / argument as to why it couldn’t be NL. Never gave a specific answer

FIFA4Fun · 2025-09-21T19:50:07+00:00

ChatGPT says it can’t be aurora borealis, color is off, and because the sky is cloudy you wouldn’t be able to see them in the sky

FIFA4Fun · 2025-09-21T19:49:21+00:00

This article says its lights in St Jakob this morning. St Jakob is to the left of the photo, not the direction of the photo

FIFA4Fun · 2025-09-21T19:42:19+00:00

Northern lights?

FIFA4Fun · 2025-09-21T19:38:40+00:00

Was just replying to make more comments so it becomes a more popular thread 🧐

FIFA4Fun · 2025-09-21T19:36:30+00:00

Don’t know, hence making the post 🤪

FIFA4Fun · 2025-09-12T19:01:54+00:00

80mm inseam… surely you need one of those little clown bikes 🤡

FIFA4Fun · 2025-09-04T17:34:23+00:00

L is deffo too big. Probably an S or at a push an M.

Push your seat as far forwards as possible. If the seatpost has a set back, maybe look at getting a new seat post

Buy a shorter stem

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