LIST OF COSTLY items which won't improve your performance one bit

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doug crooks wrote:

Heart rate monitors

Asics Kayano

Forerunner 201, 301, etc

VAAM

Goat's blood

Nike Free

EPOVAR

anyone got some more to add to the list in which all the yuppies buy into?

I do think you need shoes, socks, a pair of shorts and a watch. A coach is a good thing and can really lead to improvement. Some people need to have someone they are accountable too when they are trying to reach a goal, or have someone that has been there to tell them how to get where they want to go.

You go much beyond those basic needs and you're spinning your wheels.

All non-minimalist shoes, sports drinks, nutrional supplements, vitamins, and knee braces

nikeair2themax wrote:

Since alot of these things listed won't help I'll say that:

-a coach doesnt help, I mean all he does is yell at you and tell you how fast you should run

I know you were hoping to be ironic here (and your cause would have been helped if you weren't so ignorant and illiterate) but you have to be really inexperienced or really stupid to need a coach to "tell you how fast you should run". Really.

- a watch because we all know how far and fast we run because its intuned in our bodies at birth

A watch can't tell "how far and fast we run". Only for how long.

- a team because that usually means you have to pay for some club or to go to school

Have you graduated from high school yet?

the obvious wrote:

EPO

Did you understand the question?

EPO is costly, but it has proven to be quite effective when it comes to improving one's performance in distance events, and biking. Hence the term "Preformance Enhancing Drug."

WonderingWonder wrote:

Paying for the internet so you can get on LetsRun.

That's not really an issue for the "real runners" here, who can log onto a computer in their schools library or use the connection provided by Mom and Dad.

You're forgetting about the majority of site visitors, who would never bother if they didn't have an internet connection at their job and couldn't slack off enough at work to use it to visit Letsrun.

I was at a local running room lately, and there was a group going out for a run. Though I appreciate that they are participating, they get carried away with the accessories. Most of the runners had these big fat GPS watches. You're only running in the city for 1 hour, not doing the Badwater or across the Sahara. They also each have 3 water bottles, various energy bars, some have DVD players. Geez, just put on your shoes and go for a run.

canadian wrote:

They also each have 3 water bottles, various energy bars, some have DVD players.

OK I like to poke fun of people who focus on gear, but DVDs... come on now that's not even a good trolling attempt.

hardset nipples wrote:

A watch can't tell "how far and fast we run". Only for how long.

Yes but if you are actually "listening to your body" and an experienced runner you should not need a time device to tell you how long you were running. What's a few seconds more or less? Estimate it.

Optygen

http://www.firstendurance.com/qa.html

Good point, or just glance at a clock when leaving and returning. Close enough, right? My watch is only really useful for speedwork like intervals or tempo, but since I already have it I strap it on for other runs.

Thats a good point too. My GPS isnt very useful except when I do speedwork on the roads. I just put it on for distance runs because its already there.

Honestly you are the biggest dumbass ever! Its called sarcasm.

-a coach doesnt help, I mean all he does is yell at you and tell you how fast you should run

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I know you were hoping to be ironic here (and your cause would have been helped if you weren't so ignorant and illiterate) but you have to be really inexperienced or really stupid to need a coach to "tell you how fast you should run". Really.

-I wrote a post without going back and editing every single thing, honestly 2/3 of the people that post don't! And how does that make me ignorant!

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- a watch because we all know how far and fast we run because its intuned in our bodies at birth

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A watch can't tell "how far and fast we run". Only for how long.

-Taking things out of context does not help your point, it only means that your an asshole that can't think of any better way to bash people.

- a team because that usually means you have to pay for some club or to go to school

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Have you graduated from high school yet?

I was merely saying that to be a part of a team you have to be in school(which could be college too dumbass) or pay for a club.I did not say anywhere that I was in school, it was more of a generalized statement and I was not talking about myself. And yes I have graduated high school, a very long time ago.

So in conclusion,

you sir are an assclown!

Oh and yes a watch can tell you how far you've run, its called a gps. Garmin makes one, you should check it out!

Oh, stop projecting.

It really speaks for itself. I don't "go back and edit" because it is astoundingly easy for me to write it correctly as I go. Not that I expect you to get it, now or ever.

What context did you intend to remain, then? You did write that about watches, my illiterate friend.

Uh, I knew that it could also be college, but that probably has nothing to do with you.

Considering the source, I wouldn't expect any better.

...man I think you should probably look up the word illiterate.

hardset nipples = charlie horse

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=2070694&page=3

Actually, you should. I already have.

As for your mental midget twin, if you think I'm the only user who's adopted the in-line line-by-line response style then you haven't been paying attention.