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by C40
Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:27 am
Forum: ERE Community
Topic: Quail Haven, an ERE Mountain Enclave
Replies: 8
Views: 709

Re: Quail Haven, an ERE Mountain Enclave

I sent you a PM. I'd be interested to come by the next time I'm back in the US. There's a good chance I'll travel by motorcycle again. I'm looking at your projects on your website and Youtube and seeing that we'd probably have a lot to talk about. And perhaps I'd enjoy lending a hand if you have som...
by C40
Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:05 am
Forum: Mastermind Groups
Topic: Social Skills + Social Capital Challenge & Resource Collection Thread
Replies: 57
Views: 9844

Re: Social Skills + Social Capital Challenge & Resource Collection Thread

Thanks @TheAnimal. I have also read that book before. Perhaps when I was looking through my books I assumed that one was not the one I was thinking of. But perhaps it is. I will find it and start reading it again. I also just remembered a book I found interesting about 10 years ago. It's called &quo...
by C40
Fri Dec 15, 2023 6:07 am
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: V02 Max Challenge
Replies: 396
Views: 125059

Re: V02 Max Challenge

Woha, those are impressive numbers, congrats. :).... Do you have a fitted bike? At those distances one quickly gets injured even with small imbalances. Thank you. Yes my bike fits me well. I did have a session with a pro bike fitter when I was racing over 10 years ago. But the small changes he made...
by C40
Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:58 pm
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: V02 Max Challenge
Replies: 396
Views: 125059

Re: V02 Max Challenge

Any idea what your functional threshold is in Troy Jacobson terms? (It's something like a 20 minute test right around the lactic point). Mine was 3.7W/kg about a decade ago (300W @ 81kg). No way I could have held that for hours though. Yours must be north of 4-5W/kg? Also curious, what's your max s...
by C40
Fri Dec 08, 2023 5:00 am
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: V02 Max Challenge
Replies: 396
Views: 125059

Re: V02 Max Challenge

So I completed the 160km (100 mile) 4 hour ride. Wheewwww. Did it in 3:54 (riding time) at an average speed of 41.0 kph (25.5 mph). Average power was about 220 watts which is 3.5 watts/kg. Did it alone, on a normal road bike, on one road doing out/back loops. It was fun to do but I definitely won't ...
by C40
Fri Dec 08, 2023 4:43 am
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: V02 Max Challenge
Replies: 396
Views: 125059

Re: V02 Max Challenge

oooh man that sounds pretty rough. Wishing you a good recovery. The feet are so important. Don't be lazy to do what you need to take care of them, and man, don't rush into running -- My brother was running a fair amount over recent years. I tried to convince him to shift to bicycling or swimming or ...
by C40
Sat Dec 02, 2023 6:38 am
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: V02 Max Challenge
Replies: 396
Views: 125059

Re: V02 Max Challenge

Update: - My training is going well. I improved more than expected the last 2 months. I'll share some power numbers again but they're a bit delayed because 1 - I got a powermeter but it gives an inaccurate (but fairly precise) reading. So I've been figuring that out over the last two months... and 2...
by C40
Thu Nov 23, 2023 4:05 am
Forum: Emergent Renaissance Ecology
Topic: How is the FIRE movement doing?
Replies: 337
Views: 128614

Re: How is the FIRE movement doing?

I retired at 34. Definitely could have gotten my stuff together sooner and retired around 30. On the forum yeah I think there are some that retired near 30 years old. Perhaps @Akratic did? and others I forget. @MikeBos is one who was on the forum some though not a frequent member (he had a blog call...
by C40
Sat Nov 18, 2023 10:56 pm
Forum: ERE Community
Topic: Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg (Discussion + Book Club Meeting)
Replies: 62
Views: 12437

Re: Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg (Discussion + Book Club Meeting)

For example, is it possible to emphathicaly fire people from their job? Of course it is. I had an assistant once. He was the only assistant I was going to get. But also there was the expectation in roles like his that he should be developing quickly to be able to be a good manager. But he lacked so...
by C40
Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:50 pm
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: V02 Max Challenge
Replies: 396
Views: 125059

Re: V02 Max Challenge

Scott 2 wrote:
Thu Nov 09, 2023 2:47 pm
After Monday's hard run, the rest of my week dances around tired ankles and knees.
Why keep running? It's horrible for your body
by C40
Sat Nov 04, 2023 11:11 pm
Forum: Housing and Transportation Questions
Topic: hmm.. which car?
Replies: 75
Views: 19003

Re: hmm.. which car?

Best car is Honda Fit. Cheap. Efficient. Reliable. Very good cargo capacity. Great for social life. (if you're in an area with small roads like Japan, or slow speeds, or high import tax, other options would be better) When I had a rich friend, and hung out with him and his friends. Nobody gave one f...
by C40
Thu Nov 02, 2023 12:28 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Star*Bucks ERE Journal
Replies: 345
Views: 109330

Re: Star*Bucks ERE Journal

I watched a travel video in Vietnam were a girl got herself a pair of prescription glasses for $19 optician appointment included lol She said she got the upgraded frames otherwise it would have only been $10. When I get to SE Asia I’m going to buy a few back up prescription glasses. I went with my ...
by C40
Thu Nov 02, 2023 12:20 am
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: What would you eat if you couldn’t taste anything?
Replies: 8
Views: 1585

Re: What would you eat if you couldn’t taste anything?

In your situation I think texture becomes much more important than usual. As others noted there are some things I don't like the taste of that I might eat more of if I couldn't taste it. (Kale.. some fermented or perhaps pickled things.. various fruits and vegetables like bittermelon (god it's horri...
by C40
Tue Oct 31, 2023 12:57 am
Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
Topic: In Praise of Doing Nothing
Replies: 52
Views: 19223

Re: In Praise of Doing Nothing

I'm currently taking two months of bicycling and otherwise doing almost 'nothing'. That means sometimes riding for a large portion of the day. And going for coffee. Reading. Playing old videogames. A short nap most days. And some bits of life organization. I almost think you can't really 'do nothing...
by C40
Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:17 am
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Living thoughtfully in Vietnam
Replies: 5
Views: 5087

Re: Living thoughtfully in Vietnam

Xin chào bạn mới. Mình chúc bạn trở nên giàu sớm. Bạn là người Việt hay người nước ngoài? Mình đến từ nước Mỹ và sống ở Việt Nam. Hello. I was curious when reading your post - are you Vietnamese, Viet Kieu, or from somewhere else? From your writing style, I'm guessing you're from elsewhere, but it's...
by C40
Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:40 am
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: V02 Max Challenge
Replies: 396
Views: 125059

Re: V02 Max Challenge

It's only risky if you're making significant mistakes. If you want, you can make that problem go away. There are various ways to identify and prevent over-training. If you haven't read it yet, Joel Friel's book(s) have decent information. I read it in his "Cyclist's training bible" book bu...
by C40
Sun Oct 22, 2023 9:47 am
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: V02 Max Challenge
Replies: 396
Views: 125059

Re: V02 Max Challenge

Ahh. I don't think I've had any overtraining issues (not overall CNS ones... I have messed up a tendon very gradually over many years.) I Also don't do extremely long durations (nothing significantly longer/harder than I'm already used to, by increasing volume and intensity gradually). And, I'll not...
by C40
Sun Oct 22, 2023 5:55 am
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: V02 Max Challenge
Replies: 396
Views: 125059

Re: V02 Max Challenge

Huh. Over my years of sometimes training a lot and sometimes not at all,... my resistance to getting sick has seemed linearly linked (or even exponentially linked) to my fitness level. (The higher my fitness, the less I get sick)
by C40
Sun Oct 22, 2023 4:50 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Ego's Journal
Replies: 363
Views: 55929

Re: Ego's Journal

600 Euros. NICE!

If they resist, it's likely the standard situation of you just needing to keep asking about it to show them that you aren't going to give up/forget/let it slide.
by C40
Mon Sep 18, 2023 2:20 am
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: V02 Max Challenge
Replies: 396
Views: 125059

Re: V02 Max Challenge

How many of you have tinkered with 100% nasal breathing? How has that worked out for you (what was that journey like)? Have you experienced any performance advantages (or disadvantages)? And I get it, Zone 2 is supposed to feel physically easy, but when you are in Zone 2, is your breathing like sup...