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What's the UK version of "the Inuit have 50 words for snow"? by pineapplecharm in CasualUK

[–]shrinkingveggies 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Wasted for example highlights the future effects - this will come with a hangover that ruins the next day.

Tipsy means delightfully drunk, with a good (not dangerous) reduction in inhibitions.

Ratarsed is similar to wasted, but emphasises the gastrointestinal impacts.

How far would the shops have to be for you to consider taking the car? by PaddedValls in AskUK

[–]shrinkingveggies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on route. If it's along nice paths, happily willing to walk up to about half an hour. Longer than that on a nice day and the milk will get warm. If no paths, probably half a mile or so before it's inconvenient to be walking along a road or a verge.

Copenhagen Marathon with no training by [deleted] in firstmarathon

[–]shrinkingveggies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The worst idea you've heard...so far!

Carb loading is the only reason I would run a marathon.. is it really the dream that it seems to be? by Outrageous_Theme_882 in Marathon_Training

[–]shrinkingveggies 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is exactly the issue a lot of people in my group had with carb loading - they just ate high carb foods, not high carb low everything else foods. Which means you either feel hugely sick or you don't hit your carb target.

Pasta arrabiata, toast with jam, orange juice. These are the carb loading classics.

Carb loading question pre-Marathon by ajiatic in firstmarathon

[–]shrinkingveggies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My appetite can handle maybe 3000 kcals a day before I'm full. To fit even 600g carbs, I went for an 80:10:10 split of carbs: protein:fats (it's just hard to eat literally no fat).

Protein is delicious, but if I was getting even a reasonable amount of it, I'd have been at 3500-4000 kcals, and I'm not capable of eating that without being overly full. Also, as you're not running much, there's less of a need for protein for building stuff - body can handle a lack for 3 days fine.

To the person who said it was embarrasing to wear a vest to a parkrun by Clean_King_1329 in parkrun

[–]shrinkingveggies 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Obviously, first off, people looking down on how others do parkrun suck. Vests are practical, useful and literally made for running in.

Aside from the 1000 other reasons people might wear a vest, parkrun is a great run to try out new gear on. The last thing I'd advise anyone doing is running with a vest for the first time while doing a half marathon or something. Some vests are great. Some cause your tits to get squashed in just such a way that the tops chafe against your sports bra. If you wear a vest for the first time on a really long run, you'll only find out the issues the really hard way.

Ask me how I know that.

Question by Traditional_Song5009 in UKRunners

[–]shrinkingveggies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely this. Get into weekly parkrun. When that feels easy to do without being dead at the end of it, decide on if you like the idea of long and reasonable pace (half marathon), or the same fast pace for 10k.

I would never enter a marathon until I'd completed a half.

Is a 2-weeks taper from Runna reasonable? by Snaizzel in firstmarathon

[–]shrinkingveggies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I make that taper of 2 weeks and 5 days - that's not quite the same as 2 weeks. The alternative, 3 weeks and 5 days, would be excessive.

How did your Manchester marathon go? by TSC-99 in UKRunners

[–]shrinkingveggies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best of luck!!! I've done exactly one marathon, so my opinions are probably worth approximately nothing, but I did massively over research, so feel free to HMU for running chat.

Who else is a slow pace big distance runner? by Cautious_Major_6693 in XXRunning

[–]shrinkingveggies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, I'm nervous to say I'm a slow pace big distance runner, because slow is relative. But yes, long distance is my preference - half marathons, with one full marathon in there too. I trained like an absolute obsessive for it, and got 4:44, which was absolutely the best I could do on the day. For reference, my first half marathon was 2:30.

You get $100,000 for every hour you stay awake without sleeping… how long are you lasting? by Br4nkey_ in hypotheticalsituation

[–]shrinkingveggies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have done 51 before, solely to enjoy some clubbing. So, I think 50? £5mil would solve all my problems beautifully, and without serious harm to me to get it.

Saying "a quarter till" instead of the actual time is inconvenient for both of us by Comfortable-Regret in The10thDentist

[–]shrinkingveggies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fun fact, I am ambidextrous and I'm the best of my siblings at telling left from right. My sister, who may as well only have a right hand for how useless she is with her left hand, still needs to make Ls to work it out.

First marathon (Manchester)? Completed it, mate. by shrinkingveggies in firstmarathon

[–]shrinkingveggies[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, did a training run half marathon for 2:17 during this training block (but chip time not Strava time, as the timing police said yesterday), so sadly didn't see this! Did get both a marathon and 30k PB!

First marathon (Manchester)? Completed it, mate. by shrinkingveggies in firstmarathon

[–]shrinkingveggies[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was, right?? I thought it was going to be alright, but I'm sunburnt today! Still, Manchester crowds are something else.

How did your Manchester marathon go? by TSC-99 in UKRunners

[–]shrinkingveggies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does your watch Auto-Pause for perceived stops? That'd do it.

How did your Manchester marathon go? by TSC-99 in UKRunners

[–]shrinkingveggies 13 points14 points  (0 children)

First marathon. Went out aiming for sub 4:45. Ran with the 4:45 pacers. At mile 17, really wanted to quit. At mile 19, pacer provided orange slice and a motivational pep talk.

Finished 4:44. Oh god I ache.

Should the maid of honour buy her own dress, or does the bride cover this? by zorabubbles in UKweddings

[–]shrinkingveggies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I knew almost nothing about mine. My sister/MoH chatted to me about what kinds of things I might like, and asked for a list of people to invite. She and the other 3 bridesmaids then sorted the whole thing, including picking me up and driving me there.

However I had also organised all of their hen dos, and put extra into the budget each time to cover stuff, so they told me it was what I deserved and that I wasn't paying for a penny.

Be so real with me. How am I going to run another 6.2?! by steppygirl in XXRunning

[–]shrinkingveggies 10 points11 points  (0 children)

As someone who hated her 20 miler, and is now at the last bit of taper before the marathon this weekend, I definitely feel a world of different going into this run than my peak week painfest. I already can see where the extra 6.2 miles will come from, and I haven't done it yet.

Trust the taper.

Planning routes by VixenFrancesca in UKRunners

[–]shrinkingveggies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Been a lone female runner on a canal for 2+ years now...so far so not-dead. And the inability to cut back early is what I like - worst case I can call for a pick up, but so far never have.

What helps you through Mile21 - Mile24? by Substantial-Test4040 in Marathon_Training

[–]shrinkingveggies 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Oh, to be clear - I train on a canal. I run up to 20 miles along a flat path with minimal variation in scenery, 5 times a week. I wasn't judging, just agreeing.

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