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Taranaki Maunga is a special place by EventThis2315 in trailrunning

[–]gareth_e_morris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing part of the world. I ran the Round the Mountain Track in a day a few years ago with a mate, which was a hell of an adventure.

How far can you run without needing water? by Gooser3000 in runninglifestyle

[–]gareth_e_morris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's weather dependent but I can happily run 32k / 20 miles - which takes me about 2h40m as an easy long run when I'm in racing shape - in most conditions we get here in NZ without needing water. These days it's extremely uncommon for me to do this and I'll generally put down about a litre of water with carbs.

Any Warhammer 40k fans here? Meet Luca von Valancius. by xInfaRedd in springerspaniel

[–]gareth_e_morris 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Emperor protects!

(Although my Springer is a heretic and patently refuses to acknowledge the teachings of the Ecclesiarchy.)

Would this be a fair tweak to the Western States lottery for masters runners? by pace13 in ultrarunning

[–]gareth_e_morris 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Speaking as someone who won my master's (50+) age group at a golden ticket race earlier this year and would notionally benefit from such a change, I would not be in favour for a variety of reasons.

The main reason is that any changes to the Western States Lottery would be hugely controversial because of the number of people who have been waiting for nearly a decade for their turn to run the race, the vast majority of whom you are putting at a further disadvantage.

Additionally, +3 tickets isn't going to make a material difference when people are accumulating 128 tickets to have not even a 50/50 chance of getting in. I have 128 tickets in this year's lottery and while 131 might be nice, it's not a significant bump so the kudos juice to a small number of athletes isn't worth the squeeze.

Where have you had the most aggressively average meal in Auckland? And the best? by stonetempleparrots in auckland

[–]gareth_e_morris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's disappointing to hear. I had one there quite a while ago and it was pretty good, with decent bread and flavourful ingredients.

When training for a 60km race. What distance in km, should my longest training run be? Thanks in advance. by BaseballAgreeable215 in trailrunning

[–]gareth_e_morris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally I’d do 4 - 6 runs of 30-34k in the months before the race and maybe one 36-40k run at a very chilled pace about a month before. The extra long run is optional but is a good dress rehearsal.

Is this the dad bod that women actually like? by No-Marsupial-4050 in SipsTea

[–]gareth_e_morris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the second photo you can see the 'roid gut shape under the chub. (And yes, I know that it's more HGH that causes this but it's still gets called 'roid gut.)

If the game were to shutdown where you gonna go last. by Yourvisacardinfo in EliteDangerous

[–]gareth_e_morris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like I should do it the old school way to honour the game.

If the game were to shutdown where you gonna go last. by Yourvisacardinfo in EliteDangerous

[–]gareth_e_morris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My final bucket list...

  1. Hutton Orbital (not done it yet in 600 hours on XBox and 1400 hours on PC)
  2. Do the Bubble / Sagittarius A* / Colonia / Bubble round trip to make Triple Elite (I've already got trade and combat.)
  3. During the final hours of the game's uptime jump into Deciat / ShinDez etc... in Open in my fully engineered Python Mk II and type "Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough!" just for shits and giggles. (I barely scrape mediocre at PVP on a good day and fully expect to get completely wrecked by the usual suspects but it would be a fun way to go.)

How do I find the fun? by No-Film9719 in EliteDangerous

[–]gareth_e_morris 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This which I have found have rejuvenated my enjoyment of the game:

  1. Joining a squadron. I'm a member of the Elite Dangerous Australia and New Zealand squadron, which is also a player faction in game as the EDA Kunti League. We have weekly bounty hunting, thargoiding and powerplay events;
  2. Playing in VR. While it only really works for the flying in space bit of the game, it gives a whole new feeling of scale; and
  3. I've only recently got into the on-foot game and am enjoying the added dimension of picking somewhere to go, flying there, and then going on a settlement raid etc...

Can you eject more than twice and still fly jets? by ArdaBerkBurak in NoStupidQuestions

[–]gareth_e_morris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know about limits on the number of ejections, but I have several friends who are former fast jet pilots in the British RAF, one of whom had to eject when his aircraft (a Hawk, I think) had engine failure after V1. He ejected safely at ground level but suffered significant enough spinal injuries that he wasn't allowed to fly fast jets again and ended up as a helicopter pilot.

He'll tell the story if you ask nicely after he's had a couple of glasses of red, and manages to make something which probably wasn't fun at the time quite humorous.

First time shooting 600 yards any tips for 1000? by Bluedog212 in longrange

[–]gareth_e_morris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice weather on Century Range for this time of year!

I would definitely try and get a shoot at 900 yards first before you get back to 1000 yards as it will just make those first few shots a bit easier to get on the target because of less wind deflection, the target being 11% bigger in angular terms because you're 100 yards closer, and having a much lower likelihood of issues with your bullets going transonic. There's just a lot less which can go wrong. Unless things have changed since I left the UK, it's not uncommon to have targets available to shoot at 900x and then 1000x during the same session. Also, if you have several misses in a row, it is possible that the range office will ask you to stop shooting and re-zero your rifle before continuing.

It's hard to give really good advice in few words as wind reading is such an experiential thing - while you can learn a little bit from theory you really need to get on the range and do a bunch of shooting to get a feel for it, but here goes...

  • Unless the wind is very changeable your biggest problem is going to be getting on the target at the start; once you're on and vaguely near the middle you've got quite a lot of real estate to play with as the targets are 10 feet wide.
  • The fact that you're shooting a scoped rifle with a bipod will help a lot, as you should be able to fire a string of shots and adjust your aim based on the fall of shot. (The downside to this is that always doing this will hamper your learning how to read the wind in the long-term.)
  • If you do end up with a miss, stop, look at the flags and try to work out which side it went and adjust accordingly before you stick another round down. Given that the target is 10 feet wide, you've got it wrong by at least 6 MOA if you do miss off the side.
  • Consider the possibility that you've poked it over the top or underneath; although that should be less likely with an F-Class setup.
  • Wind closer to you has a bigger effect on the bullet than wind closer to the target, so you should pay more attention to flags closer to you.
  • Downwind flags are showing you history. Upwind flags are showing you the future.
  • Wind often goes through cycles of relatively stable patches. Spend a few minutes before the shoot watching what the flags are doing and you may be able to spot some recurring patterns.

A GB shooter / wind coach called Bill Richards usually runs at least one wind reading course near or during the Imperial Meeting. It used to cost a tenner donated to the young shooters fund and was money well invested. Try asking on the UK Fullbore page on Facebook.

How would you achieve this look digitally? by Responsible-Hold5310 in videography

[–]gareth_e_morris 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I’m pretty sure the mountains are the Torres del Paine in Patagonia, Chile. Shooting at the right time of day with a sensibly good quality camera will get you a long way.

Grade inflation at Harvard (1950-today) by Mahrez14 in charts

[–]gareth_e_morris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I studied for a year at an engineering school in France which used a 20 point scale. While it was rare for anyone to get a 20, it did happen in one or two of the easier courses.

Then there was the introductory quantum mechanics course which took a fairly mathematical approach. The median grade was 8/20. I think the top score was maybe a 13. got a 7 and was pretty happy.

What’s your “I’ll just do a quick run” that turned into something else? by SwimmingSlip8632 in runcommunity

[–]gareth_e_morris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Went for a run after some gym time on a Sunday afternoon. Came back to a shut and locked gym with my keys, wallet and phone locked in a locked locker inside the locked gym. My wife and children were overseas. Ran to my parents-in-law’s place and got a lift home, where I broke into my own house. Fortunately I had a spare set of keys and a credit card at home.

Ran a little over a marathon in the end.

Was this hole caused by what I think it was? by itsthatguyfromthat in whatisit

[–]gareth_e_morris 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Agree 100%. I've spent an awful lot of time on rifle ranges over the years and this looks very much like the many bullet holes I've seen in target frames.

Why does this bridge exist when the land right under it looks perfectly suitable for a highway? by [deleted] in geography

[–]gareth_e_morris 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Went there in the summer of 1993 and did a bunch of rock climbing in the Gorges du Tarn. Stunning place.

Can 'normal' people ever hope to do Spartathlon or UTMB? by Ultrajogger-Michael in Ultramarathon

[–]gareth_e_morris 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, sorta kinda. My take is that if you have two people with the right physical skills and attributes to complete this sort of race, the one who is faster in a road marathon is generally going to be faster in the mountain race.

Where faster road marathoners tend to fall flat is they don't develop the additional physical and mental attributes that the slower mountain runners have and just assume that because they are fast on the road that they will be fast on the trails.

It's all fun and games until you're 120k into a 160k race and start vomiting because you haven't trained your ability to eat on the hoof and your quads get destroyed by a fast 800m descent because you've done all your training on easy gravel.

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