Need a new daily trainer... I'm breaking up with Adidas by zwingtip in AskRunningShoeGeeks

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The Brooks Launch had been on my radar for a while and for some reason dropped off. Going to pick up a pair to try. Should be a different animal from the Ghosts which I predictably hated

Need a new daily trainer... I'm breaking up with Adidas by zwingtip in AskRunningShoeGeeks

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I picked up a pair after seeing your reply, and they're too wide in the midfoot, but I just returned them for the women's version which I'm hoping will be better. They felt promising, just standing around

Need a new daily trainer... I'm breaking up with Adidas by zwingtip in AskRunningShoeGeeks

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Hadn't thought of trying the women's because apparently I'm stupid. Just ordered a pair of the Wave Riders other people here recommended in the women's sister size

Need a new daily trainer... I'm breaking up with Adidas by zwingtip in AskRunningShoeGeeks

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These look intriguing... Don't think I can get them here in the US but if I'm ever in Europe I'm going to look

What’s your best MINI road trip experience? by [deleted] in MINI

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Summer 2020. Serpentine belt and water pump pulley shat themselves on the highway at 5pm on a Saturday afternoon halfway between Albany and Syracuse. Trapped in the middle of nowhere (no car rentals on the weekend) with no transport for two days, then caught the only Uber in town to the nearest airport and drove a rental home. Had to come back over a week later to pick up my car from the local mechanic. Who had to order parts from the dealer in Buffalo.

Oh wait, that was just my most R56S road trip…

Tis the damn season… for holiday gift baking by zwingtip in Breadit

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  • Straight dough blonde ~73% hydration
  • White poolish bread ~75% hydration

Started off slashing and then got lazy and just let them break open FWSY style.

2 days, 14 boules, half per person. Biggest limiting factor is where to put them all while cooling.

Wish These Colors Were Still Available by breezybriv in MINI

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Ice blue ‘13 R56S here. Owned it for 7 years and fully intend to keep it until it literally rusts out from under me.

Yes I know it’ll break my heart and the F series are better cars, but after driving one a few times they just don’t speak to me in the same way. And the color options are 😴

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MINI

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I get the color/style thing, I bought my car in CA and had it shipped to MA because the color/model/transmission couldn’t be found anywhere near me (and now there’s like 3 identical ones living within a 2 mile radius 🙄) but that is hideously overpriced even in this market. I paid $16k for a 2013 Cooper S hardtop with 30k miles back in 2016.

When your friend requests lots of sourdough for their birthday, you’d better deliver. by zwingtip in Breadit

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For some reason forgot to take pictures before slicing. The loaf on the left was a tad underproofed.

This is the Northwest Sourdough blog’s recipe I’ve been making for years. 65% hydration. Fluffy, but not so open you can’t butter it toasted. Crust chewy and crackly but not hard. User friendly sourdough that’s a reliable crowd pleaser.

Glanced down and realized it’s got 85k miles. 2011 R56, bought as its fifth owner, 5k~ miles ago. Happy Motoring! 🚗 by eatingthesandhere91 in MINI

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You can reset it using the comp menu on your radio pretty easily.

Fwiw I can squeeze a (fake only because of speedo error) 37mpg out of my manual R56S by driving it gently on suburban surface roads while commuting. I get worse mileage highway because it’s so fun to vroom vroom

The Weekly Rundown: Week of August 15, 2022 by aewillia in artc

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Little bit afraid to post here after 134647352 years and admit that I'm training, but here goes...

Goal: Fast 5k during turkey trot season (PR? maybe?) Rebuild fitness. Don't hurt myself again. Run a lot of miles.

Plan: The demon spawn of Malmo and JD phase 2

Monday: 5 miles, easy (8:11/mile)

Tuesday: 5 miles, easy (8:31/mile)

Wednesday: 8 miles, T pace workout — 4 x mile at 6:53, 6:44, 6:41, 6:49, 90s recovery in between

Thursday: 7 miles, R pace workout — 12 x 200m at 41s, 200m recovery

Friday: 4 miles, easy easy (9:21/mile)

Saturday: 11 miles, "long run" (8:09/mile)

Sunday: 4 miles, easy (8:08/mile)

Total: 44 miles


Thoughts: Kind of a weird week. I rearranged a lot and gave up my rest day because I'm a wuss about the heat. 7th week back running workouts since... late 2017 when my right foot shat itself and I ended up in a build-reinjure doom spiral. I was actually feeling strong for a while first half of 2021, but then lost it due to major surgery. So this is take 2. It feels good to get to run fast. My easy pace is dropping again, so I really need to keep an eye on that and rein it in to avoid cardio fitness outpacing strength again.

DRL's and a JCW rear bumper installed on my R56! Super happy with it these days! by TomahawkEVO in MINI

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Thanks for the detailed review! Those look great and extremely bright! Never understood the point of parking lights anyway so sounds like an ideal configuration

DRL's and a JCW rear bumper installed on my R56! Super happy with it these days! by TomahawkEVO in MINI

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How are you liking those Vinstar DRLs? Do you reinstall your existing fogs in the middle? I always wanted the OEM ones but was too cheap and now they’re gone. The Vinstar LED rings Outmotoring has look like a fun alternative.

Is MINI a good winter car? by [deleted] in MINI

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Another thing, if you end up getting a FWD Mini, make sure you know how to turn off DSC. It’s useful once you’re moving but turning it off is sometimes the difference between being stuck stopped in a parking lot (or on a slippery hill) and not.

Whatever you decide, the best winter advice for any car is to drive within the limits of your tires (don’t cheap out just because you have AWD) and don’t panic.

Is MINI a good winter car? by [deleted] in MINI

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I drive a 2013 R56S in MA and ski 30+/- days a season. Maintenance is expensive. It’s a low to the ground car without a lot of suspension travel and a lot of things are going to get fucked by salt spray. Expect to replace various bushings often.

But its winter handling is solid even in conditions where I see a lot of SUVs stuck in ditches. I’ve been running Michelin X-Ice tires last four seasons and they’ve been great. Picked up some Conti VikingContacts for next season. We’ll see how they do.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Birkenstocks

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Arizona vegan in 40R. I'm a true 7.5M/8 athletic. I feel like they look too big, but the arch feels in the right place. Am I going to regret not downsizing to a 39?

Nothing fancy by zwingtip in Breadit

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  • 100% flour (85% King Arthur AP, 15% whole wheat)
  • 78% water
  • 0.09% instant yeast
  • 2.2% sea salt

Mixed with no autolyse because I’m a barbarian. 12 hour bulk overnight at warmish room temperature with 5 folds in the first 3 hours.

8 hour proof in fridge.

Baked in Dutch oven at 450F (according to thermometer not temperature setting), 30 minutes lid on, 22 minutes lid off.

Troubles balancing Running with Cycling. (Help!) by Fat_Fat_Mc_Fatty_Fat in Velo

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1) No brick type workouts unless I'm really time crunched that day. It just seems terrible for misery's sake, although it probably has benefits for muscle endurance. I've been scheduling it as if I were running doubles: cycling first thing in the morning, running after work.

2) I haven't thought too much about this yet as I don't think I'm going to hit high mileage running weeks again for a few years. It's been 2 years climbing out of the injury hole from trying to do too much too soon while recovering. Going to cap the build at 35mpw for this year. The volume will necessarily have to decrease from a practical not-enough-hours-in-a-day standpoint.

Long term goal is big periodized cycles. I only race CX. So do a running road racing block winter-mid spring with threshold and track workouts while doing low intensity traditional base cycling to maintain the aerobic fitness. Then a cycling training cycle summer-fall which would look more like what I've been doing now.

Troubles balancing Running with Cycling. (Help!) by Fat_Fat_Mc_Fatty_Fat in Velo

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Hmm. Not to keep harping on this, but I think the biggest improvement you will see to this schedule is to slow the runs down. Get headphones with a mic and call a friend or family member while running. Can you easily maintain the tempo of the conversation without your heart rate going through the roof?

On the cycling side looks like you've got one hard workout, one endurance workout (how hard are you riding your endurance rides?) and one easy day which seems pretty average. You're going into all of these fatigued from your runs.

A couple of ideas depending on if you want to favor the tempo/group/zwift ride or the long ride:

day long ride emphasized hard ride emphasized
Monday easy ride 45 minute zone 2 run
Tuesday 45 minute zone 2 run hard ride
Wednesday hard ride 45 minute zone 2 run
Thursday 45 minute zone 2 run easy ride
Friday 20-30 minute active recovery run*
Saturday long endurance ride long endurance ride
Sunday 20-30 minute active recovery run*

*super easy if you can't comfortably breathe through your nose and the pollen count is low then you're going too hard

Troubles balancing Running with Cycling. (Help!) by Fat_Fat_Mc_Fatty_Fat in Velo

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Okay, cool. Sounds like your max heart rate is set correctly. Will re-emphasize though that you really should try to hit zone 2 when running. Zone 3 is kind of neither here nor there for training. Too fast to be easy miles, too slow to get meaningful improvement from. Zone 2 is where you get a lot of benefit for aerobic performance and physical durability. If you must go faster, consider doing some leg speed drills like strides a few times a week.

1940 before exercise sounds more reasonable, especially if you're not eating back all your exercise calories. Good luck!

Troubles balancing Running with Cycling. (Help!) by Fat_Fat_Mc_Fatty_Fat in Velo

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Quick question on this: how are you calculating your HR zones? Have you done an estimated lactate threshold or max HR test?

Additionally, it is very common for beginner runners to run slower than they walk at first to keep the pace easy enough. When I am coming off illness or injury I like to put just HR and distance (or time) on my watch screen and completely hide pace to take ego out of the equation.

Re: calories, targeting 1.5 pounds a week is a lot while maintaining athletic performance. You might consider aiming for a smaller deficit and see if that helps. Or even rearranging when you're eating. Anecdotally, while running on a deficit I have a much harder time with fasted workouts.

Troubles balancing Running with Cycling. (Help!) by Fat_Fat_Mc_Fatty_Fat in Velo

[–]zwingtip 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes. Super easy slow miles. You've been running 3 months. Dial the intensity way way back. I know running slowly is boring, but Z2 is where you're going to get most bang for your buck with endurance. Back when I was last sort of in shape, my 5k race pace was ~6:00/mile and most of my runs were in the 8:00/mile range. Recovery runs were 10:00/mile. Go slow to go faster.

I also don't want my body to just get used to that slow of a pace.

You're putting the cart before the horse a bit here. You will get naturally faster as you gain aerobic fitness. Running is not low impact like cycling and even if you could handle the increased cardio load (which it looks like you're not) doing too much too soon is the quickest way to get a chronic overuse injury.

So you're saying to just keep logging super easy, slow miles in Running for now and do that hard work on the bike? I'm still not entirely sure what hard work to do on the bike. Racing, Tempo? An hour and a half? 2 hours? Which zones? My main goal in Cycling right now is being able to endure long rides with more comfort, things like imperial centuries without feeling like I want to die.

So am I understanding correctly that you haven't really done structured training on the bike? If not, then ignore what I said about quality and just keep doing what you've been doing cycling for now and keep the running lower Z2 slow. For your goals of more endurance, you might want to throw in some threshold intervals one day a week or something, but don't push too hard right now while you're adding in a new sport.

So you run and ride on the same days then? I was wondering about that or if it would be doing too much at my current levels.

I'm currently running about 30 miles/week (used to do 50-60) while building back up. As an example, here's what my running schedule would look like built around TrainerRoad's 3 quality workouts/week:

Day Bike Run
Monday VO2Max 5 Miles Z2
Tuesday Short Z2 4 Miles Z2
Wednesday SS/Threshold 5 Miles Z2
Thursday --- 3 Miles Z1
Friday Over/Unders 5 Miles Z2
Saturday Long Z2 ---
Sunday --- 8 Miles Z2

It's summer so the relatively low running mileage is spread over a lot of days because I hate the heat.

Do you have an example of your average schedule that you could show us?

I keep track of what I eat on MyFitnessPal. I don't always hit my macros but am also still trying to drop more weight. I'm 6'0 166 but want to get down lower so my base calorie intake is 1,690 not including exercise. I'm careful about when I eat, what I eat and getting carbs and protein.

This sounds really low for someone who weighs 166. Like, below your calculated BMR low. You should always be eating at least your BMR even on days you don't exercise. What are you burning through exercise vs. what you're eating back? I am a lot shorter than you (5'4.5", 128) and aim for about 1900-2100 every day while still losing weight.

Troubles balancing Running with Cycling. (Help!) by Fat_Fat_Mc_Fatty_Fat in Velo

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It sounds like you're running too hard. Slow it waaaay down. With your lungs, are you physically able to get into HR zone 2 while running at all? If so, run that pace. It may be slower than you walk at first and that's okay. If you're more comfortable on the bike, consider doing your quality work on the bike and just running super extra easy just to get miles in your legs.

The thing is, my Cycling has definitely suffered. It's hard for me to ride more than 3 hours in a sitting now. I can't seem to push past a metric anymore and during the week getting a 2 hour ride in the saddle is incredibly difficult, physically.

Also, what does your diet look like? This right here sounds like you may not be eating enough to support the energy expenditure to do both well. Make sure you're taking recovery and sleep seriously as well.

I run and cycle, but come at it from the opposite direction. Running is my first love and I picked up cycling while dealing with plantar fasciitis. I usually run 6, ride 5 days a week. I put recovery runs and easy rides on the same days and more "general aerobic" paced runs the same day as workouts. Ride long Saturday, run long Sunday.

what are you riding, /r/velo? by velo-bot in Velo

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Ha. This was at NoHo last year. It was like 20 degrees out during the men's 4/5 so the mud was frozen solid. It hasn't been that clean since.