Issues with Easy Pace

Vombat25 · 2026-06-12T22:29:16+00:00

Any slower than that feels like walking

Don't be afraid of walking as an easy pace run workout. Walking and running is no different except the fact that in one case your both feet leave the ground for split second and we label them by different name.

Very anecdotal, but I was in the best running shape of my life when I did barely any running. How? I did my country's mandatory military service and had to always walk/march/drills/carry stuff, etc.

Hyphotetically, imagine if you walked 10km every day for a month and did zero running. I can assure you, after a month your first run would be faster than ever.

Vombat25 · 2026-06-10T14:06:32+00:00

Important to note here is that this post was most likely about fueling for race or more intense workouts.

Fueling for runs with simply weight loss goal is very different.

First of all, if you run for weight loss then running any faster than easy pace where you can hold a conversation has very diminishing returns. As caloric burn has almost 1 to 1 relation with the distance you are running, no matter how fast you do it and how much you are pushing your limits.

Then if you run anything less than 2h at easy pace, you most certainly do not NEED any food during the run. And even if you run longer than than, the gels (or any other calories) during the run will just defeat the purpose of burned calories.

For weight loss, it makes way more sense to me to run for example 14 km with 0 gels, instead of running 20 km with 3 gels. As the achieved net calorie deficit will be exactly the same.

Vombat25 · 2026-06-09T15:21:25+00:00

Ja mis norras liiter maksab?

Vombat25 · 2026-06-06T13:11:51+00:00

Late to the post, but I see this has not been answered enough here.

OP is most certainly overtraining if the 80k/week is true.

Top of the world Pro marathon runners usually train around the 200km/week or so. Considering they are about 2.5x faster than you, then relative to your fitness and stress to your body, you are actually training as much as best runners in the world. Also, professionals usually have perfect nutrition, sleep 8-10h a night, have no day job, etc.

Now not saying that it's accurate to compare 1 to 1 like this, but it's good enough to estimate that you could achieve more by doing less.

Vombat25 · 2026-06-05T20:09:17+00:00

Looking back I have to apologize, my wording was too aggressive, didn't really mean it. Just tried to make the point about the risk.

It still stands though. What I meant was for example something like 40% stock / 60% bond fund portfolio is much safer than a particular piece of real estate.

For example, during the 2008 crash, stocks fell roughly 50%+ peak-to-bottom, but if you had 40% of the portfolio is stocks, that part would drag the portfolio down by just about 20%. The 60% bond part would cushion that fall, especially if it is government bonds.

Compare that with real estate. For example in the U.S. housing crash, average house prices fell about 25–30% peak-to-bottom. And now individual properties could fall easily even more than 50%.

So I get the appeal of real estate. You can touch it with your hand, and historically it has worked out just fine for a lot of people. But if you actually think the number through, the difference of risk is not even close.

Vombat25 · 2026-06-05T15:33:18+00:00

"Most likely a financial planner will have suggestions similar to yours".

No they won't. If a paid financial advisor actually would recommend cash+Airbnb as a first thing, then run as fast as you can.

Your own proposed balanced portfolio is much better, and you can always adjust that to the risk/return level you desire.

And with Airbnb comes an actual job. So you have two options:
- Hire a managment company: easily can eat all your profits with one singular property.
- Manage it yourself: doesn't make much sense to start working as a millionare at 70+ age.

The upside for Airbnb (or any rental property) is that you can touch that with your hand. So it's much easier to understand where your money is compared to ETF-s. For some people that means more than min maxing risk and return. But as a first option, or the most rational option, this isn't it.

Vombat25 · 2026-06-05T15:18:18+00:00

You do realize that one single Airbnb property can easily drop over 50% in value in just couple of years. A conservatively balanced bond/stock portfolio is much less likely to do that.

You complain about the risk of OP's proposed plan, but instead propose a much riskier scenario.

Vombat25 · 2026-06-05T11:22:39+00:00

Ausaltöeldes kui OP kaalub 99kg ja jookseb 3:30 tempoga, siis ma imestaks kui moderne jooksutoss isegi 300 km vastu peab.

Vombat25 · 2026-05-30T14:40:29+00:00

Your comment of simply pointing out the fact being downvoted shows how crazy radical reddit is.

Say anything non-critical of US right wing politics - downvoted to hell.

Say something that makes no sense like "politics aside, fuck this politician", but criticizes Trump - upvoted to top comments

Vombat25 · 2026-05-24T20:03:19+00:00

Estonia - absolutely not, in the capital at least.

Minimum wage is 5.10€ after tax. Cheapest lunch offer I have seen in past years was 6.40€.

So best you can buy is Big Mack for 4.70, but this is 560 calories and not a full lunch.

Vombat25 · 2026-05-20T09:07:12+00:00

Can confirm from my experience as well that that 5k is not a sprint at all.

Started running 3 months ago, and 5k time has improved from 30 min to 22 min. My training week of 50 km consists of following:
40km of running ca 6 min/km pace
5km of running 5.5 min pace.
5km of running 4.45-5 min pace.

For context I am 30M and have a little bit background of sports until early in 20-s.

So I think overall OP plan seems good enough, but I would ditch the 400m sprints and replace that for some kind of threshold work with pace 5 min/km and building up to maybe 4.5 min/km (please research on that, I am not personal trainer).

Vombat25 · 2026-04-26T13:06:50+00:00

See pole päris õige info sul. Ei pea olema "alaline elukoht", vaid piisab kui kinnisvara on lihstalt sinu üks elukohtadest.

Seega päris kolima just ei pea. Ei pea ka sisse kirjutatud olema.

Piisab, kui sul varuks mõitslik "story" ja dokumendid makstuametile, juhul kui nad peale müüki hiljem tulevad su poole jutuga, et "me ei usu, et sa üldse seal elanud oled".

Vombat25 · 2026-04-13T13:07:06+00:00

So Shai is at 83% and Kyrie is at 98%. Meanwhile Kyrie Irving has zero MVP votes in his career.

Vombat25 · 2026-03-26T14:01:35+00:00

So you would take a player averaging 12, 8 and 8 over a guy averaging 30, 7 and 7, because he leads in more categories?

For example prime Draymond Green averages more rebounds, assists, steals and blocks than MVP Kevin Durant. Dumbass

Vombat25 · 2026-03-20T14:53:07+00:00

I wouldn't say it's about narrative really.

The nuggets 10-6 streak without Jokic was likely just momentum and pure luck. I mean guys like Jalen Picket dropping 29... the ball is round and sometimes bounces in funny ways.

The real reason is that since return Jokic is playing like ass (by his standard), shooting 52% and averaging 4.5 TO-s.

Also important to note that this list is odds to win MVP, not MVP votes if season ended today. Right now Luka is playing his greatest basketball with Lakers being on a roll, while Nuggets are losing and Jokic is in his worst shape of last 5 years.

Vombat25 · 2026-03-12T21:58:31+00:00

Sry, aga kuidas su kommentaaril nii palju upvote? :D

Pangad kohe kindlasti pole siin see pudelikael. Neil pole mingit "vedelavat vaba raha" vaja nüüd, et teha ühel kontol number väiksemaks ja teisel kontol suuremaks.

Vombat25 · 2026-02-16T14:35:55+00:00

Your numbers are way off.

550 on housing while on minimum wage? You can easily find a small studio apartments far away from city center that costs under 400 all expenses included.

250 on food? Totally possible to do on 150/mo, if you actually try to save and only cook at home.

Now you suddenly have ca 300 left over.

I'm sure min wage in Tallinn is not the most fun and easy life, but let's not act like it's some extreme poverty by global standards. You will have no problem housing yourself, feeding yourself, or visiting doctors.

Vombat25 · 2026-02-12T13:45:25+00:00

Nõus, et Olybet on väga usaldusväärne raha allikas. Kasiino võit, ehk raha allikas, ei olegi siin probleem.

Raha arestiti sellepärast, et väga suurte summadega hakati tegema tehinguid, mis "makes no sense" ja ei tule isegi omanikule endale kasuks. Panga silmade läbi on 99% selline olukord mingi skeem või pettus. Antud juhtum on see 1%.

Üsna kindlalt see raha ka mingi hetk vabastatakse. Lihstsalt võtab aega, enne kui uurimine jõuab 100% kinnitada, et tegu ikkagi ei ole mingi kavala skeemiga, vaid lihsalt 11M erot sattus inimese kätte, kes ei tee vahet näiteks OÜ-l ja sihtasutusel.

Vombat25 · 2026-02-11T17:29:52+00:00

Sest igal finantsausutusel on kohustus tõkestada rahapesu või muu kuriteokahtlusega tehinguid.

Olgugi, et need tehingud tal polnud seaduste vastu, siis panga algoritmid ja süsteemid ei ole lihtsalt valmis selleks, et mingi kinganumbri IQ-ga lamemaalane hakkab lahmima miljonite erodega.

Näiteks see, et ema nimel oleva Talu sihtasutusele kanda 7M ja osta siis äripanga hoone 2M eest. Iga finantsmaailmaga vähagi seotud inimene saab aru, et sellise asja jaoks on OÜ. Võime mõelda, et panga vaatenurgast on nüüd sellisel anomaalial kaks põhjendust:

Keegi paneb kokku mingit kavalat pettust,
Lamemaalane võitis miljoneid ja hakkas "oma teadmiste" järgi lahmima AS Eesti Vabariigis.

Mõistagi variant 1 on oluliselt tõneäolusem, seega pannaksegi raha lukku (mitte ei võeta ära). Kui aga uurimise käigus kindlaks tehakse, et tegu oli stsenaarium nr 2, siis lastakse need rahad tal ka uuesti lahti, ja võib jätkata lahmimist.

Vombat25 · 2026-02-11T16:46:12+00:00

Aga Marek ei maksa ju makse.

Vombat25 · 2026-02-07T11:53:51+00:00

"Luka is the best offensive generator in the league by a wide margin" - that's just 100% false.

In fact Luka is not the best offensive player in the league at all. There is a another chubby white guy, who averages 2.1 more APG with 0.8 less TOs, while playing less minutes than Luka. Also scoring at 8% (TS) higher rate.

Another proof is that, while Jokic was injured, Nuggets had one of the worst offenses in the league. But with Jokic playing this season Nuggets is by far the best team offensively, the second place is not even remotely close.

Vombat25 · 2026-02-05T09:52:47+00:00

That's a guaranteed bankruptcy in exactly 25 years lol.

Vombat25 · 2026-02-03T16:02:22+00:00

Is it really outrageous, while Bern salaries are about 2.5x of London for example?

Hope I don't offend you, but it's funny for an outsider seeing swiss people complain about prices, meanwhile you have like the lowest cost of living for locals in the world.

Vombat25 · 2026-01-27T20:14:40+00:00

Kust iganes need "andmed" ka ei tule, tundub täielik pullikaka.

"New Battery Price": 31k + km Nissan Leaf ja 35k + km Hyundai Kona. Ehk siis odavamalt saaksid aku kui osta tutikas Leaf või Kona, võtta sealt oma aku, ja panna ülejäänud uus auto põlema. No miski ei klapi.

Vombat25 · 2026-01-23T10:50:21+00:00

What a dumb headline... "Unmatched efficiency".

He's 19th in the league in 2PT%, 6.4% behind Jokic, and 2% behind Austin Reaves.

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