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10-16-17, 11:19 AM
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When I was in high school the book Born to Run came out. This book highly advocates for barefoot, "natural" running. With that book came a huge minimalist movement in the running shoe industry. I had friends running all sorts of distances in the vibram shoes (5 finger) and the New Balance Minimus. At this same time, my coach (who has become a great friend and really guided me towards the lifestyle I currently live) noticed a marked increase in stress fractures for high school runners.
The industry more or less then over corrected and went to the types of shoes that are popular for Middle of the pack triathletes now a days. These big, bulky, comfort shoes(look up the Hoka line).
The consensus I've always heard is the faster you get, the more forward you should be. Sprinters only run on their toes. Most mid distance runners (up to 10k) are still on their toes. At the marathon it's mostly midfoot strikers. The way to tell without watching is to check out the way the shoes are shaped. Look at spikes for the track and the top of the line marathon shoes (nike 4%). Notice the heel-toe drop.
I've always been a mid foot runner. No choice, just the way I went once I found a pair of shoes that my feet could stand. I sprint on my toes (end/start of a race) and run well in mid distance / xc spikes, but mid foot kept me away from any injuries for my whole high school career which is pretty much unheard of where I come from, even for great athletes (not me).
The industry more or less then over corrected and went to the types of shoes that are popular for Middle of the pack triathletes now a days. These big, bulky, comfort shoes(look up the Hoka line).
The consensus I've always heard is the faster you get, the more forward you should be. Sprinters only run on their toes. Most mid distance runners (up to 10k) are still on their toes. At the marathon it's mostly midfoot strikers. The way to tell without watching is to check out the way the shoes are shaped. Look at spikes for the track and the top of the line marathon shoes (nike 4%). Notice the heel-toe drop.
I've always been a mid foot runner. No choice, just the way I went once I found a pair of shoes that my feet could stand. I sprint on my toes (end/start of a race) and run well in mid distance / xc spikes, but mid foot kept me away from any injuries for my whole high school career which is pretty much unheard of where I come from, even for great athletes (not me).
10-16-17, 12:25 PM
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Back when I was running (a bit, only about 20 mpw) I was doing all that research on form. Wore pretty minimalist shoes. Was having stress pain and decided to work toward a quicker shorter forefoot stride. One barefoot track workout per week kept injuries away. If I stopped running barefoot the pains would come creeping back. I spent most of my childhood without wearing shoes, it always felt weirder (unnatural) wearing shoes. But for trail running one needs some form of sole protection!
10-16-17, 01:57 PM
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i like the strava changes, at least on first use. but I think they are pushing the posts feature to be more like facebook for athletes.
because i do so much random surfing, I was checking to see the requirements for upgrading to cat 4 CX (hoping to get in 10 races this year). But I came across the nebra site, and while USAC has the 10 race thing, nebra says 5 complete races and someone can upgrade from 5 to 4 (and then mandatory upgrade at 10). was a bit surprised that it's like that, can't think of any reason not to upgrade, esp since there usually aren't many 5-only races here.
because i do so much random surfing, I was checking to see the requirements for upgrading to cat 4 CX (hoping to get in 10 races this year). But I came across the nebra site, and while USAC has the 10 race thing, nebra says 5 complete races and someone can upgrade from 5 to 4 (and then mandatory upgrade at 10). was a bit surprised that it's like that, can't think of any reason not to upgrade, esp since there usually aren't many 5-only races here.
10-16-17, 04:55 PM
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The rounded corners are inconsistent. Font weights are too light and font families are inconsistent from sidebar to feed. They scaled up map images but didn't scale up the image quality. "Athletes you're following" doesn't align with rest of feed on rollover, and the "g" is cutoff because line-height isn't set properly. Why are link rollovers purple instead of being matched to rest of color theme? Too much whitespace on the right side of ride summaries, could've moved the kudos/comment boxes to there, eliminated whitespace from bottom of ride, and made images full width.
Playing client is awesome. Mwahahaha.
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10-16-17, 06:21 PM
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I clicked on the challenges button and someone slashed my car's tires?! This strava redesign is absolute bull****
10-16-17, 08:45 PM
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New strava page is.... busy. Too much going on imo. I liked it simpler. I'm sure I'll come around to like this one a bit more, but it seems the fonts are rendering a bit fuzzy on my page. Win 10, most up to date Firefox.
10-16-17, 09:02 PM
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So now it defaults to share every ride on Facebook?
10-16-17, 10:44 PM
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checks were fine, too. the system actually worked really well.
do you remember back then that one could leave feedback for ANYONE? you didn't have to complete a transaction.
check the feedback this guy left for others.
10-16-17, 10:51 PM
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oy.
that guy lives here. he is totally REVERED.
if your FTP is 130 it's not so trivial. I've seen it.
if riding steady power for 5, 6h is not your thing, maybe long-course triathlon isn't for you, though.
that guy lives here. he is totally REVERED.
if riding steady power for 5, 6h is not your thing, maybe long-course triathlon isn't for you, though.
10-17-17, 09:16 AM
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But it's not based on upload time anymore; as far as I can tell it's random, I'm seeing activities from Saturday's group ride showing up above activities from yesterday. Lots of people complaining about it elsewhere.
10-17-17, 10:31 AM
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10-17-17, 06:51 PM
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I don't like it. I mostly browse strava on my phone, it looks a bit less obnoxious than the desktop version.
Heading off to CA tomorrow for Boot Camp graduation. My kid is Marine! Haven't seen him in 3 months!!
Heading off to CA tomorrow for Boot Camp graduation. My kid is Marine! Haven't seen him in 3 months!!
10-17-17, 07:00 PM
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Enjoy the time together! Let him know a whole bunch of random people on the internet are proud of him.