JamesD Does your treadmill start at 0 and count up? The one treadmill I owned (old, free, craigslist find) would let you set a time and count down with the maximum being 99, but if I started at 0 and hit START it would just round over, or maybe I have that backwards. Either way it made me think of offering the advice.

 

Thanks for the suggestion.  The treadmill starts at 0 and counts up.  I had to dig into the manual (which the gym thoughtfully leaves on the table with old outdoor magazines) to figure out how to increase both the maximum time and the default time to 99:00, and it won't let me go any higher (only 4 digits of display, and I can't change the seconds).  I don't think I saw anything about switching it to counting down instead of up, but I'll take a look tomorrow.

Re: treadmill limits - some treadmills have a "manager mode" where you can change the time limit.  Of course, if you're using a gym treadmill, the gym may not like you changing their treadmill settings.

Fluffy supposedly has a 99 minute limit, but I've been able to circumvent it by setting a distance target.  So now my workouts all have a target distance of 15 or 20 miles (and Fluffy thinks that I just wimp out early)

Flavio: coach you didnt specify the recovery lenght. Please be a bit more precise next time We go to Alessandria in Piemonte often; we have friends there and the wine is great. But they have no clue about Pizza or I am often too drunk to care to find a proper place.

Zebano: get out of here if everyone can have NY tap water with your device why would anyone care to still live in NY???? Fantastic device.

Rune: good to hear from you. I see your strenght training and swimming is awesome. I didnt know you had a number of struggles aftwr Amsterdam. I will get in touch for sure when I am over next (maybe this summer) and will also get in touch for some tips on Amsterdam, since I am playing with the idea of jogging the full this year (easy pace, just to get ot off the bucket list). But I hear they have banned tourists from the coffee shops which is a real shame. 😀

 

 

RP - to access the tool you will need to be able to reach herokuapp.com (the heroku server) + Strava + not have any browser Add-on that blocks redirects.

I think I found the problem. I'll try again later.

EDIT: UblockOrigin was causing the problem. Thanks Buddy.

Metric....because 88 > 55. The walks are with the dog. They depend on work, temperature, and attitude.

My 7 mile loop is VERY flat, and the only "real" elevation loss/gain is the first 1-1.5 mile (1.6-2.4K).

Weekly for period: From: 04/01/2021 To 10/01/2021

Total distance: 88.86km

Re: treadmill limits - some treadmills have a "manager mode" where you can change the time limit.  Of course, if you're using a gym treadmill, the gym may not like you changing their treadmill settings.

 

Fluffy supposedly has a 99 minute limit, but I've been able to circumvent it by setting a distance target.  So now my workouts all have a target distance of 15 or 20 miles (and Fluffy thinks that I just wimp out early)

So you're the reason the gym requires a sign in sheet and has loud buzzers going off when your time is up. 

Funny you mention having a phone at all times. My wife and I were watching Outer Limits and when the kids don't all have cell phones my wife hits "mom mode" and starts with the "you just leave your kid at home? How do they get ahold of you when they need you? What if something happens" and I smiled and said "you'd get a voice mail at work and figure out what it means." Next you'll tell me about the expectation to have "social media" outside of Strava and RA. As if a mewe/facepage/instantmass/fingerchat application is the only way to be informed.

zeb after taking a year off from doing marathons or any races, and building back up to marathon race shape I like to stay at 40 miles during the week. Knowing I want to do well at Boston and/or CIM, on top of another attempt at a half marathon PR, I kind of want a strong base/consistent effort built up. 2020 just de-STROYED me mentally towards running and I think half of it was the excitement I had from 2019 building plans into 2020.

marky_mark Funny you talk about your Garmin going well with professional attire. I never understood who'd want to wear a GPS watch all the time. Just so bulky and ugly. Saw a Fenix across the room at a meeting and instantly thought "my people. I need to talk to him." Turns out he just liked the tech and the display (not a runner) and his wife (runner) said it was too big. I've come to understand the "status symbol" of wearing a $500-1,000 watch doesn't HAVE to say Tag Heuer.

rune mechanical bull....at 45+ years old with a bad hamstring and tricep?

Chrones......OOFF DAH! All I know is it can be extrememly painful. Maybe a Whole 30 "diet" would help identify foods that trigger reactions, unless you already know that. Having no problems with food (I don't eat spicy) or digestion, or iron levels I empathize with you. Kind of brings to hear me saying "can't complain. No one will listen. Everyone has bigger problems" when minor things in my life upset me to a level most people don't reach over serious things.

Flavio - I checked the app and everything loaded properly, thanks!

Mark - Thanks. Part of the reason I went with the 5X was that it looks more like a "watch watch" than a sports watch, so to my mind it does look better in a business or more formal environment than a plastic-cased watch. I've also found that the higher-end models get support/development resources longer than others, which is another reason. I'd still be rocking my ~4 year old 5X instead of the Plus version if Garmin hadn't swapped it out and given me a bit of an upgrade as part of an out-of-warranty, beta testing related thing.

Rune!!! - Great to see you back here, and here's hoping you make some stellar progress. Out of curiosity related to the anemia/iron/B12 issues, how much red meat do you eat?

DWave - That's something else that bugged me about Coros - you can't get your data off of them without their app. My data is my data, dammit.

Treadmill limits - Often times you can access "hidden" menus to see stuff like diagnostics, how many hours/miles are on the machine, or make settings changes by pressing certain combinations of buttons. These are usually listed in owner's manuals available online...

Zebano - The 4 minute CP thing is right about 1k for me now, which is what I usually do those for when not doing workouts strictly by time.
Our game is quite interesting right now, and I'm fairly certain I'm a bit worse here. Lots of play, though.

There's a break in the water main just down the street from me, right at the start of our new running path, so my neighborhood has been without water since yesterday. In the neighborhood at the other end of said running path there's one new house being built, so I availed myself of the porto-john there for my daily constitutional. Runner's knowledge for the win!

piwi use voice to text. You know you've reached "next level" voice texting when you include punctuation in the phrase "Lol! I know, right?"

I'll never forget talking to a British gentleman who told me a cop pulled up to him at a red light after hitting the siren a few times. He was chewing on a water bottle after a recently passed "hands free" law. He said "but somehow you can smoke in the car and that's legal." I told him "you want to know why?" and he leaned in all curious..."cigarette companies have better legislators."

off to do my run. Tis oddly warm this time of year. Might need some sunscreen.

Jmac welcome back I forgot you are so young like just out of school 

Mark/RP I got done for creeping through an orange light at rush hour too. Bummer the car in front of me was a mufti cop. He gave me a huge telling off for what was a very minor offense.

I should get a decent hands free for my van but the acoustics of a van are not great.

Thanks for the welcome back!

DWave - I think it's hilarious that you call your treadmill fluffy! Regarding stomach stuff, I think I start leaking blood in my intestines if I take NSAIDs, at least that seems to be the problem. I've heard about your issue from other female friends of mine too. Regarding the iron, I hadn't really considered the whole fact that my iron supplement might lead to GI distress, which leads to reduced absorption of stuff, but I had a period when I was trying to take two pills a day, I'd take one before bed and then I tried one at lunch. The lunch one would give me serious cramps or whatever it was so I had to stop. I'm currently on Venofer infusions every 3 weeks and then we will see how things develop. I still take one pill at night but maybe I should stop and see if my stomach likes it better.

Mick - Amsterdam was awesome, apart form the cramps. I've heard it can be windy, or warm, but we had near perfect conditions. Too bad I can't blame my cramps on some external factors like that . Make sure to let me know if you're in the area.

Z - Thanks .Not sure about anemia medicine side effects but the antibiotics had some serious warnings coming with them.

RP/Brew - I would be VERY happy if I could get up to 40 mile weeks at some point this year. And regarding that bull, it sort of seemed like a good idea at the time .

Keen - sounds like fun with that water main! I think I eat red meat once or twice a week. Since I first started taking iron in 2011 I've more or less accepted that I will get anemic over time if I don't take it. New over the last year or two is that I was getting anemic even with the iron supplement 

Piwi - I can really just thank myself for getting injured on that bull, I went up on it 4 times after all. Third time I switched hands from right to left (I think my right hand was getting sore) and I think the left shoulder got screwed just from holding on. Had no grip strength for a day in my right hand but that part got better pretty quickly. Oh well.

Mark - Excited to be back!

Not much exciting about my workouts on Strava now but I will try to keep up on the pictures! Regarding running watches I told myself I couldn't justify getting a new one until I was able to train properly again. But last spring when the Garmin Fenix 6 Pro was on sale at $150 off the regular price I had to get one. Was afraid it would feel too heavy at first, and it did for a run or two, but now I love that thing. Favorite function right now (it changes depending on what I do) is that it measures temperature during my workouts so I get the water temp reported for my OW swims. You can't see it on Strava but it shows up on my Garmin account.