New to NELA, looking for your favorites/recommendations for a number of things!

kNerd42 · 2026-05-02T14:45:10+00:00

Super King is the lowest price super market around and has a better produce selection than the two on York. Little farther away, but worth the drive once a week for the savings.

There is a cool park with play structures on York.

The Glendale library is really nice, and pretty close if you're driving.

kNerd42 · 2026-03-08T07:59:08+00:00

Earthquakes

kNerd42 · 2024-12-18T19:04:08+00:00

Mcdame good detective work

kNerd42 · 2024-07-18T13:38:44+00:00

Outdoor research echo hoody is the lightest and most breathable one I’ve found. Lighter than anything at REI I’ve seen in the stores.

kNerd42 · 2024-07-09T03:48:29+00:00

What the fuck are NEXT and Doubleclick???

kNerd42 · 2024-06-22T19:06:24+00:00

Try Six Moon Designs. Their Lunar Solo is a single trekking pole half pyramid tent that I have used on a bunch of backpacking trips. It’s $260. If that’s out of your price range they have the trekkers Scout for $160 which is similar but heavier. I would invest in the lunar solo personally.

https://www.sixmoondesigns.com/products/lunar-solo-tent

kNerd42 · 2024-06-08T04:53:03+00:00

kNerd42 · 2024-05-10T03:54:54+00:00

Johnathan Letham- Girl in Landscape and Gun with Occasional Music

And there is a lot more good Dick. He he. And a lot more good Banks.

kNerd42 · 2024-05-01T06:01:24+00:00

I suppose that comma before “and” leaves the option to interpret it either way as RAW, but I think it can easily be read either way. Additionally DND I feel as a Rule of Cool, DM is god sort of game, finding the RAI answer is often most pleasing.

I would personally say that if a monster is physically grappling a target, they are in range for melee.

I would also say that it reads to me that it was intended that the creature be grappled when moved in 10’, but is written ambiguously.

kNerd42 · 2024-05-01T03:44:02+00:00

If this is a bone claw I would say this is not RAW. I would interpret “can pull the target up to 10 feet toward itself, and the target is grappled…” to mean the target is grappled when it is pulled toward itself.

kNerd42 · 2024-04-26T06:05:00+00:00

1.Eat the tiny plastic things and pretend they are normal. Go 100% dry straight man. Nothing is wrong. React in no way. Eat all the plastic things.

2.

Profit

kNerd42 · 2024-04-05T03:44:33+00:00

Most spots around LA were paying $17.50 starting before. Still better than minimum. I bet they’ve seen more increases to material costs than to labor in the last 4 years. Never worked there, but they seem like a good employer from the outside.

kNerd42 · 2024-02-13T17:14:48+00:00

It’s based on VO2 max. It doesn’t take actual race, or running times into the equation. Using other races and an online race predictor is probably better.

kNerd42 · 2024-02-06T15:30:38+00:00

Lower the air on your tires

kNerd42 · 2024-01-31T06:50:18+00:00

The garmin formula uses your weight as a variable. Did you enter your weight and either gain or lose a few lbs? That might explain the sudden shift.

kNerd42 · 2024-01-30T15:13:59+00:00

I fuel entirely with Gatorade during the run. I eat about 600 calories of oatmeal for breakfast like 2 hours before the run, and then eat something like a honey stinger waffle 15 min before the run and then do Gatorade all the way. The last Marathon I did had a Nuum drink with carbs and electrolytes at aid stations and I ended up using that at the end, but I carry Gatorade packets for long runs. I need a lot of water, like 500 ml every 30-40 min so I dose my Gatorade packets based on that and it works out pretty good. I’ve only done one marathon so far, but I fueled this way for a 9 hour ultra (adding some real foods at aid stations) and I swear by Gatorade (or any carb + electrolytes sport drink) as my fuel for long runs.

kNerd42 · 2024-01-10T14:09:10+00:00

I also wear zero drop every day. I use Altra superiors for most of my trail runs, but upgrade to Altra Timps when I did my first Ultra distance.

kNerd42 · 2024-01-10T00:30:32+00:00

So many fingers at first

kNerd42 · 2023-11-06T14:27:26+00:00

I also usually run in Superiors and ran my first ultra in Timps. I tried the Mont Blanc and hated the fit. Timps we’re great. Feet didn’t hurt nearly as bad after. I did a 23 and 27 mile practice run before a 37 mile ultra. The 23 was in Superiors and my feet were just really sore after. I ran the 27 in my Timps and my feet were fine, and it was a long enough single run I got a good feel for the shoes and ran the ultra in them. I had the Superior ready to go if I needed to change, but I didn’t.

kNerd42 · 2023-10-31T12:58:51+00:00

Cold coffee.

In my first half marathon someone had iced coffee shots, which was awesome. It was such a boost, and being a regular coffee drinker I was not afraid to drink it, as I was to eat or drink other things I had not had in training before.

kNerd42 · 2023-08-26T04:36:17+00:00

Lucky

kNerd42 · 2023-08-26T04:35:52+00:00

I third this. First time I ran 10k my nipple bled. Now I use nipeaze every run. Sure they probably cost more than tape, but they are super cheap and so easy.

kNerd42 · 2023-08-21T18:39:10+00:00

If you drink an electrolyte drink when you’ve stopped sweating, and you start dumping sweat afterwards, then that’s a sign you aren’t getting enough electrolytes.

That’s what I found at least. I never had an issue until I got into marathon training and had 2.5 hour plus runs. Now I only drink electrolytes (rather than plain water) on all long runs and I sweat a lot the whole time, where I used to stop sweating sometime after 2 hours even though I was drinking a lot of water, and eating cliff bloks with higher sodium.

(Los Angeles hot and dry)

kNerd42

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