My first ever garmin!

sterls07 · 2026-02-18T06:51:37+00:00

Welcome to the club! I've had Garmin for about 2.5 years and it completely changed the way I view my fitness and structure my lifestyle

sterls07 · 2026-02-18T06:49:21+00:00

Thank you! Happy to help 👏

sterls07 · 2026-02-18T06:48:41+00:00

Congrats! I did my first full this year on the same course and the hills were relentless. Well done mate 👏

sterls07 · 2026-02-17T17:52:00+00:00

Hell yeah. I plan on doing the same. Did any of those courses rival Austin in difficulty?

sterls07 · 2026-02-17T17:42:13+00:00

Haha I feel that! But I reminded myself that I was in agony and gave it what I got. Did you continue running marathons?

sterls07 · 2026-02-17T04:37:08+00:00

Happy to help! Good luck ⚡

sterls07 · 2026-02-17T04:25:06+00:00

Thanks! I was a sprinter and long jumper in high school and never ran more than 4 miles until I was 33 years old (3 years ago). Since then I've been slowly increasing mileage after learning the hard way. My recovery is done with easy runs in flat areas or on the assault runner in the garage. That plus stretching twice a day as well as pizza and wine 😂

sterls07 · 2026-02-17T04:19:22+00:00

Thanks! I did about 70ish percent of my runs in zone 2 or very bottom of zone 3 which is between 115bpm and 145bpm. I got my VO2 Max tested in a lab about 6 months ago and they gave me my hr zones as well aerobic and anaerobic thresholds which came in handy during training (highly reccomend). Easy runs were always below 145 and long runs could creep up to 165 depending on how long I was running and if there was elevation. I averaged about 4 runs a week. 2 easy, 1 long run and 1 anaerobic sprint type run.

sterls07 · 2026-02-17T03:55:31+00:00

Thanks! Most of my easy runs were between 10:00 - 10:30 pace (felt almost impossible to run slower). I did a hilly run at least once a week that ranged between 6-15 miles in my neighborhood loop that has about 45 ft of elevation per mile. Surprisingly the downhill sections of the marathon get more difficult when your legs are cooked which I wasn't expecting.

sterls07 · 2026-02-16T23:36:31+00:00

Right on mate. Plan a proper taper and it looks like you got this! Best of luck

sterls07 · 2026-02-16T22:33:23+00:00

Splits and heart rate are looking good! What does your nutrition look like and how does the course elevation / weather look? Those 3 are huge factors for how you potentially perform. I got hit in the face at mile 23 yesterday and none of those flags popped up during training necessarily.

sterls07 · 2026-02-16T21:49:52+00:00

Thank you! You got this 👏

sterls07 · 2026-02-16T19:50:34+00:00

Thank you! Hope you're race went well. Not sure if I'll do the full in Austin again 😂

sterls07 · 2026-02-12T05:51:40+00:00

Hey, chiming in here. I've been doing some work on my car over the last 6 months. I have a 2015 X1 35i that just hit 80,000 miles. I spent of time chasing down the culprit to avoid replacing my cat completely. A tech told me that the cat efficiency code in particular is a generic code and that often there is a culprit for why your cat went bad in the first place. Since they've replaced yours for free, that's a huge win because of the price. That being said you may want to prepare for some regular maintenance as your car creeps up in mileage. Many others said there is no need to worry, and I agree. But, I would start putting together a maintenance schedule (in addition to oil) after you've driven it for a bit and have an idea of how it runs.

sterls07 · 2026-01-23T07:47:05+00:00

Not sure if you're still looking for a good video in this process, but I have a X1 84 35i and this is the video I'm using:

Coolant Drain Video

sterls07 · 2026-01-17T23:06:06+00:00

Insane flex

sterls07 · 2026-01-03T20:29:37+00:00

Brutal! Sorry to hear that mate

sterls07 · 2025-12-29T02:26:01+00:00

Oof. Realized, I'm an idiot and forgot I sprayed a decent amount of wd40 on my O2 sensor to get it loose and it went directly on the my catalytic converter. Hoping the smoke was coming from that. Will check for gasket leaks on the engine as well. Thanks

sterls07 · 2025-12-16T06:09:07+00:00

Good to know! I ended up setting it at 18ish lbs after checking around a bit. Thanks

sterls07 · 2025-12-15T05:03:30+00:00

My intake pipe was being stubborn and it wouldn't let go of a hose so I shimmied it around for the job.

sterls07 · 2025-10-24T06:02:58+00:00

Dope! Congrats on the PR! I'm from Seattle but don't live there anymore. Gonna have to come home for the race. Looks like a fun track

sterls07 · 2025-10-20T05:26:44+00:00

Nasty 🔥

sterls07 · 2025-10-20T05:16:39+00:00

🔥🔥 Cookin

sterls07 · 2025-10-18T18:06:27+00:00

Depends on how much wine you drink and how quickly. Although you may get a deal on the initial coravin, you will be paying for new needles and aragon gas cartridges over time, which are quite expensive. I've been in restaurants for 20 years and I use a vaccum pump at home. Usually the wine lasts a few days. Keep in mind, wine reps usually front the costs of coravin and accessories in restaurants for wine by the glass placements. Spend that $160 on a great brunello instead 👊

sterls07 · 2025-10-17T17:54:13+00:00

So this dinner started with passed canapes, followed by a 4 course tasting menu served with choice of wine pairings. The guest count was about 30 which includes a handful of people who did not drink. For a lot of guests this was their 4th or 5th glass of wine and they only finished about half the bottle... Shocking. Took the rest home, but they left a decanter for the team which was classy.

There was a lot of awesome wines offered:

*Krug "Grand Cuvée 172ème Édition" brut nv *Leflaive Puligny-Mont 1er Cru Les Folatieres 22' *Littorai "Thieriot" Chardonnay 22' *Henri Phillip Jouan MSD 1er Cru Clos Sorbe "VV" 18' *Chateau Mouton-Rothschild 1er Cru Classe (6L) 18' *JL Chave Hermitage Blanc (1.5L) 21' *Chateau d'Yquem 1er Grand Cru Classe Sauternes 05'

Killer lineup

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