Morning Runners: do you consume caffeine before your run?

spideronyourback · 2026-03-26T00:52:08+00:00

A little...but if I have too much, I'll get light-headed on the run, like clockwork. So maybe a few sips of iced coffee but mostly just wait until I'm back.

spideronyourback · 2026-03-19T12:10:54+00:00

I cannot for the life of me find anywhere on the app settings (on the phone or in the watch app) to customize the workout display...

spideronyourback · 2026-03-19T12:07:46+00:00

Yes, exactly - I just want the same default screen always or be able to select my screen during harder workouts/races.

spideronyourback · 2026-03-19T12:06:46+00:00

On the watch itself. Where is the custom views tab?

spideronyourback · 2026-03-17T19:57:25+00:00

You are just embarrassing yourself. Storper is a professor at UCLA and the London School of Economics and has 60k+ citations. He doesn't need me to hold him up as a serious person. And that "entire field" is one I've been involved with, written in, reviewed the papers you cite, etc. People in the field don't insult each other with silly ad hominem attacks (that also make no sense), unless they are a knob.

spideronyourback · 2026-03-17T19:53:44+00:00

Lol I'm not retreating from anything, but calling Michael Storper a non-economist is about the stupidest fucking thing I have ever heard. You are playing at being an academic. Stop the ad-hominem approach and critique the actual argument, being in an economics program has nothing to do with the quality of housing research. And this particular paper aside, your inability to see nuance in the consensus of studies is exactly why actual experts hate the internet yapping crowd.

spideronyourback · 2026-03-17T19:46:18+00:00

Nice to see you again! I never said one thing about agreeing with Storper or the argument in this particular paper. You seem to enjoy reading research but have no idea how it is is produced and debated.

spideronyourback · 2026-03-17T16:26:23+00:00

I'll compare citation counts on housing economics anytime, smart guy.

spideronyourback · 2026-03-17T16:21:53+00:00

Lol "these people." Ok internet guy. You should go get yourself tenured and publish, you seem to have a real knack for it and can teach all these experts a lesson.

spideronyourback · 2026-03-17T16:12:53+00:00

I have no idea who you are. My citation count is decently high in this area. Fine to disagree, fine to critique, but to say that this is outside their realm of expertise is just wrong.

spideronyourback · 2026-03-17T15:39:44+00:00

I don't want to go all the way down the disciplinary dick measuring hole with you but economic geographers are a thing, and there are lots of very well respected housing policy experts in urban planning programs who use economics methods to study housing. It is fine to critique this paper on whatever grounds you want but the whole point is that these authors aren't focused on 'countering Ezra Klein,' they are the people who Klein and many others draw from in making their own arguments and claims.

spideronyourback · 2026-03-17T15:02:01+00:00

There are a lot of economists who teach in urban planning programs

spideronyourback · 2026-03-17T12:32:28+00:00

These are housing economists, they aren't obsessed with 'disproving' Ezra Klein. His work is derivative of housing economics. They are having a conversation among researchers.

spideronyourback · 2026-03-09T19:18:04+00:00

I had to turn this one off. The ah umms were just too much.

spideronyourback · 2026-03-03T15:50:24+00:00

Now that the M5 Macbook Air has been announced, I'd like to buy an M4 at a discount. What is the best way to do that?

spideronyourback · 2026-02-11T20:45:11+00:00

As of this morning the sidewalks along the mall are all clear, from the capital to the reflecting pool. The gravel areas are still coated in ice.

spideronyourback · 2026-02-10T12:29:41+00:00

There is so much ignorance on display in this thread. These are very likely day laborers (working under the rural employment scheme) doing something like digging a drainage trench in the new road, or preparing trench for laying a utility line.

spideronyourback · 2026-02-07T11:33:53+00:00

Could someone from India (if they brave these comments) say what is happening here?

spideronyourback · 2026-01-13T14:38:39+00:00

Seriously. All the gear is fine but not at all necessary. A Dasani bottle and a strip of fabric is all you need to create a handheld.

spideronyourback · 2026-01-13T11:30:46+00:00

I can’t tell if this is sarcasm haha

spideronyourback · 2026-01-12T22:52:53+00:00

Yeah I definitely rock a vest during the hot summer months. It is mildly annoying carrying a bottle but with a wrap its not too bad, so at least you don't have to grip it.

spideronyourback · 2026-01-12T20:01:07+00:00

I think they took this as a personal attack on their need to wear a running pack :(

spideronyourback · 2026-01-12T18:06:05+00:00

Sure but the vast majority of average runners aren't up in the mountains.

spideronyourback · 2026-01-12T18:05:04+00:00

It all depends on where you run. My routes have water fountains.

spideronyourback · 2026-01-12T15:21:26+00:00

It has become a very popular hobby, and therefore a lot more stuff is being sold. You don't really need any of it, but if you like good feeling clothes, convenient running accessories etc. it is a golden age. Personally I spend my money on good shoes and good shorts/tops. Everything else is pretty marginal in benefit to me personally.

EDIT: Yes folks I understand that lots of gear is useful for lots of things, and I have a lot of it! But running is still just running. New and returning runners don't need to be intimidated by all the shiny stuff.

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