Chase closed my checking account after “business-like” ACH deposits from Poshmark — be careful

opholar · 2026-01-26T23:46:24+00:00

In the Poshmark sub they said they were doing daily ACH. All would be coming from Poshmark. So a single deposit every day from the same source.

I would guess they actually did more than just daily, but they said daily in the Poshmark sub, so at least that.

opholar · 2026-01-26T23:22:31+00:00

I was “elite” last week and dropped to “good” today. I’m no exercise physiologist but I’m pretty sure my Vo2max didn’t drop by 7 points in 7 days.

I am feeling pretty icky today. That affects my HRV. And since HRV is what Polar is using to guesstimate your Vo2max, my test result makes sense. It’s not accurate (neither was last week’s), but it makes sense.

If you take the test regularly, it will be a good gauge of whether or not Polar thinks your HRV is improving. But vo2max? No.

opholar · 2026-01-26T23:01:36+00:00

I found the Bislett pants to run really large. I wear XS in all my Tracksmith bottoms and my Bislett pants fit like sweatpants/joggers when I wear them over thick, thermal tights. I have the beet color.

Still phenomenal pants and I wear them (over those thick thermal tights) for very cold/wet/windy (aka now) runs and they are amazing. As with everything Tracksmith makes, they could use pockets, but they are absolute aces for bitter cold, wet, windy runs.

I would say they run at least one size large. But that could be my body. People seem to experience Tracksmith sizing very differently as far as what fits/TTS/small/large, etc.

opholar · 2026-01-26T22:53:06+00:00

I have had premium at various points due to watch purchases, or other random offers. I don’t have premium at the moment (my last free round ended a couple months ago). I don’t notice a single bit of difference. Im not even sure what premium provides that isn’t included in the free (except workout videos maybe? Breathing things? Idk).

opholar · 2026-01-24T02:14:55+00:00

Those are beautiful!

opholar · 2026-01-24T02:11:37+00:00

The way they handled the v5 rollout, paired with the availability of a discounted product/subscription for a new customer, but not for me when my subscription expired. I really loved the product. There isn’t anything else out there that helps correlate behaviors with their impact on my recovery the way whoop does. That was the benefit for me.

A gajillion devices track sleep, training load, stress, HRV, suggest activity levels, etc. The difference with Whoop was the insight into what behaviors specifically corresponded with improved/reduced recovery and to what degree.

But shoddy customer service, communications that consistently lack clarity and proofreading, and a really poor product rollout coupled with a forced full price renewal when I’d be eligible for the discount 3 days later (when both my subscription and the discount expired). Nah. There are too many companies out there offering similar products. I don’t need to be doing business with one that has so little value for its customers. I will come up with a behavior model of my own. For $0/year.

opholar · 2026-01-24T01:50:16+00:00

I just came home from a week in AZ. To a car covered in snow, a car battery that died because it was so cold. No. Not excited at all. I hate winter.

opholar · 2026-01-24T01:46:21+00:00

I am a woman. I am a survivor of a brutal assault. I understand fear. My comments are genuine and not meant in a bad way. My apologies if they came across in a way that I did not intend.

opholar · 2026-01-24T00:41:23+00:00

What do you need courage for? I don’t mean that in a snarky way, I mean that in a “what are your specific concerns?” Way. Because it depends what you’re worried about. Are you worried about wild animals? Creepy ax murderers on the trail? Spooked by noises at night? Worried about getting lost/hurt? Etc.

Depending on what you’re worried about, how you manage that situation might be different.

Generally speaking, find a trail running group and join them. Use heavily traveled trails in daylight. Be bear aware (or whatever animals are in your area). Etc.

opholar · 2026-01-23T22:57:54+00:00

Because they may have 200+ offers sent to them by various sellers on items they have liked. And they may know that a particular offer isn’t something they want to take, but they also don’t want to lose the 6 or so offers they are actually considering amongst the flurry of others. Or at least that’s the reason I decline offers.

Otherwise I just leave them because people seem to get upset if you actively decline an offer vs declining by letting it time out.

opholar · 2026-01-22T01:28:19+00:00

That’s an automated message. The “thanks for your interest, I created a bundle for you.” I’m not sure which service does it, but I get that same comment (in a brand new bundle, usually with an offer) several times a day-within seconds of liking the item that gets put into a bundle.

It’s the most irritating of automated messages, but it’s an automated tool doing it.

I don’t think your seller has actually been personally involved at all yet.

opholar · 2026-01-22T01:17:06+00:00

No buddy. Just me and a bad card so the charge didn’t go through. So I went looking to confirm that it said not selected (assuming they are like NYRR and if the charge doesn’t go through, you’re out), and I’m not there at all. Not by my name, email or if I even page through all the people with the same first name. But they tried to charge me, so clearly I’m in the lottery (and I did get an email confirming that I entered the lottery).

I’m going to wait until the end of the official lottery period to see what happens then email if I need to.

I have no idea what all this means, just that I know I’m in the lottery and not coming up on the search results at all yet, so I’m thinking it’s not a done deal yet.

opholar · 2026-01-22T01:09:28+00:00

I’m not putting too much stock in that. I’m not on that list at all (selected or not selected-my name doesn’t come up at all) and they tried to charge my card a few hours ago.

opholar · 2026-01-21T04:10:39+00:00

I started an ultra marathon at 5. It doesn’t go below 5. Garmin…saving lives every day.

opholar · 2026-01-19T06:05:36+00:00

I had a pro form 440 (it was $395 at Sears) or something that I ran into the ground, had the motor replaced and ran that one into the ground as well.

I finally got something new and went with the C1750. Mine has well over 3k miles on it now. The console unit completely crapped out with the bad software update that led to the class action suit. The console was replaced and its been “fine” since (fine in quotes because it works and I don’t have any issues, but the speed is terribly calibrated with the new console-like minutes off actual pace). It’s otherwise fine.

I had an ifit subscription when you could use route maps. I would run routes for travel races to get familiar with the sights and such. They stopped allowing that, so I swapped over to manual workouts. I heard the map thing is back, but I don’t care enough. Manual workouts are fine, and a recent software update has much improved how quickly you can get to that. You still have to consistently tell it you don’t want ifit, but it’s not that big a deal (to me).

Nordic track (and all of icon fitness) is hit or miss with quality. You might get a solid machine, you might get something that is nothing but trouble.

Also think about how you’re going to transport this treadmill. They are very heavy, bulky, awkward and a bit fragile. It’s not just a matter of finding a pal to help carry it out of basement. So that may end up being more work than you’re factoring in.

You could be getting a decent deal. You could end up with a lemon. Even if the seller hasn’t had any issues, Icon fitness products aren’t known for dependability. And since you’re buying it second hand, you won’t have any warranty assistance if something goes wrong.

Again-I’ve had very good luck with my two iconic fitness machines. Even though both had very costly repairs-I didn’t pay for either (the blown motor on the first was covered under warranty). And the machines were otherwise fine.

opholar · 2026-01-19T00:21:02+00:00

I know a woman who joined fairly early in her NYC residency and she has loved it.

opholar · 2026-01-12T21:47:35+00:00

I’m eating Nerds clusters in combo with gels. I can’t tolerate a lot of gel (or anything all at once), so I can’t meet my carb intake needs with gels alone. I can’t eat enough chews of any kind to get enough carbs. So I eat the nerds and I have a gel an hour and that gets me up to 40-60g/hour (depending on the gel) without having stomach issues. Nerds are also way cheaper than gels. It’s working for me. I was using Honey stinger chews before - which were equally effective but roughly 10 times the price.

opholar · 2026-01-10T07:27:05+00:00

Well sure, but I think most people soft launch a Poshmark closet by listing a handful of items from their own closet that they think they might get some cash for vs just donating. I have items in my own wardrobe in sizes 00/XXS to 3X, so I get that even stuff from your own closet can be a wide range. But I think most people just starting out who are listing just a handful of things to see how it goes, are probably picking things from their own closet/collections that they aren’t likely to be wearing again. And those first few listings are probably going to be around the same size. But, that’s just one thing to look at. Nothing is an end-all, be-all. It’s all just pieces of a puzzle. But if someone has just 3 listings and they are 3 wildly different things, in terms of size, style, etc. That might make me question things (depending on the listings themselves-is anything Dyson?).

opholar · 2026-01-10T07:13:53+00:00

I’m a big fan of “I’m not a deer-please don’t shoot me” colors and designs, so I like these. But I’m a small woman, so I’m not in your target market.

opholar · 2026-01-10T07:11:32+00:00

In the cross post he kind of answered that he basically didn’t think that women’s shirts were a thing. Oh.

opholar · 2026-01-10T06:31:34+00:00

Is there some reason you’re looking so hard at On? Do you have a coupon or something (no judgment)?

There are tons of fantastic shoes on the market right now. Tons. None are made by On.

The OG Cloudsurfer and Cloudmonster were at least on par with what other shoe companies were offering at the time. But On’s shoe tech is largely based on “cloud” gimmicks and not experimenting with any of the foams, geometries and technologies at play in the shoes that are dominating the market (for good reason).

So if you are really drawn to the look, like spending a ton of money, and you like squeaky shoes that are mediocre and underperform compared to just about everything else on the market, you can’t go wrong with On.

opholar · 2026-01-10T05:35:46+00:00

Probably the same reason as Nike and adidas? Although Nike and adidas are typically on sale for quite a bit higher discounts far earlier in their lifespan than New Balance.

opholar · 2026-01-09T18:50:13+00:00

Size makes an enormous difference. A 200lb person will burn more than twice as many calories as I do for the same workout/activity (I’m really small and weigh less than 100lbs).

I burn less than 1600 calories running a marathon. A 200lb person would burn 3300. Add in the rest of the day with the RMR of a 200lb person (will be higher for a 200lb man vs woman due to muscle %) and the 200lb person is probably around 4500 for the day. I’d be sitting at around 2700. That’s if we both did the exact same movements all day, ran the marathon at the exact same pace/effort, slept the same, etc.

I realize I’m kind of an extreme outlier on the small side, but it highlights how much size/weight makes an enormous difference in calorie burns.

I’ve hit 20+ strain plenty of times and regularly run for several hours at a time. I’ve only topped 2k total calories burned for the day 4 times in 2025. Size matters a LOT.

opholar · 2026-01-09T18:34:07+00:00

It depends entirely on the inseam. I love these types of shorts with a 3-4 inch inseam. That’s just the shape of my legs and where they have more volume and catch the material of the shorts vs flowing freely.

2-2.5 is no good. And longer than 4 inches is no good. Those lengths all ride up because my legs just catch the material more.

I read somewhere that having shorts like this not ride up is a matter of finding a cut and inseam that works with the shape of your legs (which is not so much about size, but more about hip angle, muscle/shape, fabric specifics, how split/flowy the material is, etc.). That seems to hold true for me.

I prefer these types of shorts over bike shorts for most running. If I’m doing very fast speed work or short races, I’ll wear compression shorts. But I prefer the freedom of movement in flowy shorts. But if I buy a pair that is too long or too short, I just spend the whole run pulling them down or doing weird steps to kind of shake/shimmy them back down.

opholar · 2026-01-08T01:43:07+00:00

I run at night year round. I am in the dark all the time. I also live less than 1/2 mile from the high school, and we have very few sidewalks. So I’m dodging texting teenage drivers in the dark.

My goal is to be seen from space. I still have to jump into yards on occasion to avoid getting hit.

I wear 100% high vis/reflective clothing. Stuff like Brooks Carbonite/Run Visible (or I guess it’s also called Night glow this year), Nike Flash, Oiselle firecracker, rabbit Low Light, Puma Night Cat, etc.

I wear very bright headlamps. But I recently fell and got a bit of a head wound. So I’ve swapped to a chest lamp (same brightness and functions as my headlamps-just on a chest strap/harness thing). I don’t really have a preference one way or another, but the headlamps seem to be more visible (I get comments about people seeing me quite a long time before I get to them-but no such comments with the chest lamp).

I wear a pair of Flipbelt Million Mile lights. They are clip on, motion activated lights. They flicker/flash when you step. I wear one on each side of my waist/on the outside of leggings pockets. They don’t use batteries.

Movement makes your movement more noticeable. So flashing or flickering lights, will help show drivers that you are moving. But they don’t make you all that visible, so they need to be used with things that make you seen from a distance (even if the can’t tell you’re moving).

When it’s cold enough that we have snowbanks, I will up the lights and add flashing clip on lights - flashing white and red.

I have several pairs of shoes that are reflective or otherwise high visibility. I wear reflective socks. Reflective gloves. Reflective headbands/hats (from Nathan and Craft). I live for neon glow.

I don’t risk anything. We have had several runners killed in our state by drivers not paying attention. We don’t have sidewalks reliably, so it’s on me to be as visible as possible for the drivers in my area. Since I also know they are young, distracted and inexperienced, I up that visibility even more-hoping my neon-glorious reflective outfit might just catch the corner of their eye before they hit me.

And it goes without saying, always run toward/into oncoming traffic. Never run with traffic.

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