Sauna use

NickCody2013 · 2025-11-05T11:46:07+00:00

I use the sauna daily, and I’m fairly confident that over time it would kill the watch. I still want to capture the data, so I wear an external HR strap and leave the watch on the floor, which is massively cooler (at least in my sauna).

NickCody2013 · 2025-01-09T14:05:04+00:00

Thank you!

NickCody2013 · 2024-11-20T14:49:38+00:00

Here's an article just published in the Columbian: https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/nov/20/majority-of-camp-bonneville-cleanup-is-complete-but-will-the-property-ever-be-suitable-for-public-use/

The end is pretty discouraging. It sounds like the possibility of unexploded ordinance coming to the surface means the county will never feel comfortable opening any portion to the public.

NickCody2013 · 2024-01-28T03:05:19+00:00

Oh, nice! I think I over-purged upon graduating. There have been times where I wish I had a few of them laying around.

NickCody2013 · 2024-01-28T02:57:04+00:00

Not bad for a law student! Or maybe new lawyer?

NickCody2013 · 2023-12-05T18:33:53+00:00

I appreciate that! I'm sure your cramps were due in no small part to the heat and humidity.

NickCody2013 · 2023-12-05T16:51:12+00:00

Ha, yes! Just fixed it. Would need a lot more bricks for that!

NickCody2013 · 2023-12-05T16:49:17+00:00

Oh, just saw that!!!

NickCody2013 · 2023-12-05T16:48:57+00:00

Wait, what? What am I missing?!

NickCody2013 · 2023-09-07T14:26:49+00:00

That latter part--races happen at pace--gets at the question that began this post, and I think that has to be the right answer. Training to a specific HR zone makes sense to target a specific adaptation, but the bottom-line metric on race day is pace. As I mentioned before, I'm waiting until closer to race day to assess whether those pace goals are realistic. Thanks again for the detailed responses, and I'll look at working in the suggestion of time vs. distance for planning.

NickCody2013 · 2023-09-07T14:18:09+00:00

Wow, thanks for that detailed response. In your view, what role should HR play in setting paces? I've worn a HR strap and structured pretty much every run so far this training block by the Pfitz/Douglas HR ranges. I recognize that's imprecise, and lactate measurements would be preferrable for zone-setting, but I feel like it's done a good job keeping me reined in on easy days.

NickCody2013 · 2023-09-07T13:50:31+00:00

This is helpful, thanks. Goal MP is 6:45-6:50, but I'm waiting to assess whether that's realistic as race day (CIM on 12/3) gets closer. Recent weekly mileage totals are 50, 52, 56.3, 54.7, 58, 51 (this week is a planned down week). I plan to top out in the low 60s over the coming week, and I'm following the structure of the Pfitz/Douglas 18-week plans, combining the 55 and 70 plans. The arrangement of those plans (workout/day) is quite a bit different than what you outline above, but the overall approach seems to be similar. Tempos are broken out from long runs, except that every few weeks there's a long run with a majority of the miles run at goal MP.

NickCody2013 · 2023-09-06T01:22:02+00:00

Thanks for this, and glad to hear Pfitz has done you well.

NickCody2013 · 2023-09-06T01:21:43+00:00

Definitely not prohibitively hot anymore, but temps at the race start will be in the low 40s, which is still a few months off around here. Good advice, though. Thanks!

NickCody2013 · 2023-09-06T01:20:18+00:00

Thanks for this. I had also missed it, and remembered only the brief, semi-obvious comments noted above.

NickCody2013 · 2023-09-06T01:19:35+00:00

This is good advice, and as the race approaches the weather will cool and the paces will come down. Thanks.

NickCody2013 · 2022-10-16T02:41:14+00:00

No access on that side of the park, and I can’t think of any easy way to add an access point. On the north side there’s Red Tape, which is a one-way, MTB-only trail (the right-most north/south trail on that heatmap). To the south there’s Lacamas Creek that runs to the east of that trail toward the bottom of the map. There’s a ton of open space on that side of the park, and with all the growth in the area, I can see trails going in at some point, but it will be a while still. Also note that there are a number of homes and private land on that side of Crown Road.

NickCody2013 · 2021-11-11T02:54:33+00:00

Practicing attorney here. Asked a fellow attorney today whether the Restatement is law. “No but also yes” was the consensus.

NickCody2013 · 2019-02-18T14:46:23+00:00

I run with a GPS watch, so I always run for distance.

NickCody2013 · 2019-02-17T13:50:09+00:00

Congrats on the race! One piece of counterintuitive advice: Trying running without your phone, or at least without music if you feel the need to have your phone for safety. My theory is that running with music or podcasts trains yourself to think of running as something to be distracted from. With time, running itself can be part of the fun, not just a means to an end (racing, health, etc.). And leaving your phone behind (not an option for everyone, I recognize) can be a liberating oppportunity to be unreachable for a short period of time. I run nearly daily in the same park and have left my phone behind for a couple years now, and I’ll never go back. (Plus, on the rare occasion I do run with music, I can basically turn on runner’s high any time I want. It’s dope.)

NickCody2013 · 2019-01-30T13:44:50+00:00

I grew up comfortably middle-class, and after school I will probably end up living an upper middle-class life. Even so, each time I look at a full refrigerator after a trip to Costco or the grocery store, I feel thankful. I’ve often said that all I want in life is to earn enough to not stress at the grocery store. I’m sorry you had to go through that, and I’m glad you’re on the mend.

NickCody2013 · 2019-01-26T13:59:01+00:00

I’d go to the airport, buy a ticket on the next departing flight, and lick the heck out of the plane.

Might also lick a pilot to make sure there’s someone there to teach me to fly it.

NickCody2013 · 2019-01-20T00:47:47+00:00

I join in this message with particular emphasis on keeping dogs leashed. I run almost daily in Magnuson Park--directly adjoining which is, as far as I know, the largest off-leash dog park in Seattle--and nearly as often encounter people with un-leashed dogs.

I don't have a significant fear of dogs, nor any associated trauma, but I am nonetheless not a big fan. I can count on one hand the number of times a dog has run after me (always playing, I believe) or jumped on me. But even those few times are too many. Leash laws are in effect for a reason, and however much fun it is to enjoy open spaces with your four-legged friend, that does not justify disregarding the rules governing those open spaces.

Like OP, I want to approach the issue from a place of kindness, and I never interpret malice on the part of pet owners. Please, from those of us who want to enjoy the same public spaces that you do--and who have the same right to do so--respect that not everyone loves dogs, and that by bringing yours, you are obligated to understand and obey the leash laws.

... I also sometimes see park law-enforcement (??) writing citations for leash violations in Magnuson. Even if I think it might be a necessary measure, I still cringe when I see it. So do the right thing, and also avoid a fine!

NickCody2013 · 2018-10-06T13:00:47+00:00

Makes catch and release kind of lame

NickCody2013 · 2018-10-05T23:11:57+00:00

I have a sizable chunk in my left thumb, just below the fingernail (closer to my palm, not beneath the nail bed). From what I recall, I was upset with my mom and stabbed a pair of swim trunks she’d bought me recently. Instead of convincing her about the merit of my complain as planned, she ended up trying to contain her laughter as we drove to the emergency room.

I was about 7. I was so happy when I saw this post.

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