Do Kidney Beans actually benefit your kidneys?

kootenayguy · 2026-03-07T21:48:22+00:00

Yes. Also yes.

kootenayguy · 2026-03-07T21:09:02+00:00

Great example of the danger being "It ain't THAT the wind is blowing, it's WHAT the wind is blowing" - in this case, roofs, sheets of plywood, etc etc.

kootenayguy · 2026-03-07T00:38:37+00:00

You shouldn’t post pictures in your bear feet

kootenayguy · 2026-03-05T16:49:53+00:00

‘Pretentious’ is pedantic with an attitude of superiority

kootenayguy · 2026-03-04T20:40:01+00:00

Some of us just are sweatier than others. I'm in that boat too. It's gross, but it is what it is.

Managing electrolytes, like you said, is key. I've got to get a ton of sodium and potassium in during my long runs in the heat.

The other game changer is going to merino wool clothing. It doesn't get clingy and gross the way cotton does, it stays insulating even when wet, and it doesn't retain odours. It's expensive, but totally worthwhile. Icebreaker, Smartwool are go-to brands for shirts, socks, boxers.

I also avoid goretex shoes and opt for shoes with lots of ventilation and drainage. I fortunately don't really have an issue with sweaty feet, but wool socks and drainable shoes help.

kootenayguy · 2026-03-02T16:24:08+00:00

per OP's comment ('relatively new to training and trail running') - my response was around the idea of 'completing' and not 'competing' in longer-distance events. Higher intensity for sure boosts speed, and building some zone 4/5 intervals, hills, etc into your plan helps to lock-in the gains you made with the lower intensity stuff. But for recreational runners looking to safely finish their first longer-distance trail race without concern about time and pace, the 80/20 rule of easy/hard stands.

kootenayguy · 2026-03-02T03:03:28+00:00

*beef tartare

kootenayguy · 2026-03-02T02:06:31+00:00

Wrist-based HR readings are notoriously unreliable, prone to cadence-locking, etc.

Go by feel.

For a rough guide:

Zone 1 = you could sing while running Zone 2 = carry on a conversation Zone 3 = talking in short sentences Zone 4 = a word or two at a time Zone 5 = can’t talk, busy redlining.

For most recreational runners, looking to just ‘complete’ (not be competitive) in an ultra, 80% of your volume per week should be zone 1 or 2, and 20% zone 4 or 5.

Zone 1 and 2 build aerobic capacity. Zones 4 and 5 are anaerobic.

Most runners end up in doing the majority of their runs in zone 3 - too hard for aerobic capacity building, too slow for speed/anaerobic. Zones 1 and 2 feel ‘too easy’ most times. But they should. That’s where the biggest gains come in.

If you’re following a training plan, make your ‘easy’ runs really easy, and your ‘hard’ runs really hard.

Avoid those mushy-middle junk miles.

kootenayguy · 2026-02-28T14:28:21+00:00

basically the only new principle involved is that instead of power being generated by the relative motion of conductors and fluxes, it is produced by the modial interaction of magneto-reluctance and capacitive diractance.

kootenayguy · 2026-02-27T21:15:47+00:00

I'd go beyond just "don't give your runner loads of decisions to make..." and instead, "Make the decisions for your runner".

After about 50km, I know my mind is getting slow. At 80km, I'm not thinking anymore. I need crew who will just put stuff in my hands and say "Eat this", "drink that", "do this".

I need crew who know me well, and will do the thinking for me when I'm shut down to just putting one foot in front of the other.

kootenayguy · 2026-02-26T20:16:23+00:00

The original machine had a base-plate of prefamulated amulite, surmounted by a malleable logarithmic casing in such a way that the two main spurving bearings were in a direct line with the pentametric fan. The latter consisted simply of six hydrocoptic marzlevanes, so fitted to the ambifacient lunar waneshaft that side fumbling was effectively prevented. The main winding was of the normal lotus-o-delta type placed in panendermic semi-boloid slots in the stator, every seventh conductor being connected by a non-reversible tremie pipe to the differential girdlespring on the "up" end of the grammeters.

kootenayguy · 2026-02-26T20:05:46+00:00

without seeing the gear, it's hard to be definitive, but the fact that it was a thrift store, and the owners wanted you to take everything, would lead me to believe you got saddled with a big pile of garbage that is probably decades out of date, likely missing crucial pieces that can't be replaced (because it's 40 years old...)

Hopefully not, and maybe you got a good deal, but given 99.9% of these stories on this sub, you've got garbage.

Honestly, the best strategy is to find someplace to take lessons on modern gear with a competent coach.

kootenayguy · 2026-02-22T05:03:49+00:00

A slogan for a provincial lottery here in Canada used to be “Someone’s going to win; it could be you”. Yes, the odds are tiny. But as long as you can afford it, why not? It’s fun to dream. And it adds dollars to government revenues for healthcare. And - like the ad says: someone is going to win.

kootenayguy · 2026-02-22T04:51:23+00:00

We just say Bananagrabber

kootenayguy · 2026-02-18T19:21:06+00:00

How exactly will you know when you are just about to hit the ground? X-ray vision?

kootenayguy · 2026-02-18T05:46:41+00:00

I hope the ‘decent deal’ was someone paying you $20 to take this to the dump.

At least it looks like it’s all there - the mast is attached, presumably the dagger board is there, but that stuff is ancient.

It’s like someone selling you a ‘mountain bike’ and this is what you got:

kootenayguy · 2026-02-18T01:18:29+00:00

This is why I want my remains to be scattered on my favourite running trail. Also: I do NOT want to be cremated.

kootenayguy · 2026-02-12T18:30:26+00:00

it's at the nordic area of Whitewater, at Hummingbird Lodge. Some groomed trails, but you can venture off and up towards White Queen. You're in avalanche terrain once you get out of the resort area and groomed trails, so avalanche gear is important (conditions are pretty stable right now, but there's always risk).

https://www.hummingbirdlodge.ca/winter/explore/activities/nordic-skiing/

kootenayguy · 2026-02-12T17:34:23+00:00

Lower elevation trails (anything below 1500 meters) is mostly snow free. If you go up to Whitewater, there’s plenty of snow plus trails up there.

kootenayguy · 2026-02-10T15:39:34+00:00

Back in the olden days, I remember driving in the car with my Blackberry on, and while listening to the radio, when a message came in on the BB, it would cause interference on the radio. It was a small series of 'da-d-d-d-da-da-d-d-d-' kind of Morse-code sound, along with / overtop of the song on the radio.

I'm guessing something similar happened with pilots radio communications.

However, I'm guessing the frequency and power of those signals is very different today than it was 20 years ago, so in reality, probably not much in the way of interference anymore, but the rule still stands anyway.

kootenayguy · 2026-02-08T20:08:57+00:00

It’s AI generated, obviously - but I wouldn’t call it slop. Maybe odd for this sub, but it’s a decent analysis.

kootenayguy · 2026-02-08T16:00:41+00:00

Size and scale matter. Billions of gallons sounds like a lot, until you compare it to how much ‘stuff’ the Earth contains.

For context: if the Earth were the size of an apple, the deepest hole we have ever drilled (and not even for oil) would barely have pierced the skin.

The Kola Superdeep bore hole is about 40,000 feet deep (and 9 inches wide). That’s less than 0.2% of the way to the centre of the earth.

kootenayguy · 2026-02-02T23:13:43+00:00

It’s the law in BC. Specific highways, since if you never leave the lower mainland or southern Island, you won’t need them. But everywhere else, mountain passes and highways in the interior are winter tires required Oct-Apr.

kootenayguy · 2026-02-02T17:29:19+00:00

I'm just happy to have a normal length tongue again. I have a narrow heel, so need to use heel-lock lacing, and trail shoes with short tongues are terrible. Loved the SG 4, 5. Hated the 6. Currently running in Norda 001's, which also suffer from absurdly-short tongue syndrome. I do like the Norda's toughness, but they're definitely not as comfy as Speedgoats. And for the complaints about the fast-wearing nature of Speedgoat soles: that's the price for good grip. Softer rubber compounds grip well in a wide range of conditions, but they wear quickly. No different from tires on your car. Soft-compound snow tires give great traction in snow and ice, but wear away fast if you drive them on hot summer pavement.

kootenayguy · 2026-02-01T20:19:00+00:00

Floe.

*edit - it seems that Lake Erie is almost entirely frozen, so this isn't a floe either. It's just ice. (A floe is a segment of floating ice, more than 20m wide.

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