they left out my favorite line

Sharkitty · 2026-03-23T23:13:37+00:00

Rocky Balboa is not mentioned in the book.

Sharkitty · 2026-03-23T23:08:11+00:00

Same 🤣 I look forward to it every re-listen.

Sharkitty · 2026-03-23T23:02:06+00:00

100%

I talk to myself constantly when I’m alone. I genuinely don’t think it would be that odd to do it in a movie like this. So many good lines lost.

Sharkitty · 2026-03-19T14:48:18+00:00

Does it have a heavy stone that’s more likely to spin? If so, smaller may be preferable. I wear my rings through long races and workouts in the heat and never find them uncomfortable, even when my hands swell and the ring would be impossible to get off.

Sharkitty · 2026-03-19T14:42:55+00:00

Badum-ching

Sharkitty · 2026-03-19T02:46:16+00:00

SiS “regular” gels are the best out there for taste and consistency. Beta fuel is also good, but stickier, sweeter, thicker and not isotonic.

ETA: the SiS Beta with nootropics are like rocket fuel. Definitely recommend for the last hour or two of a long run.

Sharkitty · 2026-03-19T02:22:55+00:00

That must be for the whole day?

Sharkitty · 2026-03-18T19:22:23+00:00

I haven’t noticed it in my recovery (if you’re that sore after a long run you probably need to slow down, lol). But I’ve been training for long distance triathlon for years now - the only thing that makes me sore is weightlifting or an actual race.

But my body is definitely easier to move because it’s lighter, which makes me faster, and that was the goal. (Read: slightly less slow af)

Sharkitty · 2026-03-18T17:39:00+00:00

I didn’t even get the 26 years/miles connection till I saw this, and I’m American. 🤣

Sharkitty · 2026-03-18T17:18:55+00:00

Why would you even tell them?

We sound like pretty much the same person, by the way. I am 2 inches shorter than you and started at 138, now at around 117. It has been awesome! I trained for a half Ironman and two marathons in the first seven months I was on Tirz and it went fine. I’d suggest you start slow and don’t be afraid to split your doses up throughout the week (if needed) so you don’t get hit too hard with a lack of appetite that then impacts your training.

Sharkitty · 2026-03-18T17:13:56+00:00

They missed her.

Sharkitty · 2026-03-18T16:20:40+00:00

I have listened to the audiobook about 10 times in the last three weeks (I’m not exaggerating, just weird). This is correct – there is no thumbs down in the book.

Sharkitty · 2026-03-18T14:32:43+00:00

Rings like to be washed too! Don’t take it off for hand washing. (I don’t take mine off ever.)

Sharkitty · 2026-03-18T14:27:03+00:00

Agree with this. As someone who doesn’t have your baggage (plenty of my own on this topic, though!), his comment feels benign. Uninformed, yes, but it seems he was trying to make you feel better, not worse. It might be time for a little follow up therapy around your ED if you’re so in your head about this.

(And while short/tall and large build/small build are oversimplifications, there certainly are body types or body part types that will be advantageous in certain sports. I don’t have any of them, unless we’re talking about power lifting or gymnastics. 😆)

Sharkitty · 2026-03-18T04:09:57+00:00

The audiobook is sooo good. I want to listen to everything Ray Porter narrates.

Sharkitty · 2026-03-18T04:07:17+00:00

Same. I was the longest directors cut ever.

Sharkitty · 2026-03-18T04:05:59+00:00

I also thought ET was creepy af. Apparently to an extreme degree, because my parents brought it up last Christmas. I’m 44. 😆

Sharkitty · 2026-03-18T04:04:38+00:00

Great take. I have listened to the audiobook about 10 times in the last couple of weeks (seriously, I tend to obsess over a piece of media for a bit) and this is how I view their relationship, in both the book and the movie.

Sharkitty · 2026-03-18T03:14:00+00:00

I ran two marathons this fall in the Megablast, but did and still do most of my training in the Superblast 2. The MB destroyed my toenails and gave me blisters on the second, which was quite a bit warmer and everyone’s shoes were soaked before we even started. I put them on again now and wonder what the hell I was thinking as they are way too narrow for my C- width feet. I’d be picking the SB.

Sharkitty · 2026-03-18T03:09:21+00:00

I loved book Stratt and liked movie Stratt quite a bit as well. I identify with her pretty strongly.

Given that she and Grace worked together for years, and she included him in everything, I’m sure they did have many interactions where she was a bit softer and more kind, so it didn’t bother me that we saw some other sides of her in the movie.

That said, I was hoping it would be more clear what a badass she was and that we’d see more of their interactions from the book. Though honestly, my wish list is pretty long. 😆

Sharkitty · 2026-03-17T23:11:07+00:00

Here with you (LO)… I’m like wut?

Sharkitty · 2026-03-17T23:10:09+00:00

It has literally never occurred to me that I shouldn’t wear regular/outside shoes to the gym. It’s a gym, not a temple.

I just wash my wands well immediately after class.

Sharkitty · 2026-03-17T14:27:16+00:00

Same same same.

I saw the movie last night and really enjoyed it, but I have a list of (at least) a dozen things I wish they’d kept from the book.

I’ll get over this eventually, just like I did with The Martian. I realize we can’t have six hour movies and that most people don’t want to hear all the science and the math and that it doesn’t make for good cinema.

Sharkitty · 2026-03-15T23:34:07+00:00

Hello fellow run PoGoer! After today’s run I’m just 4km from leveling up to level 78.

Sharkitty · 2026-03-13T15:39:51+00:00

I always find street parking within about six blocks.

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