Confession Time

Every now and again I run bf even if the conditions aren't right, just to prove to myself that I can do it but I''m a super sissy.
I thought women had a free pass on the sissy front. Unlike men, you can be badasses without ever having to worry about failing and being called a sissy:

Men: Badass-normal-sissy.
Women: Badass-normal.

Ya know, I haven't been bouldering since earlier this year when I quit the gym (no work = no $$ = no fancy schmancy gym membership. Now that I'm part of the working world, and the GF lives near where I used to climb, I might have to re-open my membership)

But in the meantime: Boooouuuuuullllllderinnnng!
Lord Boulder, you could set up a nice body-weight/plyometrics gym in your house for $150-200. Just get a plyo box, a medicine ball, some suspension straps and some ankle weights, and maybe a few other things, like a pull-up bar and something to do dips on. GF-repeats are also great for general conditioning.
The bigger the shoe, the harder you fall.
Yeah, great adage Rick!

Butt seriously, I think stubbing is probably a form issue, namely bad posture and poor landing. It's happened to me when I'm fatigued and start to slouch.
I don't see why you wouldn't wear min-shoes.In summer I always have them on me,so if I hurt myself I can put them on.I moved recently,where I run now there are a lot of oaktrees,so for the moment there's a lot of acorns.So I run in min-shoes,acorns hurt!I don't get the winterchallenge either(I get trying to see how far you get in the snow) but for me I like to run long distances doing that in winter bare is not an options.I guess everybody should do as they please:D
No enabling for you Robin. You're a wuss.
 
Gah! I....that went right by me. Curse you, scedastic! :D


And moreover, on second thought: if you are in California, and you are running on maintained sidewalk, asphalt, dirt trail without a lot of rocks, or nice chip-seal, and you can't bf on THAT kind of a surface, then, yes, you are super sissier than even this sissie.
 
I thought women had a free pass on the sissy front. Unlike men, you can be badasses without ever having to worry about failing and being called a sissy:

Men: Badass-normal-sissy.
Women: Badass-normal.

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Not in the circles in which I have traveled.
The only thing I do that ever impresses people as being bad ass?
I drive a stick shift.
I could cure cancer while skinning a buck in freefall (shhhhh! don't tell anyone) but changing gears on a car while simultaneously driving is what really gets people going.
 
oh btw I just bought the new balace minimus zero drop,been running on them for a month...they're great;)
too narrow for my fat feet, even in the wide fitting. had to stop wearing mine
 
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i'll say it again. you're all enablers enabling each other.

on a side note i just ordered a headlamp that i'll wear on my early morning trail runs while most likely wearing my nb min zero trails.

lomad, you're my new hero, for the day.
 
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Not in the circles in which I have traveled.
The only thing I do that ever impresses people as being bad ass?
I drive a stick shift.
I could cure cancer while skinning a buck in freefall (shhhhh! don't tell anyone) but changing gears on a car while simultaneously driving is what really gets people going.
Oh how I miss the clutch. Feels like you're really driving. We had a stick in Moz, but back Stateside it's all automatic, kind of like a go-cart.

But what I was trying to say is if you run bare on acorns, you're a badass, male or female, but if you can't do it, you're normal if you're a female, and either normal or a wuss like Robin if you're a male, depending on expectations.
Yeah! I agree whole heartedly. Ummm..."GF = Girl Friend", no?
In Pirate's case, as well as yours, yes. Hyperextensions are a good complementary exercise.


For me, it's more W-repeats and T-lifts (W=wife and T=toddler).

How are the shingles btw Mr. Tree? Have a missed an update somewhere else?
 
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I'm getting less badass by the day.

I've gone from unshod to minshod and now I've gone from stickshift to automatic.

In mitigation though, the autobox is in 2.5 metric tonnes of landrover discovery. Takes a while to get up to speed, longer to stop and corners like a freight barge on the mississppi (I think that's enough S's, Ps and I's)
 
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i'll say it again. you're all enablers enabling each other.

on a side note i just ordered a headlamp that i'll wear on my early morning trail runs while most likely wearing my nb min zero trails.

lomad, you're my new hero, for the day.


I had to read this twice. Are you serious? About the shoes not the headlamp. If so, that's a big shoe, you might need some transition advice.;) Also, that means we can invite everyone back that you have chased out of here for the last 3 years.
 
corners like a freight barge on the mississppi (I think that's enough S's, Ps and I's)
I think a couple of pairs of consonants could be broken up by a vowel :p

Don't worry - soon you could be bastardising English like an American!

Spell check wants me to insert a zed in place of the s above :D
 
i'll say it again. you're all enablers enabling each other.

on a side note i just ordered a headlamp that i'll wear on my early morning trail runs while most likely wearing my nb min zero trails.

I reckon there are purists out there that not only a) run barefoot, regardless of conditions or surfaces, but b) run in the dark without any headlamp or light, 'cos that's how it was done in the old days.. :D

lomad, you're my new hero, for the day.

I like how you name him a hero for the day, with only 1 hour and 5 minutes left in said day. Yer a crool crool man, Mike..
 
I like how you name him a hero for the day, with only 1 hour and 5 minutes left in said day. Yer a crool crool man, Mike..

The way I see it, any day I read this post, it applies. I am now and forever Mike's hero for the day.

And, yes, I bookmarked the post for a daily affirmation. What I am dying to know is how I became mike's hero. I mean other than dogpile on Pirate (and that's just my idea of good fun...)
 
by heckling the hoka rep. that's legen, wait for it.

you think i really ran people out of here? i'd like to believe they can't read or just stick to what they say. i've always said shoes are tools.
 
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