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2 months ago 03/07/2024 11:55pm EST

re: beersandmiles

beersandmiles wrote:
I use Strava to track my training and Sh!tpost. I used to follow everyone who followed me when I first got on the app. As the years have gone by I noticed that I would get frustrated seeing people run like idiots or just post cringe stuff. So I just started posting whatever I felt like and made it just random, sometimes unhinged stuff. Started unfollowing people that made me have negative reactions as well, don't need any of that stuff.
Trying to really cut it down to people who post stuff that make me laugh, my good friends, and people I coach. Other than that, I don't really care about who follows me. I need to start unfollowing the dumpster fire accounts that I can't seem to help look away at.
I don't really get unsolicited feedback or strange comments thankfully. Maybe it's that I've run fairly okay in recent years or that I'm kind of a jerk sometimes. Either way, strava ain't as bad for me as it is to others.

sh11tposting is fun, but a lot of what I see is more inside jokes by runners, etc.

Running can be toxic but is a good way to chase HS or College XC ghosts too.

2 months ago 03/08/2024 3:56am EST

re: 17 minute parkrunner

17 minute parkrunner wrote:
Exactly my experience. I was passed by two groups of clowns this morning taking up the whole path who were running at 7 pace and I know they do a parkrun in 20-22 minutes. Meanwhile I was jogging 9:30 pace.

9:30 pace??? 17 min 5k??? cmon bruh

2 months ago 03/08/2024 6:01am EST

re: Bruh...

Bruh... wrote:
17 minute parkrunner wrote:
Exactly my experience. I was passed by two groups of clowns this morning taking up the whole path who were running at 7 pace and I know they do a parkrun in 20-22 minutes. Meanwhile I was jogging 9:30 pace.
9:30 pace??? 17 min 5k??? cmon bruh

Yes. In the past I used to jog 8 minute miles on all of my runs, but after slowly coming back from tendonitis I have been jogging 9 or 10 minute miles (on hills usually) because I'm being more cautious. It has made no difference to my 5k (ran 17:56 last weekend at parkrun). Of course I do a workout each week as well.

2 months ago 03/08/2024 8:32am EST

re: 17 minute park runner

17 minute park runner wrote:
Bruh... wrote:
9:30 pace??? 17 min 5k??? cmon bruh
Yes. In the past I used to jog 8 minute miles on all of my runs, but after slowly coming back from tendonitis I have been jogging 9 or 10 minute miles (on hills usually) because I'm being more cautious. It has made no difference to my 5k (ran 17:56 last weekend at parkrun). Of course I do a workout each week as well.

17:56 is about my son's PR from freshman year of highschool, with no running background before just barely joining XC before school began. So, maybe two and a half months of running for 4 secs off your PR. If you want to get to very low 16, and then sub 16 and beyond in the 5k, you're going to need to increase the speed of your easy days and stop comparing yoursef and looking down on 22 min 5kers.

2 months ago 03/08/2024 8:37am EST

re: anti strava

anti strava wrote:
i really try to convince my friends not to use strava but its the cool thing for them I guess
I know they actively look into every run someone does, so watch out for the strava hawks

I like following my friends and we often do discuss each other's workouts.

I follow a few pros- mostly people I know personally or their club mates.

2 months ago 03/11/2024 9:07am EDT

re: bigpoppapump1

I'm considering re-joining strava to reconnect with a couple of people as I'm otherwise completely isolated from a social perspective. I'm not a fan of social media though and being "connected" all the time.

2 months ago 03/11/2024 11:34pm EDT

re: thinking of returning

thinking of returning wrote:
I'm considering re-joining strava to reconnect with a couple of people as I'm otherwise completely isolated from a social perspective. I'm not a fan of social media though and being "connected" all the time.

It is nice to get that validation from time to time from friends and share your inside jokes on strava. I see it often in my local running scene, along with shcitttposting. It's one of those "you have to be there" moments. A lot of these guys are in their 20s and 30s and in the primes of their lives.

2 months ago 03/15/2024 1:30pm EDT

re: bigpoppapump1

Guy on strava I see, does a tempo anywhere from 3-8 miles at 5:30 min/mile. Recently raced a 5k at 5:20 min/mile.

2 months ago 03/15/2024 1:31pm EDT

re: Get Over Yourself Guy

Get Over Yourself Guy wrote:
17 minute park runner wrote:
Yes. In the past I used to jog 8 minute miles on all of my runs, but after slowly coming back from tendonitis I have been jogging 9 or 10 minute miles (on hills usually) because I'm being more cautious. It has made no difference to my 5k (ran 17:56 last weekend at parkrun). Of course I do a workout each week as well.
17:56 is about my son's PR from freshman year of highschool, with no running background before just barely joining XC before school began. So, maybe two and a half months of running for 4 secs off your PR. If you want to get to very low 16, and then sub 16 and beyond in the 5k, you're going to need to increase the speed of your easy days and stop comparing yoursef and looking down on 22 min 5kers.

Shut up you tart.

2 weeks ago 04/29/2024 2:52pm EDT

re: bigpoppapump1

bigpoppapump1 wrote:
Bunch of 25 MPW people with 22min 5k prs running every easy run at 7 min pace. And they all compliment each other for how fast they are every day and probably look down on actual fast runners who take easy days slowly.

Sounds like this woman - patting herself on the back for 7:40 pace AND not paying for entry AND putting it on social media for attention.

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2 weeks ago 04/29/2024 2:57pm EDT

re: slow is as slow does

something to be avoided.

2 weeks ago 04/29/2024 3:23pm EDT

re: strava psychologist

strava psychologist wrote:
Strava is full of men having a mid life crisis. Some of them dedicate massive amounts of time to running and are borderline obsessed. It's a race that never ends.

Who cares life is pointless anyway. Might as well spend your energy on healthy and constructive pursuits

2 weeks ago 04/29/2024 4:51pm EDT

re: 5k hobby jogger

5k hobby jogger wrote:
ban them all wrote:
No one with a pr slower than 19 minutes should be running 7 minute miles.
If we're talking 7-flat miles on a flat, easy run, you gotta get down to like 16:30 before that starts making sense.

I don't necessarily agree. Former mid 14's guy. 40 years old now and in about 17 min shape. Most of my easy runs are around 6:40-7:00 flat. As I've gotten older, my body can't handle as much mileage, so my easy days are a bit quicker. People run what their body can handle; why you would care what makes sense to me, is beyond my comprehension...

2 weeks ago 04/29/2024 4:54pm EDT

re: my 2c

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