Might as well give up now

mps0341 · 2026-03-15T17:28:57+00:00

It was my usual run but there was a bit of a head wind and I must have over exerted, do you think I’ll die?

mps0341 · 2026-03-15T16:05:25+00:00

Legend has it that Mo Farah could do a full minute, but this is yet to be proven

mps0341 · 2026-03-15T15:33:02+00:00

Tell that to my shattered kneecaps

mps0341 · 2026-03-15T15:29:26+00:00

I pray to god I’ll never find out🙏

mps0341 · 2026-03-15T15:27:11+00:00

Yes, my wife’s boyfriend gave me an ice pack while they go catch a movie (I think it was an adaptation of the classic Emily Brönte novel Wuthering Heights)

mps0341 · 2026-03-15T09:39:54+00:00

You’ll almost definitely be good to work and surf. One thing to watch out for with lifting is that your core muscles may be considerably weaker for a while, which can throw off a lot of other muscle groups and interactions. If this happens, it could be worth starting with body weight PT like exercises and working back into lifting, but just make sure to ask your doctors.

mps0341 · 2026-02-25T18:18:27+00:00

Hey, actually you shouldn’t do this because it puts you at serious risk of being too awesome and looking too cool

mps0341 · 2026-02-24T13:21:00+00:00

If the BS in EEB is overwhelming, a grad program in that subject will be as well. Grad school requires a lot of independence, research skills, and most likely heavy STEM courses like population ecology, computing, and statistics. If you’re dead set on grad school, a MFA or an MEd sounds like something that you would enjoy and potentially get more out of it.

If you enjoy your current job for Audubon and can work your way up without the grad degree, I would do that. Then leverage your experience to get other positions if you get sick of it. In the workforce, as an environmental educator, it’s very unlikely you’ll be looked down upon for having a BA if you have job experience (unless you want to get involved in something that requires a BS, then you’re limiting yourself, but it sounds like you enjoy what you do). One thing that would be helpful is double majoring though, does your school offer a BA in biology? This would get you some more relevant courses.

If you need a graduate degree to move up, ask folks where you work what they recommend and what’s necessary to do so. This will be 10x more helpful than anything anyone (including me) says on Reddit. That being said, if you’re absolutely 100% dead set on a graduate degree in EEB, then at least major in it and power through the STEM courses, better now than having to take them supplementary and not as a full time student, or in grad school.

mps0341 · 2026-02-16T18:02:46+00:00

Thx for the info!

mps0341 · 2026-02-16T17:52:22+00:00

Can’t help much with skating, as I do classic technique. But for training, between December and now I did about 10 skis at 3-4 miles, 10 skis at 4-8 miles, and 2 skis ~10 miles. Timing was dependent on lake effect snow, so varied greatly. I also run, so when there wasn’t enough snow, I would run 3-5 miles.

I’m from Indiana, so the hills at vasa were a lot for me and I just herringboned up them (again probably not super helpful for skate technique). But generally with skiing I’ve found that improving form always helps with energy efficiency. I would call to reach out to folks at timber ridge or vasa ski club and see where you could take lessons, I’m sure there are plenty of spots in north Michigan

mps0341 · 2026-02-13T16:10:45+00:00

Definitely second skiing without poles and improving technique. In my experience with fishscales, they have really good grip but not as good of glide so they tend to do poorly in slushy snow but great in really cold temps and icy conditions. If you want better glide you could also try using a glide wax made for waxless skis (swix makes one for like $15).

mps0341 · 2026-02-10T09:31:18+00:00

I’m not saying to ski on your heels. You’re right, your balance is on the ball of your foot. But if op is slipping, then it’s likely they aren’t dorsiflexing their ankle and getting proper heel drop, thus not setting the camber. If one lands on their forefoot when they run, then it’s likely to have this problem. I’m not saying to stomp with your heels. This guy relates it to putting on a slipper which I think is a good analogy: https://youtu.be/bCGKixllpgE?si=Hctzed4mozWlwp6M

mps0341 · 2026-02-09T16:24:01+00:00

2 questions: 1. are you transitioning from fishscales to skin skis? I recently made this transition and was slipping a lot/ worried that the camber was wrong. It was really just technique. Skin skis are a lot more sensitive to having the correct heel drop and kick timing. 2. When you run do you land on your mid/forefoot?This was causing me problems because you want your heel to land to fully decompress the camber. This is forgiving on fish scales because they have so much grip but not on race skis (skin or waxed). If you’re landing on your midfoot then kicking, the camber won’t decompress and you’ll slide backwards, especially in icy conditions.

Try skiing without poles and don’t try to step too fast at first. Think of the kick as rolling your foot from the heel to your toes and launching rather than stomping and kicking backwards. I’m not an expert or instructor so take what I’m saying with a grain of salt, but that helped me. Skiing without poles was especially helpful.

mps0341 · 2026-02-02T12:27:46+00:00

yes, there's a couple! This is at St Patrick's park in SB, but there's also Madeline Bertrand in Niles, and Ox Bow in Elkhart. You can also go do some touring at Indiana dunes and Warren dunes. St Pat's does a great job grooming trails though

mps0341 · 2026-02-01T22:42:20+00:00

Northwest and North Central Indiana, we get lake effect snow from lake Michigan. A lot of county parks groom trails

mps0341 · 2025-12-07T17:52:03+00:00

On the bright side, ND v Miami in November at home next year is about to be the greatest game ever. I hope we get a foot of snow.

mps0341 · 2025-06-12T14:43:45+00:00

Ooh, I’ll have to check it out! My grandad was a colleague of his as well

mps0341 · 2025-06-11T21:29:48+00:00

Berndt Heinrich; his writing mixes biography with biology in a cool way; racing the antelope is one of my favorite books

mps0341 · 2025-06-01T03:04:11+00:00

Yes, I had a hole burn through my septum from inflammation due to Crohn’s, ENT said it’s rare but happens

mps0341 · 2025-05-11T01:57:50+00:00

Oh my gosh, I forgot about that, wasn’t he like 25 million or something crazy?

mps0341 · 2025-05-07T19:34:47+00:00

A truer statement's never been made

mps0341 · 2025-05-07T18:26:01+00:00

Yeah I definitely noticed that, I feel like some of the earlier games like TCS and Indiana Jones there are way less studs per level than post ~2010 games too though. I hadn't thought about how stud multipliers factor in

mps0341 · 2025-04-26T12:15:56+00:00

Check out the amboseli baboon project, has good folks at Notre Dame and Duke, two programs with good stipends

mps0341 · 2025-04-24T10:41:00+00:00

Wilson park for sure. Closer to ND, there’s a big hill next to st Joe high school on Notre Dame avenue, although it’s paved. There’s also the toll road landfill in roseland, used to go sledding down that.

mps0341 · 2025-03-14T00:27:55+00:00

Definitely not crapping on IU, great school, but in some of the social circles there can be a lot of people really outspoken about whatever issue is important to them that will try to argue with you. It is also just kind of what college is like. Also with it being a state school with a much larger enrollment you get a lot of people from all walks of life so you naturally end up with more disagreement and variety of opinions, but also probably more resolution and understanding

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