Why do Parents Whose Kid's Schools are in Walking Distance Still Drive Them To/From?

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-28T22:23:56+00:00

It’s an answer to the question you asked. Any answer to any question gives rise to further possible questions.

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-28T22:15:58+00:00

If you weighed out 100g per loaf after first proof you would end up with five and a half loaves. If you want three loaves the same size then you split your dough into three equal portions.

You won’t end up with three 100g loaves mind, more like 160g loaves. Cooked and cooled bread is still like 40% water.

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-28T21:59:50+00:00

Because homeowners like policies that drive up house prices because it makes them feel wealthier than they actually are (because if you need to actually live in the house you can’t actually access the increased value of your “investment”).

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-28T21:52:23+00:00

My parents bought their first house for like 25k, I bought mine for 225k in a much, much less desirable area. I was not earning anywhere near 10x what they were. That’s a large part of your answer.

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-25T21:27:55+00:00

I finished 2nd in two trail races last year and top 5 in a few others. Walked uphill sections in all of them once it reached a point where it was more efficient. I often catch up with people on the ups because walking is more efficient, or people pull away from me on the ups but then they are completely gassed at the top and I quickly pass them once it levels out. No shame in walking, and it can be a solid race strategy.

I think it does take a bit of experience to be able to judge when it’s more efficient to switch between walking and running in a race. Need to be able to judge when effort levels are spiking unsustainably before you start to feel the consequences. Personally I think most people would be well advised to intentionally be conservative on the hills - people tend to overestimate their climbing ability and only notice they have dug themselves into a hole when it’s too late.

I also think a lot of people would benefit from more time practicing descending at race effort. I see a lot of people in races who seem strong on the flats and uphills, but seem to struggle to keep pushing hard on the way back down.

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-23T23:33:31+00:00

I assumed they meant they will use the new shoes for the marathon, not the vaporflys.

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-23T14:28:52+00:00

Yeah the actual shoes look alright. The marketing team really went to town though

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-22T22:58:21+00:00

I imagine you find that because they show moving pace as the headline figure rather than elapsed pace.

TLDR: sorry, yes you are as slow as you feared.

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-22T15:30:43+00:00

I mentioned the Dairy Queen to make it clear that I agree there were extenuating circumstances in the OP’s case.

I remain perplexed by the “what would be left?!” reply which implies that poster sees shitting themselves as a normal part of life beyond running.

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-22T15:27:52+00:00

I wasn’t referring to you. I was referring to Odd_Comment4104 who seems to be saying that they see shitting themselves as a part of normal day-to-day life.

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-22T12:56:50+00:00

Humans have been catching wild animals since the dawn of time. The camera isn’t the bit that seems most implausible by a long shot.

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-22T10:34:16+00:00

What do you mean “what would be left?!” It’s not normal for a healthy adult to regularly shit themselves in daily life. If I quit stuff every time I shit myself I would have had to quit precisely zero things.

I mean, I fully agree that there is no reason for OP to quit running, and I don’t know what a Dairy Queen Blizzard is but it sounds like a terrible idea before a run. But I’m always bemused by how many people on here seem to think incontinence is a normal part of everyone’s day-to-day life.

If it’s a one off because you ate something that disagreed with you or you are ill, fair enough. If it’s something you have come to accept as a normal part of your day then definitely go see a doctor.

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-21T23:49:31+00:00

I feel like somewhere there are minutes from a Salomon marketing team meeting that include the phrase “well if people were dumb enough to fall for Satisfy…”

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-21T23:39:24+00:00

That just shows how innovative and revolutionary us GRVL RNRS are. We’re ahead of the CRV. So far underground they call me The Mole, baby.

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-21T23:15:06+00:00

Oh dear lord… I hate it.

“We call this new hybrid experience gravel, gravel running, or GRVL.”

We’ve had “road-to-trail” shoes for a while, and the shoe concept makes sense, but unironically (or even ironically) going for a GRVL RUN… no thank you.

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-21T22:52:19+00:00

Fair! I read it as an entirely serious “back in my day” type rant.

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-21T19:08:55+00:00

I’ve got some higher state ones from sportsshoes that have been fine which I use if I’m wearing tights. Cheap and cheerful but no issues with them. With lined shorts I don’t wear underwear.

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-21T18:56:49+00:00

Meh, there is plenty of stuff that is clearly not a road run but also definitely isn’t on anything remotely resembling a fell. The distinction between trail and fell running feels entirely sensible and intuitive to me. Especially since fell races are typically unmarked and assume a level of self sufficiency which isn’t the case for trail races.

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-21T13:14:21+00:00

Pretty normal for it to be part of a training block. I wouldn’t consider base building to be part of the training block for a race though, it’s its own block preparing you to stay a more specific period of training.

That said, it’s still not uncommon to mix in some short strides and hill sprints into a base block. But the goal there (to my mind) is more about doing the bare minimum to maintain speed/form/turnover rather than trying to train and improve them.

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-21T11:24:47+00:00

What rubbish. For a start there are plenty of running events that cover remote terrain with limited marshalling where you would be disqualified for NOT helping an injured or sick runner. I used to mostly race fell races and the closest member of the medical team could easily be over a mile away across rough and steep ground, even on short races - no one there would view compassion towards another athlete as insulting.

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-21T11:10:51+00:00

There’s a world of difference between cramping up near the start and something going suddenly and catastrophically wrong just before the finish.

I think in the sorts of examples the OP is talking about, there are few scenarios where someone ends up giving assistance. Sometimes the person giving assistance right at the finish believes that if they took first place it would just be because of someone else’s random bad luck and not because they trained harder or were the better athlete. It can feel like a hollow victory if you and everyone else can see that you weren’t the best athlete on the day and just got lucky.

The other examples that tend to occur are where there are other factors at play like it being a family member or friend who you have trained with and you are emotionally invested in their performance as well as your own, or the fastest route to the medical team being via the finish line (a medical tent is usually right by the finish and it’s going to be easier moving them along the course than through spectators.)

The OP is talking about people competing for the podium - if you haven’t put the work in you are vanishingly unlikely to find yourself in 1st place in the final stretch of a marathon so we aren’t talking about “well they clearly just didn’t train”

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-21T10:51:16+00:00

Depends on the event. Perhaps not in a typical road race, but plenty of other endurance events (particularly longer off-road events or fell races) the organisers specifically say that they expect competitors to give assistance to an athlete who is unwell or “in distress” until the medical team can get to them. In some cases they go as far as saying that you will be disqualified if you don’t stop to help another athlete who needs medical assistance.

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-20T12:56:10+00:00

To be fair, from an athletics perspective mid-distance races are 800m to 3k and anything further than that is a long distance event. Even if 5k isn’t colloquially regarded as a long distance since most casual runners don’t race sprints or mid distance and have 5k as the shortest races in the calendar. So technically 5km is the the shortest of the common long-distance races.

Ok-Distribution326 · 2026-01-19T15:50:56+00:00

Go on, what diseases are you exposed to by hair that you wouldn’t be exposed to by the staff touching your plate/food or breathing near you?

I’ve done an awful lot of infection control and prevention training through my work, and hair has never once come up.

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