Just listening to the crickets.

Can still get hit by a car when running, imo.

Oh, yeah. Forgot the "spraining an ankle" thing. Out of like 3 people I know who did Spartan style races, at least two of them did like ACL/MCL tears. Maybe an Achilles? We're talking major surgery plus months of recovery. Tiny sample. These were definitely people with more enthusiasm than training, so maybe any high intensity exercise would have done this to them.

I do 6000 miles a year on my bike. Most of the people I ride with do 10K to 15K miles/year. Out of a group of 30+, one banged up arm in a crash. I know of a guy with a concussion, but that moves the sample size up to 100's of cyclists. Let's say in my group of 30 there's a couple hundred thousand miles of cycling. You're collectively talking a week or two of missed training time to injury, and that's rounding up. That's relatively common that a group of cyclists has much less time missed due to injury than runners -- nearly every runner I know misses time every season due to injury. Spartan racing? I'm assuming more injuries than training for marathons or half marathons, but clearly I don't know enough people who do it.
I'd guess in your "hit by car doing training per 100's of hour" or metric like, that running is safer than cycling. However, getting hit by a car is a once in a few 100,000 miles sort of thing on a bike. I'd guess you'd wreck a bike with road rash or worse every 1000 hours or so, assuming you don't like do tough mountain biking. I've crashed 3 times in the last two years, One was a once in 10 year pack riding thing. Two were me riding tough off road trails and not being as expert as the route I chose. If you're a trail/path runner, you may never come near a car to get hit. I assume Kerowo isn't in jeopardy, running in parks. Or the risk of driving to get to the workout is far more risky than doing it.

But how much did you lose?

Me? About 15 pounds.

Bear in mind that you don't live in Ohio.
You live in the cycling capital of the US - or pretty darn close.
I'd assume that drivers in Boulder are much better about sharing the road.

That is a totally fair criticism. I live in a place with 100's of miles of paved and dirt trails. Many roads have designated bike lanes. Those that don't often have wide, paved shoulders. Many (most) drivers are cyclists, and we have strong laws protecting cyclists with 3' right of way. Boulder drivers by and large are really respectful of cyclists. I'd be in terror riding in a lot of the US, very likely. It is like some rando Belgian telling people to ride more.

Still. Ride more.

Who needs sharing the road when you can be a Cantabridgian cyclist: barrel into intersections w/ reckless abandon and prepare to sue any driver who nails you when you pile into his blind spot.

I'm not running, I use running in Strava because you get better stats than you do with the hiking or walking option. Got laid off at the end of October and should be taking advantage of the time to get out more but haven't. Bah.

The obstacle part (highest risk of injury) is only on race days (relatively infrequent). Training is a mix of lifting, bodyweight metabolic stuff, and running. And actually, I'm walking on a an incline treadmill (in my basement - no cars there) a lot more than I'm running out on trails or sidewalks (also places where cars infrequently go).

Obama!

Paging Fretelöo; leaving Facebook has deprived me of a daily dose of entertainment.

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Feels like winter in New England, which is my favorite season. Can't wait to go skiing.

Sorry to see this forum has died. It was always my favorite place to read and post.

"My plant died and I'm sad about it."

"Did you water it?"

"Occasionally."

I think it's more like the receding waters of Lake Mead. It's not within any individual's control.

To the analogy containment thread!!

I lost 35 BB playing HU trying to start a table. Not sure he even knew the hand rankings. Nobody else sat and he eventually quit. It was for the best as I was starting to tilt.

It feels good to be back.

Did he know where the raise button was?
gogogo

So disappointed. I ended up coming in fifth in my league final table championship game. Saturday night is our Christmas party /tournament of Champions so I have one last chance at a big jackpot.

I was up $500 or so on the season so I can't really complain, but I wanted the title... Not to mention the $980 payday I missed out on.

Congrats on the winning. Sorry the last tournament didn't work out.

congrats

The local paper where I grew up just posted a pic from 1999. My friends and I were waiting in line to see Star Wars Phantom Menace. We were sitting around a cooler playing cards.

I was 60lbs lighter in the pic. It might be time to lose some weight.

Beat: came in fifth in the Tournament of Champions.

Brag: Found an error on my spreadsheet and was actually up over $850 on the season.

Can't wait for the 2017 season to begin in January.