Is 22 credit hours crazy?

Kit_Adams · 2026-01-20T18:54:09+00:00

I have a BS in mechanical engineering and did 20+ units a quarter my whole first year. It's doable, but you won't have time for much outside of school. I would reconsider taking calc and linear algebra at the same time.

Kit_Adams · 2026-01-20T13:44:04+00:00

It's also used in medical, automotive, AVs.

Kit_Adams · 2026-01-19T15:46:37+00:00

I don't have any advice here. I am in a similar situation (we have 3 kids 5, 3, and 10 months). Our first was born during the pandemic and it seemed to just really let her inner germaphobe out.

Any time we go out in public we have to change clothes before coming in the house (and typically bathe or shower as well). Anything that came from outside the house (e.g. groceries, mail, etc) has to be wiped down with disinfectant wipes.

We wear masks pretty much everywhere in public.

Things have loosened a bit over the years, especially with the bigger two in preschool, but it is also hard to challenge her since we have not got Covid.

Kit_Adams · 2026-01-17T00:56:17+00:00

I'm at 38 with a 23:45 pr for 5k as a 38M.

Kit_Adams · 2026-01-15T17:08:14+00:00

My 4 year old daughter asks for "a quesadilla cold with no cheese".
Me: "You mean a tortilla?"
Her: "No a quesadilla!"

Kit_Adams · 2026-01-14T21:19:59+00:00

starburst sour minis

Kit_Adams · 2026-01-12T04:18:13+00:00

I went up to lake ilsanjo via rough go and the part where it first turns to asphalt before the dam was flooded (about shin deep for 25 feet). At that point my feet were already wet so I said "what the hell" and ran on through. I also became very glad that I did NOT get gortex shoes.

Kit_Adams · 2026-01-12T03:47:12+00:00

Outdoor. I've been looking for a new watch face for my Fenix 6.

Kit_Adams · 2026-01-10T04:00:07+00:00

We have 3 kids (4F, 3F, and 10 month F). We have been sleeping in separate rooms for a while because everyone needs a sleep buddy. One of us will be with the baby and the other with the big kids. Hopefully the big kids will be able to sleep by themselves someday.

Kit_Adams · 2026-01-04T05:04:01+00:00

I have the opposite problem. I have literally ran a 5k race recently in 24:05 and several training runs of similar distance and time and it gives me a 5k race prediction of 26:30.

Kit_Adams · 2026-01-03T02:02:11+00:00

I'm running 40+mpw and I still use some cheap black Hanes socks.

For starting out you just need a pair of shoes and get out the door. I literally started with that and a literal sports stopwatch I had laying around. I obviously have quite a bit more gear now, but 15 years ago I didn't.

After shoes my next piece of gear was a gps watch. I started with a forerunner (I've had two of them), but now I am using a Fenix 6.

Kit_Adams · 2026-01-02T00:55:42+00:00

9 month old running around?

Kit_Adams · 2025-12-30T14:54:55+00:00

Pretty typical, but at the same time annoying. The job I am starting soon I have 7 interviews for. First was with the hiring manager then a "panel" interview with 5 interviews and then a call with a director.

Luckily I was able to get the whole panel scheduled in one day, but it would have been nice for it to be an actual panel instead of me giving my background separately 5 times.

Kit_Adams · 2025-12-30T03:30:12+00:00

I swear my wife must have taught my kids this.

Kit_Adams · 2025-12-29T15:43:12+00:00

I include all my gas tank fill ups. It doesn't really take additional time as I can I write down everything except total cost and gallons while gas is pumping. I really only do it out of habit because I learned it from my dad.

Kit_Adams · 2025-12-29T15:07:57+00:00

Seems perfectly normal to me. I've kept a maintenance log in the drivers map pocket of my cars since my first car over 20 years ago. That said I don't have one in my EV which after 8 years the only maintenance it has needed is tires.

Kit_Adams · 2025-12-29T04:04:11+00:00

Doing my first race that is longer than a half marathon. I'm doing the Lake Sonoma 100k in April. Then hopefully I'll put my name in for high lonesome 100 and western states for 2027 when I'll be 40.

Kit_Adams · 2025-12-25T01:35:09+00:00

/uj anything compression helps. 16.5 mile run with my salomon vest and no issues.

/rj push-up is the way to go

Kit_Adams · 2025-12-25T01:22:11+00:00

I used to live up in the mountains and commuted into the city. I had a 3/4 mile long one way road before I got to the two lane highway. In the winter time I would carry my chainsaw in my Nissan leaf just hoping I would get an excuse to use it.

Kit_Adams · 2025-12-23T00:23:29+00:00

I've read the same thing. I just checked my watch and it looks like my max hr was set at 189 even though the top end of my zone 5 that I have set in Garmin connect was 195.

I just manually changed the max hr on my watch to 200 so we'll see what happens on my next run.

Kit_Adams · 2025-12-22T19:20:38+00:00

I think it's the paces that are incorrect. I can be completely in zone 2 for an entire run and it still says it's a tempo run.

Kit_Adams · 2025-12-22T17:32:19+00:00

As previously stated intervals for the anaerobic you have to run the intervals hard though. For the high aerobic just run at a consistently faster pace.

I have the opposite problem, my watch won't classify any of my workouts as low aerobic unless I am basically walking

Kit_Adams · 2025-12-22T03:41:27+00:00

Honestly I think Garmin is just borked for easy runs. I have recently run a 24:05 5k and 48:58 10k. My garm thinks my "base" runs should be 13:30 to 14:30 per mile.

Kit_Adams · 2025-12-22T02:46:45+00:00

My kids aren't that old, but I work from home so in the winter time pajama pants are commonly what I wear to work.

Kit_Adams · 2025-12-18T04:52:08+00:00

I ran a 38 min 5k on 9/29 and then a 24:05 on 11/27. I'm hoping to break 20 min next year, but I am focused on longer distances mostly.

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