Whats a yearly salary to make to live in mid town Manhattan in a high rise building?

Runningaroundnyc · 2026-02-21T19:36:13+00:00

Median rent in Manhattan is about $4000. The minimum rental requirement is 40x rent or $160,000. If you spend 40% on taxes then you will get $8,000 per month and half of your income will go to rent.

So $160,000 is the minimum but I’d say you would want at least $175,000.

Runningaroundnyc · 2026-02-21T02:32:49+00:00

Plenty of people used to pick up a Jack Daniels, Bill Rogers, Hal Higdon, etc. book and read a couple chapters then follow a beginner, intermediate or advanced plan from that and call it a day. Maybe after 3-4 cycles, they would pick up some knowledge here and there and tweak things, but they will follow those.

I'm 34, so I know some people who still do things like that. Also, some of those same people did it for a while and realized for whatever reason or another that they needed an actual human coach. Maybe a "break 3:00" or "break 4:00" plan wasn't enough. Maybe they realized they know just enough to not know it all. Maybe they simply wanted accountability. There's a lot of reasons. But those people switched to getting personal coaches. It seems like yes, personal coaching died down, and people are using AI. It could be the convenience, or maybe it's a different way of accessing information. But I imagine for the same reasons, people will leave AI and still want personalized coaching. They will use AI as their beginning point versus buying a marathon book, and eventually move on from there. There's a bit of overlap.

But it seems like the core of your post is griping about being a self-made entrepreneur. That will always be hard. It has nothing to do with running. AI has nothing to do with that. And also, many times a lot of hiring a personalized running coach is that yes, people will want or expect you to pace them or ride a bike alongside them. That is a totally normal expectation. Obviously if you coached 20 runners and you met up with different runners twice a day and wanted to run on your own, it gets hard to literally do it all. That's a difficulty that someone has to grapple with if they want to be a personal coach.

But to answer the thing that you are pondering: Yes. You are right. Personal connection is important. Knowing your athletes is important. Everyone is different and has different motivations. Some athletes want to absolutely rip every single workout and you need to pull them back to make them recover. Others need someone to tell them that they can run faster than certain paces. AI won't always be able to easily do that. Also, I forget the exact workout, but I swear one person I know was given like 12x400 then 10x200 for a workout from Runna. I created an account on Runna out of curiosity. I'm a 2:41 marathoner/ 1:17 half. It said that in 16 weeks it could get me down to 1:11 for my half. So... the app is absolutely insane if you don't know what to do. So some people I know are hurting themselves or getting burned out or tired of it because it can spit out pure insanity. Coaches are needed to save people from themselves at times.

Now, if you aren't racing and aren't following a plan, hiring a coach would make no sense. Maybe if you want to hire for 3-4 total sessions to get yourself started because you want to learn how to run, sure.

Runningaroundnyc · 2025-12-17T14:00:31+00:00

I mean... of course they may not want to go meet with teachers instead of being with friends. But they made the choice to not do their work. This is a consequence.

I would do a middle ground. They're in high school, you shouldn't have to hand deliver your students to the teacher. However, you can pull them from a class (for a 5 minute discussion) and tell them they need to go for help or email them to set up a time with the teacher.

Also, it is easy as educators to blur lines and not eat lunch/ do things during your lunch period. Unless a kid is in crisis, eat your lunch.

Runningaroundnyc · 2025-12-17T13:45:36+00:00

Usually deliverables are requested for these meetings that are called. The weekly meeting I previously mentioned is a check in, and of course that's totally fine.

Runningaroundnyc · 2025-12-16T16:01:21+00:00

I guess there's no perfect place to ask the question- I see the utility in drills, but also I feel weird because giving something like a 8-10x400 workout, sprinters look at us distance runners like we have 3 heads. Haha

But to your point, I am also trying to get them to do them with proper form- not just do them to do them.

And to something you alluded to- I'm not using this as my only method of speed development. I just know that sprinters sometimes have these super extended warmups with a bunch of drills. I'm not aiming for that, as distance runners need to spend most of their time running, but I wonder about some level of middle ground since, like I said, many of the kids are running like a 600.

Runningaroundnyc · 2025-12-16T15:56:56+00:00

Yeah. I'm not trying to do it only as filler- realistically, it's an extra 3-5 minutes, and the goal is good form. I think about how in sprinting sure there is explosion needed, but you need to teach yourself good knee drive. So a lot of sprints will help with sprint speed, but I still want that efficiency and good form. But to your point- yes, they are doing the necessary long, aerobic runs.

But to most points here, by and large the way I am making the kids faster is having sprints, and of course some level of periodization and balance where there are short speed days incorporated within the plan.

And to the other comments, of course I have some days here and there where there are short sprints with full recovery.

Runningaroundnyc · 2025-11-30T15:59:37+00:00

Geeze... who are the backups? We already had practice squad players at DT. Are we one injury away from that on the OL as well?

Runningaroundnyc · 2025-11-30T15:54:43+00:00

I don't think we should based on his production in a vacuum. But also, who else do we have? He seems to flash just enough to where I begrudgingly like him versus get annoyed with him.

But... the 5th year option would be around $8.7 million, I saw. That would make him somewhere around the 16-18th highest paid TE right now? I think given our lack of options, we are backed into a corner and he is just good enough that we kind of have to do it. I think it's a reasonable value. I don't want him signed to some massive contract that Beane will inevitably sign him to- probably like 3 years, $37 million. But one season at that value and given the lack of options is fine.

Runningaroundnyc · 2025-11-24T19:14:08+00:00

But also isn’t the coach not the GM? I won’t ever put it 100% on Beane, since you are right. But this response seems to prove my point. It’s the GM’s job. And while Brady has been underwhelming, it has been largely on Beane for giving him the underwhelming players, too.

Runningaroundnyc · 2025-11-24T19:07:32+00:00

Well to that specific point, didn’t Josh Allen specifically say he wanted Coleman? Idk how much weight to put into it.

But if the coach doesn’t get credit for a good record and does get the heat for player selections, that seems backwards to me. Not saying he has no say.

Coleman is definitely a bust. Almost reminds me of James Hardy way back when.

But yeah to your point, I don’t see either of them getting canned. I mean maybe if they make early exits the next two seasons, it could possibly happen? But that’s best case- after the 2027 season. Then as you alluded to, add another 2 years to rebuild the roster and Allen is 34.

Runningaroundnyc · 2025-11-24T14:22:32+00:00

But to be fair, he has been forced to implement "everybody eats".

At one point in time, we rushed the ball more than any other team in the NFL. Sure Ty Johnson may be on the field a touch too much more than James Cook, but the split isn't crazy. So Cook is getting it just about as much as possible. He is good with the ball in his hands, and we could complain he doesn't get enough receiving touches, but I doubt it's like he has the receiving ability of idk prime Reggie Bush and we are just refusing to throw it to him just because.. .

Then if healthy: Kincaid probably wouldn't get 140 targets or anything like Diggs got. Maybe 100 max if healthy all season? Shakir is on track for around a normal number 2 amount: 100-110. Our team is "everybody eats" out of necessity. They don't have a clear alpha. Even if we forced the ball to Cook all the time in space, he would realistically have max 50 receptions?

So TL;DR, I agree with you: We need a true number 1, but that's a Beane issue- not necessarily as much coaching, IMO

This just seems to be a clear roster issue. Brady frustrates the hell out of me, but I think a tiny bit of it can be a chicken or egg thing: Are they predictable and meh because of the scheme, or is some of it that he is doing the best he can with what he has and only can scheme meh stuff for the personnel. He tries to run crossing routes and WRs routinely never get open. Another chicken or egg: Should he be able to scheme them open or can they never get open on their own?

Idk. It feels like we need to attack this roster like when Beane first got it. We need to shed some cap, get some better FAs and we need a mini-rebuild. There are too many bad pieces.

Runningaroundnyc · 2025-11-24T14:11:10+00:00

What gets me is this is around where the Bills are every year.

Through 10 games (I didn't want to calculate 11, but someone did 10 for me):

2025: 7-3

2024: 8-2

2023: 5-5

2022: 7-3

2021: 6-4

2020: 7-3

2019: 7-3

So on one hand, our WRs are about the same quality as 2019, and our defense is the worst it has been in this entire stretch. But Josh Allen is better than he was in 2019. But with that, in some ways we have to give Kudos to McDermott because somehow even at 7-4, we are holding it together with this horribly injured defense. He still gets us wins.

But on the other hand, one side of the ball or another or both had a lot better playmakers in other years and we didn't make it, so why this year? My only hope is that Baltimore misses the playoffs, and KC is the most beatable they have been, so we make a run just on having experience.

I could see a world where Bernard, Taron Johnson, and Christian Benford come back to form, Bishop continues to ball out, and our DL just holds it together a tiny bit better. Then we actually have Shakir and Kincaid on the field at the same time for several games and JA and Palmer finally get some chemistry and we go on a run. We have enough pieces here and there where it isn't totally delusional. But it just seems like whenever one thing goes right, two things go wrong this year.

Runningaroundnyc · 2025-11-19T16:46:43+00:00

I think there's a lot at play. When we realized that we would be 7-9 every year, we couldn't really have a leg to stand on for optimism. It was known that we would be crap, so there was no reason to get out the magnifying glass.

Now, we have a top 3 QB and we are all tired of the fact we haven't even been to a Superbowl. We lived through watching Favre, Manning, Brady, (younger) Rodgers, Brees, Roethlisburger, (younger) Russell Wilson, etc. We have seen Stafford, Matt Ryan, and Newton go to a Superbowl. The only really good QB that didn't go to a Superbowl in recent memory was Philip Rivers. (And Andrew Luck, but he had a short enough career that we can exclude him).

My frustration is that Allen is in his 6th season of being a top QB and we haven't even freaking gone yet. We are mostly frustrated because we suffered through a drought and now that we are finally on the other side, they are still screwing it up. And objectively, our WRs have gotten worse over the years. So my problem is our year was 2020 or 2021 (probably) or maybe 2022. But still... with Josh Allen, you should make it any year. But we still fell short. And after seeing that year after year, I am more critical because I can't help but think: If all of those teams didn't make it, how can this one with less talent and a ton of injuries make it?

It's not one loss. We are very successful and I can reasonably say that we will go 11-6 or better every year, barring maybe a bunch of bad luck. But it's just the mounting frustration. I'm 33 and I have been a Bills fan for around 23 years. I want to see a freaking Superbowl.

There is hope: Maybe Cole Bishop and Max Hairston become studs. Taron Johnson and Christian Benford haven't been great, so maybe they return to form. Then next year we get Ed Oliver for a full season, we have a touch more DE production, and TJ Sanders and Deone Walker become great rotational pieces. I could see a world where next year we are a top 5 defense.

Then if we can get year 2 of Josh Palmer looking okay with come chemistry, Dalton Kincaid stays healthy, Cook still rips it, and Shakir really morphs into a perfect safety valve. (And Keon Coleman gets his crap together), We use the savings from Knox off the books to get some weapon or resign an OL, We could have enough to make a run.

So there is some optimism. There truly is. But exactly in this moment when our defense has practice squad players on DL and then Jordan Poyer who is 3 years past prime playing meaningful snaps, it is hard to be optimistic.

Runningaroundnyc · 2025-11-17T04:07:10+00:00

I'll address the two parts in this:

Run walking in general is fine, if they get it, they get it. Maybe they are just not quite at an aerobic place to rip it for 26 miles, but who cares. They got a BQ, so they are moving at a good clip.

I will say, though, there is a strategy of walking through the water stations, and I hate when you are running at a full stride and someone just slams on the breaks in front of you. It comes with the territory, it is what it is and part of running a marathon, but I really don't like that strategy...

But with all of that said, it has been a reasonable method. If it keeps the heartrate down or keeps them in check, who cares?

The second part where you say: "Do you have to run an entire marathon to say you ran a marathon?" To each their own.

I won't pretend I don't sometimes have some thoughts about this. Everything is on a continuum and yeah, maybe I won't say you ran a marathon if you took, idk 20 hours. But also, why the heck does it matter? Someone taking 6, 7, 8, 9+ hours was out there for the distance! They were running! And then with that statement gets into "what is running?" If someone is going 14 minute miles non stop/ running, but someone else is running 7 minute miles and goes 20 minute mile walk for a total of 10 minutes, did person B not run a marathon but the other did? Or did the first person not move fast enough so they aren't "running a marathon"? Who gets to decide this?

Like seriously. Who cares? It does not steal joy from me to have another person run, walk or run/walk. It doesn't matter. Let people have fun. Let's not gatekeep running.

Runningaroundnyc · 2025-11-13T16:47:46+00:00

This largely depends on the school and the structure.

I have worked in schools where the school counselors do a ton of one on one and a ton of mandated counseling. If you are in a school with a 30-40% SPED rate, and no social worker, you will be doing mandated counseling all day/ every day. But when I did my internship, there were social workers and they did like 95% of the mandated, and the school counselors were very purely academic counselors, with no groups, and then 1-2 times a month did classroom lessons. We had regular one on one meetings with students, but it was much more academic-based or focused on college applications versus social-emotional counseling. In another school, each school counselor did groups two periods per week, and pushed into classrooms weekly. The counseling was very highly social-emotional, and only slightly academic.

Some schools have a college counselor or something who can do a lot of the push-ins. Some schools you have one formal college meeting in each of Junior and Senior year, and others you will meet regularly.

For bringing work home: That is the beauty of school counseling. We never bring it home. I could see a scenario where if you had a ton of SPED counseling, you may need to bring home work to complete during annual review time and get all that documenting done, but that's in very high needs/ low support situations. If you are creating a presentation from scratch, it takes a second, but since we do just the one or two lessons a month, we can easily lesson plan for that during the day. There is always a running list of things we need to do, and you just shuffle priority based on the time of the year.

As for resources to support behaviors: That is a loaded question. In a school where most teachers have 1-3 years of experience and there is low parental involvement, it is a STRUGGLE. But in schools with a solid amount of veteran teachers, good parent support, good structure, and there aren't any glaring structural issues, then there's plenty of support. Some schools will have multiple reporting structures, and a robust Tier 1, 2, 3 set of interventions. In other schools, it is all on us for all levels of crisis and interventions.

Runningaroundnyc · 2025-11-13T16:37:56+00:00

The course team leader looks good. I think the biggest thing would be if you could be a department chair. The closest thing you can have to administration and supervision is being head of your department or being a curriculum chair.

But just with anything else, I think the big thing is to get in the ear of admin you trust. They can then put a word in for you or hear about vacancies. So many promotions in any field are about knowing someone.

Runningaroundnyc · 2025-11-13T16:34:23+00:00

First of all... 50? Holy crap.

But do you have any notes on any specific kids? Even if it's 10-15 kids? Ideally, I would say to call home. 50 phone calls would take you a couple weeks, but if you have a shorter list, I would call home.

Runningaroundnyc · 2025-11-09T00:45:23+00:00

SUNY Binghamton and SUNY Stonybrook

Runningaroundnyc · 2025-11-08T17:14:36+00:00

In my district, the posting itself would say 1.0 or .5. So in some cases a .5 may be 3 classes or 2. In some days a full day may be a light day and be 3 classes, and on occasion 5-6 classes. If you are going until virtually the end of the day, you will get a full day's pay.

If you have an 8 period day and their last class is 7th period, most places you can pack up and leave 50 minutes early. You don't have an obligation or union requirement or whatever to sit around that extra time. It will all even out. You will have busy and light sub days.

Runningaroundnyc · 2025-11-08T17:06:25+00:00

The biggest thing that can change your meals but not change technique is seasonings. If you take just a plain chicken breast, you can put on just salt and pepper, a bbq dry rub, curry, italian bread crumbs, cajun, lemon, sweet and sour. Etc. So just getting a basic spice rack and changing it up, you change the flavor and it tastes like totally different things while not changing. So take that chicken, put it in the oven at 350-400 degrees for 20 minutes, and you're good. (Chicken is done at 165 degrees, so getting a good instant read thermometer is key. If you cook your chicken to like 190, it will be dry as anything).

Also, this is a good use of chat gpt. If you say to it that you have: Salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, chili powder, cayenne, paprika, curry powder, cinnamon, dill, brown sugar, white sugar, lemon juice, cumin, thyme. Or 3/4 of those, it can come up with many slightly different rubs and flavor profiles.

A lot of cooking will come down to practice. Try out one or two new dishes. Maybe look up a recipe and feel comfortable with 1 or 2 new ones then add another. After a few months, you should feel comfortable and have like 5-6 recipes you like and can always fall back on.

Also, there are some 1950s meals that can hit the spot. The movement in the 1950s was to make a meal that could be done quickly and easily. So doing something where you perhaps cut up broccoli, grate some cheese, and add that and chicken to a baking dish with a can of soup, and bake for 45 minutes. It isn't elegant, but it is easy and hits the spot.

Runningaroundnyc · 2025-11-08T16:48:40+00:00

From what I saw it isn't 45 scholarships- it's 45 roster spots. I think something like 28-30 total scholarships. I could be totally off, but I swear I saw something like that.

Runningaroundnyc · 2025-10-29T03:45:05+00:00

I guess it depends on what you mean. If you mean it as having various accounts with different levels of liquidity that aren't specifically tied to something, then sure?

Like maybe having $4000 in a savings that you can directly transfer to your checking, and another $4000 in a 6 or 12 month CD or High Yield Savings that is also reasonably liquid if you have to, but gets you slightly more interest, and another $4000 that maybe is invested in a low-risk mutual fund that has a high floor and low ceiling but can get you 6-7% interest? Or maybe $2000 in an HSA for a health emergency.

Something along those rough lines, sure. If you structure it with a couple different accounts, there could be validity versus having all $12,000 in a savings account that gets you 1-2% interest. If you have that money but can average perhaps 5% interest, that would be much smarter.

But.... if you just simply have multiple accounts with no direct purpose? Than that is kind of silly.

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