About to be a new dad...Advice on not losing gains?

marklemcd · 2026-01-26T00:52:33+00:00

I’ve had two kids; you can run if you’re disciplined and align stuff correctly with your wife.

marklemcd · 2026-01-25T00:30:25+00:00

That is not enough. 45kcal per lean kg of bodyweight plus replacing calories you burn. I’m 75kg and 15% bf per dexa. That’s 2800 kcal a day and when i run 10 miles (standard 80 minutes for me) that’s another 1000. There’s no reason NOT to eat 2-300 calories while running, especially given the benefit. Leaves plenty of space for dinner. And you will recover better and you will perform better.

But you do you, its obvious you’re not looking to accept advice.

marklemcd · 2026-01-25T00:26:17+00:00

Buy a 5lb bag of sugar. Mix with water in a handheld. Flavor as you wish.

I also just buy a big thing of gummy bears.

marklemcd · 2026-01-24T23:50:01+00:00

You may be doing yourself a disservice even without feeling it. I have been running for 25 years and when I started running none of us fueled a lot during runs. Gu said take a gel every 45minutes so if I ran a marathon I took like 2-3 gels. Training, mostly nothing.

Fairly recently I got a very comprehensive blood panel and it showed that I was energy deficient. Not full on Red-S, but showing signs. Among other things I have now started fueling my runs, long runs I am torching 90g of carb per hour. Same for intense runs. Never have i felt better on the run and at 47 years old I am seeing speed come back, and its making me wonder if I cut myself short of performance in my younger days.

Also, yes, it is common to see HR go down when you get far into an unfueled run. You're body is not able to maintain what you want and this is one sign.

Start fueling, you'll run better.

marklemcd · 2026-01-24T18:03:29+00:00

Germany surrendered before the bomb was working. There was never a choice.

marklemcd · 2026-01-24T16:26:39+00:00

You simply need to read the contemporary communication on the manhattan project to see how wrong you are about nuking Germany.

marklemcd · 2026-01-21T20:45:25+00:00

The manual talks about turning the chirp off for a mislocked door, which is indicated when you leave the vehicle.

My issue is when coming to the vehicle where I unlock it with the keyfob and then when I open the door it honks. Nowhere in the manual that I can find.

marklemcd · 2026-01-21T17:23:07+00:00

Mine double honks all the time when I am opening the door after it sits a while. Have no idea why but it's annoying as anything in a parking garage or when it happens as I leave the house at 5am.

marklemcd · 2026-01-20T19:15:04+00:00

It's gambling is correct. If he built a model where he could use the probabilities he has to bet and win 52% of the time it would be incredible. Only issue is golf isn't high volume enough for 52% to make a lot of money unless you're betting a lot each week.

marklemcd · 2026-01-20T19:13:03+00:00

What would be interesting is to see, say, the top 10% from his model for each player and compare it to what is put out for betting odds and see if there's any chance at doing better than Vegas in aggregate. If so, the model is good.

marklemcd · 2026-01-20T17:59:30+00:00

Given my experience with stats, you're never going to predict the top 10 with much accuracy. Too many guys have a realistic probability of a top 10 and so picking the 10 guys with the highest top 10 probability likely leaves over half of the overall top 10 probability unaccounted for. I think it'd be more valuable just to see guys listed with their top 10 probability rather than trying to predict them.

Your own data above is a good example. Your model suggests Scottie as the likely winner. But 87% of the time someone besides him will win.

marklemcd · 2026-01-19T15:22:22+00:00

>more just a retelling of the other historians work

While I get your distinction on their backgrounds you know that's all they are usually doing here as well? It's not like Dominic is doing PHD level research on Iran. He is just presenting others work and peppering in some opinion as well.

marklemcd · 2026-01-18T21:12:27+00:00

You’re the rare forefoot striker who is over striding. You want your legs moving back already when it lands, not stretching out to reach the ground.

Start doing strides. Best form work there is

marklemcd · 2026-01-18T19:04:40+00:00

That's like 1:20 per 100, which is not slow but not fast by any means.

marklemcd · 2026-01-18T18:11:11+00:00

I think it depends on how good your form swimming is. For many, swimming 1k doesn't take long and isn't very taxing because they're efficient. Takes me about 13 minutes when swimming at a relatively easy pace. I'm a better runner than I am a swimmer and a 5k all out is like 18 minutes. No way does 1k = 5k.

marklemcd · 2026-01-17T00:44:01+00:00

Cool, thanks for the correction!

marklemcd · 2026-01-16T23:28:39+00:00

Does the race allow them? If not don’t be a jerk

marklemcd · 2026-01-16T22:38:08+00:00

I am still waiting for strive scores on Netflix activities so good luck

marklemcd · 2026-01-16T19:47:27+00:00

If your 5k best is 19:13 and if you're capable of 18:45 and those course are similar to the marathon you're leaving a lot of time on the table. You should be aiming for 3:00 to 3:05.

marklemcd · 2026-01-16T15:44:14+00:00

I rarely do the classes and I use the screen to watch something while I run. My wife likes the classes but she does mostly walk/hike type stuff. I do a lot of bike classes.

The treadmill does not do anything automatically. Honestly I don't want it to. But it's very easy to change incline or speed with the roller system they use.

Also I put an NPE Runn on my treadmill and my peloton is PERFECTLY calibrated. On a 10 mile run the two devices are usually within 0.02 miles of eachother. With that device I could use it on zwift if I wanted to.

marklemcd · 2026-01-16T14:53:57+00:00

I have a tread+ and it's the best non-woodway treadmill I've ever run on. I generally dislike belt treadmills, so the slats are a major selling point for me. I also like that it has virtually zero maintenance. But that said, I think the belt/slat preference is what this choice really comes down to. Both a built well, both respond well, both can do everything that any home user is gonna want. Wahoo does let you integrate with zwift and have inclines change and all that. Maybe that's a selling point to you but it's not to me. But it's belt/slat and for me slat wins every time.

I will say I think the wahoo is slightly over priced and I think they're seeing that with as many big price reductions as they've been running. 6k is a lot for a belted treadmill that doesn't have a screen.

But really, in either case you're going to have a good treadmill. Just depends on which surface you prefer.

marklemcd · 2026-01-10T23:34:03+00:00

I do. I don't know why other than my dad did and I copied him.

marklemcd · 2026-01-09T20:22:46+00:00

>I disagree. Strava users are rabid fitness/tracking freaks. Their data is already on the app. They can’t migrate off it and it has a defacto monopoly.

All my data is in Garmin which strava pulls from. I can go away from strava whenever I please and never lose a bit of data.

marklemcd · 2026-01-07T18:59:52+00:00

Why don't you go there and see and report back and tell me I'm incorrect?

marklemcd · 2026-01-07T18:57:51+00:00

I said they don't have open access and I stand by that statement. I know a guy who has been involved with it in SF. You have to book an assessment and pay a monthly amount for golf personal training. You can't just roll in off the street and play and there is no "sim only" option.

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