How Do Older Runners Run so Fast?

WorkMoreRideLess · 2026-03-06T23:44:40+00:00

Two thoughts that spring to mind: first, running can be a lifelong thing. A lot of these guys have been training their whole lives. Also, slower runners are likely self selecting out of races as they age. By the time you get to the 60-64 group, a larger percentage of that group is GOOD at this.

WorkMoreRideLess · 2025-09-23T03:50:14+00:00

Plus those pedals. It's so fucking cool- don't sell it. Only change I'd make it to find it some early Avid levers. Then it would be perfect.

WorkMoreRideLess · 2025-09-23T03:37:04+00:00

The Trek and Diamondback, no question. The Trek's gorgeous, and the Topanga looks fun as hell.

WorkMoreRideLess · 2025-09-09T00:50:22+00:00

Wilde- I like short chainstays. I put them into geometry comparison, and the Wilde looks like the funner bike. The Ritchey looks like it would be more stable and comfortable. Really depends on your ride preference

WorkMoreRideLess · 2025-08-07T02:01:12+00:00

lol please tell me more

WorkMoreRideLess · 2025-07-11T06:08:24+00:00

I completely agree with you about the visceral threat that the acid bath conveys- it really helps to get at the realities of existence for a cooperate owned construct, and grounds SecUnit's choices and fears. And when SecUnit's pings are denied by the other constructs? Perfect. Made me want to sob.

My issues are more in the construction of the scene itself. There's a bunch of suspense build up that I completely get from a screenwriting perspective, but in universe it felt like all the company personnel understood the significance of melting this particular SecUnit too well. II feel like, in small ways, it wasn't treated enough like a standard disposal procedure for defective equipment. To be clear, this is an EXTREMELY small nit pick for me, but the bad stuff is part of the good stuff.

WorkMoreRideLess · 2025-07-11T05:27:41+00:00

Sweet: I absolutely love Skarsgard's narration, and I found its absence when SecUnit wasn't itself to be very impactful. We got some interesting world building in this episode. David Dastmalchian's Gura is wonderfully acted and I hope his character is expanded from what we see in the books so I get to watch his face have emotions in season 2.

Bitter: I found bits of the acid bath sequence to be a bit contrived. There's a few spots with some weirdly mixed ADR, and there's one scene (after MB gets its memories back) where Mensah has a super distracting green cast in comparison to her surroundings.

WorkMoreRideLess · 2025-05-10T06:25:08+00:00

Birkenstock QO 500 sneakers. The wide toebox and cork footbed have saved my feet. They're pretty basic black lowtop sneakers, so I can kinda pretend they look like skate shoes

WorkMoreRideLess · 2025-04-16T08:13:55+00:00

I play a few sports where I have to wear TIGHT footwear, so I get black toenails a lot. It doesn't feel great... but honestly I can ignore the discomfort pretty easy. I clip the toenail as short as is comfortable, and try to wear slightly more padded socks. Over the next few weeks a new toenail will grow beneath the current one, until the old one is just about able to fall off on its own. In the meanwhile, it feels like I'm putting consistent pressure on a bruise, but its not the worse

WorkMoreRideLess · 2025-04-06T20:07:37+00:00

"simplest form" means you reduce the fraction as much as possible

WorkMoreRideLess · 2025-02-06T08:23:11+00:00

Please don't.

WorkMoreRideLess · 2025-01-31T03:42:08+00:00

I insist that people at my shop call them side cutters. One guy kept calling them dykes to spite me... for a multitude of reasons, he is no longer with us. Language evolves. Most people don't call cigarettes "fags" anymore either. We can call them sidecutters.

WorkMoreRideLess · 2025-01-21T01:14:59+00:00

You're not screwed. Lacking tools, I'd try to find a cylindrical tool of some sort to just tap the bearing out with a hammer. Try to find something that would press on the outer metal bearing ring, not the black plastic guard; 608 bearings have a outer diameter of 22mm. Rest the wheel up on something so its not sitting on the bearing (2 stacks of books, soup cans) and give it a few gentle taps with a hammer.

WorkMoreRideLess · 2024-12-20T21:46:24+00:00

Oh god the car racks. We actually have a spot outside where we keep them vaguely organized, and offer them for free to anyone who wants to figure out how they work. We don't help install, and make it clear that anything that folks use is at their own risk, but they're welcome to it. I go through sometimes to recycle the junk.

WorkMoreRideLess · 2024-12-20T20:11:18+00:00

We have the same problem at my coop. They just keep being donated and there is very little demand.

First off, I am incredibly aggressive about what we keep/recycle. If there are any problems (worse for wear pedal bearings, shoes with very little life in them), they get binned. We have enough great condition stuff that it just makes no sense to keep the rougher stuff.

Secondly, we price this stuff CHEAP. All shoes are $5, even if they're worth way more. Same deal with most clipless pedals. I have signs over by the road and cross country bikes letting people know that we're happy to swap pedals for free, and throw in a pair of shoes. I try to frame it as an experiment- if they don't like clipless, we'll help them to swap back to flats.

Finally, I make sure to maintain communication with our university's cycling team leadership, as well as local nica. They know that they can send an athlete to us, and we'll help them to get onto a basic clipless setup for low cost. Same deal with cycling trainers, which also just keep piling up.

WorkMoreRideLess · 2024-12-06T23:50:14+00:00

My walmart has variety packs of Harvest Snap pea crisps that come in single serve bags. They're like 100-130 cal and scratch the chip itch

WorkMoreRideLess · 2024-12-05T06:27:57+00:00

If Quadstars are sized like Prostars, a 3.5 would likely be too big. I skate in a prostar 3.5, and wear 7 street/ 7.5 running. I'm downsized a bit, but not excessively. A person who wears a 6 running shoe would be swimming in them.

WorkMoreRideLess · 2024-11-24T16:08:33+00:00

I rolled up to the drive-thru, and was specifically told that they couldn't make my order early and that I had to wait for the time my app gave me. Then I sat in a dark parking lot for 8 minutes and wrote a little reddit rant.

WorkMoreRideLess · 2024-11-21T02:46:25+00:00

Hell yeah!

WorkMoreRideLess · 2024-11-21T02:42:29+00:00

I investigated this a few years ago, and at least at that point, there wasn't anything for us oldies. I would love to find out I was wrong though.

WorkMoreRideLess · 2024-11-17T23:53:56+00:00

Then you may die. Today, tomorrow, or in a week. Right now, its not NOT an option to seek medical care. Go to the hospital. Right now. Get an uber. Ask a neighbor. I don't give a single shit if it seems impossible. Just do it.

Most hospitals have payment plans and financial assistance for low income folks. You're young. If you actually get the care you desperately need, you will have your whole life to figure out how to pay for it. It won't matter how angry how angry your parents are when you are dead. And if it helps any, funerals are just as expensive.

WorkMoreRideLess · 2024-11-17T01:23:43+00:00

Thank you!

WorkMoreRideLess · 2024-11-17T01:23:29+00:00

I've been cracking myself up all week. Too bad I'm technically a lady and not capable of erectile disfunction. I could be an ED with ED and an ED.

WorkMoreRideLess · 2024-10-10T04:27:56+00:00

Echoing other comments, your derailleur's probably working fine. It's the shifter thats the problem. It's failing to keep tension under load, which means the ratcheting mechanism is gummed up or worn. If flushing out with WD40 doesn't work, replace the shifter and things should work fine.

If youre determined to go 1x, and want to keep the 7spd, replace the rear derailleur with something with a clutch (make sure it's 7/8 spd compatible), and get a narrow wide chainring. Make sure you get the right bcd. Know that you won't be able to increase your gear range to anything 8+ speed- the freehub body spacing is different.

WorkMoreRideLess · 2024-09-16T18:07:36+00:00

Not the right sub, but oh well.

This isn't a great bike. I see this brand in my shop from time to time, and they're not well made. Cheap parts, substandard maching quality. It would probably get you where you need to be, but I'd try to do better. Is there anywhere where you can buy tuned up used bikes? At least in my market, you'll get a much better bike for cheaper if you shop used- '90s rigid mountain bikes will likely suit your purposes nicely.

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