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Re: Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?

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Post by chunkyslink »

sab007 wrote: post #68
chunkyslink wrote: post #54

I'm training for the 'Yorkshireman Marathon' in September in the UK. Its 26.6 miles of hilly off road tracks with over 3000ft of ascent. I don't just want to finish it, I want to get in between 3.30 and 4 hours. The biggest problem at the moment is finding the time to train. Ideally I would like to be out everyday but I can only manage 4 days a week. Each training run is lasting upto 2.5 hours and finding that time e…

You might actually be overtraining. In my personal experience it's quality not quantity that matters. See the recent Tabata grace. I would check out and find a great personal trainer to help you along. And good luck!

You might be right, but I run for a club and race regularly so its not like I'm coming at this from nothing. But thanks for your feedback.

Re: Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?

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Post by dfdashh »

abstractbill wrote: post #110

I'm trying to figure out: (1) how much time a newborn will actually demand from me and my wife, and (2) how we will fit in all the things we have decided must continue to happen (e.g. me still having a fulltime job, both of us getting regular exercise and a bit of downtime, etc).

First of all, congrats! I have a three month old, and all I can say is that you just learn to cope. I've realized that some of my goals are going to have to slip for the time being while I care for my wonderful little girl. As for exercise, planning makes all of the difference! I bike to/from work or exercise over lunch, while my wife works out after work while I pick our daughter up from daycare (we alternate days). On the weekends we use a jogging stroller to get our hearts pumping while the little one snoozes away...

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Post by pchristensen »

abstractbill wrote: post #110

I'm trying to figure out: (1) how much time a newborn will actually demand from me and my wife, and (2) how we will fit in all the things we have decided must continue to happen (e.g. me still having a fulltime job, both of us getting regular exercise and a bit of downtime, etc).

Congrats! Here's the advice of a father of two:

1) Less and more than you think. Bank on at least one to two hours out of every four (that's about their sleep-wake cycle for the first couple months). Very little of it is hard if they're not sick, but the cycle is relentless.

2) Babies are very portable for the first 6 months or so b/c they're so oblivious to the world. Wake-up, change them, feed them, interact for a while, put them back to sleep for another 2 hours and they don't care what else you're doing. One parent having a full time job is easy, two is expensive and hard. Downtime is plentiful because of the frequent naps. Ditto for exercise as long as you're going one at a time while the other tends baby and unwinds.

Ironically, scheduling is much harder once the baby sleeps through the night, because at that age they're much more alert and aware during the day and therefore need a more rigid nap time routine. It gets a little better around 12-18 months when they go from two naps to one, and even better around 3-4 yrs when they drop the daytime nap and stay up all day.

Re: Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?

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Post by fakeempire »

michaelaiello wrote: post #53

I want to go on a deep sea submarine ride, so that I see bioluminecent fish. Road Block(s): No packaged trips to do this, no network with marine biologists/researchers who own the subs

not quite the same, but i live in thailand for about 1/2 of each year and i live about an hour boat ride from ang thong national park ( random pic http://www.thailand-travelonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2008... )

and i usually stay the night. 2 or 3 times that i've been there, i see massive bioluminecents in the water. not sure exacly what causes it. but in the middle of the night ill go into the ocean and spash and its the brightest purple you've ever seen. like when you hit the water it 'activates' something and explodes with color.

anyway. i do have the internet right here. should probably look that up. its amazing.

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Post by timdellinger »

z0r wrote: post #90

Become a 4 dan go player. Recently ordered a lot of new problems & other study material to try to get there.

What's your present rank? I'm not devoting much time to it right now, but I'm trying to go from 10k -> 5k. (My efforts were re-invigorated when I got the iPad app from Many Faces of Go).

Re: Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?

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Post by Mc_Big_G »

abstractbill wrote: post #112
Mc_Big_G wrote: post #107

Don't get killed by a bear or experience any other medical emergency during a week-long, dispersed camping trip in northern California.

Banging pots and pans together will usually scare bears away. If not, just remember you don't have to outrun the bear - you just have to outrun your slowest friend.

I bought an air horn. If I don't need it for bears, it should be a funny alarm clock for my buddies. ;)

Re: Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?

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Post by roel_v »

michaelaiello wrote: post #53

I want to go on a deep sea submarine ride, so that I see bioluminecent fish. Road Block(s): No packaged trips to do this, no network with marine biologists/researchers who own the subs

I was in a bay in the east of Puerto Rico last year where they had bioluminecent bacteria in the water, where you could kayak through. I guess it's not the same as going deep sea but it's a lot more in reach I guess - you could do it for a grand over a weekend :)

Re: Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?

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Post by roel_v »

mattm wrote: post #25

Become one of the world's top salsa dancers by 2020. Current roadblock is that I'm just not doing it enough. I get distracted by other interests of mine. I was previously practising 3 times a week (which probably still isn't enough) but lately I'm only going once a week.

Not to be cynical, but how are you going to be top of the world in anything practicing only 3 times a week?
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