January 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    I actually read all the posts and have for about a year now, although sometimes that’s the only leisure reading I do all day (I also I read the way most Americans watch TV, ie a lot). I’ve certainly given up on commenting as frequently as I would if this site used nested comments/threading.

    Ever since high school I’ve been a part of high-volume online communities, usual related to my dominant interest or hobby and often for years at a time - it’s interesting to look back and see how those changes reflect my personal growth. In high school I was part of a mental health support email list, in college Livejournal then Facebook were my main communities, then Blizzard’s World of Warcraft forums, then Jezebel, then I bounced around a few writing communities, then a job search advice site called Ask a Manager, finally the general forums here and now this thread. Whew!

    Hahaha, nerd fight!!! Forums (critical thinking & logic communities in forums and on Facebook) have been my internet pastime for 25 years, and I HATE nested comments/threading on forums. I avoid Reddit precisely for that reason.

    25 years... *sigh* kids these days. In 1983 I was already online in international forums, MUDs and so on. Joined the "new" Internet somewhere in 1990 when it first opened to the public with a text-based broswer... I have seen things...so many things! :lol:

    :lol:

    Can I get in on the nerd fight? I wasn't really active online until about 1993, but I was a professional paid moderator at one of the first large gaming forums. Also, I was in the beta test for Ultima Online, the first mmorpg. Imagine a time before people had any idea how awful an idea it was to put a bunch of folks in an online sandbox and expect them to play nice!

    UO was the best!! I lost so many hours in that game on my 56k modem! Heh. WOW and the others would nit exist save for UO. It was not the first MMORPG but it did blast wide open the genre.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    edited January 2019
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    I actually read all the posts and have for about a year now, although sometimes that’s the only leisure reading I do all day (I also I read the way most Americans watch TV, ie a lot). I’ve certainly given up on commenting as frequently as I would if this site used nested comments/threading.

    Ever since high school I’ve been a part of high-volume online communities, usual related to my dominant interest or hobby and often for years at a time - it’s interesting to look back and see how those changes reflect my personal growth. In high school I was part of a mental health support email list, in college Livejournal then Facebook were my main communities, then Blizzard’s World of Warcraft forums, then Jezebel, then I bounced around a few writing communities, then a job search advice site called Ask a Manager, finally the general forums here and now this thread. Whew!

    Hahaha, nerd fight!!! Forums (critical thinking & logic communities in forums and on Facebook) have been my internet pastime for 25 years, and I HATE nested comments/threading on forums. I avoid Reddit precisely for that reason.

    25 years... *sigh* kids these days. In 1983 I was already online in international forums, MUDs and so on. Joined the "new" Internet somewhere in 1990 when it first opened to the public with a text-based broswer... I have seen things...so many things! :lol:

    :lol:

    It's not that sort of fight. I wasn't claiming to be the oldest or the best online. :neutral:

    Just voicing forum tastes.

    This one's pretty good as far as forums go. A lot of them really make you think they're a dying format.

    Either that or a lot of admins have got too old and crusty to attempt to upgrade to the latest software version. :smiley:;)

    I owned/ran a PHPBB forum community for about 5 years, and learnt a lot. Now I'm admin of a few Facebook groups, and find it a good format for sharing interests.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Were any of you around long enough ago to remember the Shareware craze? In 1996 I made into PC/Computing's best downloads on the internet. :)

    k5e5avfpay07.png

    Those were fun times... heh, the magazine still has an unopened AOL 3.5" disk!

    I remember that magazine. Those *kitten* disks were scattered all over our house. :smiley:
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    I actually read all the posts and have for about a year now, although sometimes that’s the only leisure reading I do all day (I also I read the way most Americans watch TV, ie a lot). I’ve certainly given up on commenting as frequently as I would if this site used nested comments/threading.

    Ever since high school I’ve been a part of high-volume online communities, usual related to my dominant interest or hobby and often for years at a time - it’s interesting to look back and see how those changes reflect my personal growth. In high school I was part of a mental health support email list, in college Livejournal then Facebook were my main communities, then Blizzard’s World of Warcraft forums, then Jezebel, then I bounced around a few writing communities, then a job search advice site called Ask a Manager, finally the general forums here and now this thread. Whew!

    Hahaha, nerd fight!!! Forums (critical thinking & logic communities in forums and on Facebook) have been my internet pastime for 25 years, and I HATE nested comments/threading on forums. I avoid Reddit precisely for that reason.

    25 years... *sigh* kids these days. In 1983 I was already online in international forums, MUDs and so on. Joined the "new" Internet somewhere in 1990 when it first opened to the public with a text-based broswer... I have seen things...so many things! :lol:

    :lol:

    It's not that sort of fight. I wasn't claiming to be the oldest or the best online. :neutral:

    Just voicing forum tastes.

    This one's pretty good as far as forums go. A lot of them really make you think they're a dying format.

    Either that or a lot of admins have got too old and crusty to attempt to upgrade to the latest software version. :smiley:;)

    I owned/ran a PHPBB forum community for about 5 years, and learnt a lot. Now I'm admin of a few Facebook groups, and find it a good format for sharing interests.

    Running internet forums is a thankless job. I did it for years too. I think either the MFP mods are super stars or we are just a pretty reasonable crowd. Probably both.
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    I actually read all the posts and have for about a year now, although sometimes that’s the only leisure reading I do all day (I also I read the way most Americans watch TV, ie a lot). I’ve certainly given up on commenting as frequently as I would if this site used nested comments/threading.

    Ever since high school I’ve been a part of high-volume online communities, usual related to my dominant interest or hobby and often for years at a time - it’s interesting to look back and see how those changes reflect my personal growth. In high school I was part of a mental health support email list, in college Livejournal then Facebook were my main communities, then Blizzard’s World of Warcraft forums, then Jezebel, then I bounced around a few writing communities, then a job search advice site called Ask a Manager, finally the general forums here and now this thread. Whew!

    Hahaha, nerd fight!!! Forums (critical thinking & logic communities in forums and on Facebook) have been my internet pastime for 25 years, and I HATE nested comments/threading on forums. I avoid Reddit precisely for that reason.

    25 years... *sigh* kids these days. In 1983 I was already online in international forums, MUDs and so on. Joined the "new" Internet somewhere in 1990 when it first opened to the public with a text-based broswer... I have seen things...so many things! :lol:

    :lol:

    Can I get in on the nerd fight? I wasn't really active online until about 1993, but I was a professional paid moderator at one of the first large gaming forums. Also, I was in the beta test for Ultima Online, the first mmorpg. Imagine a time before people had any idea how awful an idea it was to put a bunch of folks in an online sandbox and expect them to play nice!

    UO was the best!! I lost so many hours in that game on my 56k modem! Heh. WOW and the others would nit exist save for UO. It was not the first MMORPG but it did blast wide open the genre.

    I can't think of anything before UO that would count as "massively multiplayer," although I can think of some building games and forum based games. What are you thinking of that predates it?

    I don't think anyone had any idea how easy it would be to spend hours playing. At one point I'm pretty sure I threatened to throw my wedding ring out the window if my husband didn't start limiting his time in UO. Ah, good times!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    I actually read all the posts and have for about a year now, although sometimes that’s the only leisure reading I do all day (I also I read the way most Americans watch TV, ie a lot). I’ve certainly given up on commenting as frequently as I would if this site used nested comments/threading.

    Ever since high school I’ve been a part of high-volume online communities, usual related to my dominant interest or hobby and often for years at a time - it’s interesting to look back and see how those changes reflect my personal growth. In high school I was part of a mental health support email list, in college Livejournal then Facebook were my main communities, then Blizzard’s World of Warcraft forums, then Jezebel, then I bounced around a few writing communities, then a job search advice site called Ask a Manager, finally the general forums here and now this thread. Whew!

    Hahaha, nerd fight!!! Forums (critical thinking & logic communities in forums and on Facebook) have been my internet pastime for 25 years, and I HATE nested comments/threading on forums. I avoid Reddit precisely for that reason.

    25 years... *sigh* kids these days. In 1983 I was already online in international forums, MUDs and so on. Joined the "new" Internet somewhere in 1990 when it first opened to the public with a text-based broswer... I have seen things...so many things! :lol:

    :lol:

    Can I get in on the nerd fight? I wasn't really active online until about 1993, but I was a professional paid moderator at one of the first large gaming forums. Also, I was in the beta test for Ultima Online, the first mmorpg. Imagine a time before people had any idea how awful an idea it was to put a bunch of folks in an online sandbox and expect them to play nice!

    UO was the best!! I lost so many hours in that game on my 56k modem! Heh. WOW and the others would nit exist save for UO. It was not the first MMORPG but it did blast wide open the genre.

    I can't think of anything before UO that would count as "massively multiplayer," although I can think of some building games and forum based games. What are you thinking of that predates it?

    I don't think anyone had any idea how easy it would be to spend hours playing. At one point I'm pretty sure I threatened to throw my wedding ring out the window if my husband didn't start limiting his time in UO. Ah, good times!

    My wife and I played side by side 🥰 we were poor so it was pretty much the only entertainment we could afford. Probably put 10 hours a day in it for a while. Ah simpler times!
  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    Were any of you around long enough ago to remember the Shareware craze? In 1996 I made into PC/Computing's best downloads on the internet. :)

    k5e5avfpay07.png

    Those were fun times... heh, the magazine still has an unopened AOL 3.5" disk!

    I remember that magazine. Those *kitten* disks were scattered all over our house. :smiley:

    My husband's first university graduation gown had about 300 of the AOL installation CDs sewn into it. A few years later than the floppy disks!
  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    January

    1—5.45
    5—7.5 for @KeepRunningFatboy. All up “hill”. Sea to 4000ft. Excellent company and fish and chips. :smiley:

    13.0 / 71 miles


    Upcoming races
    🤙January 5 BIRR Ultra relay. 50k. Hawaii. For @KeepRunningFatboy ✔️
    March 31, 2019 A2A 5k. Ardmore OK
    April 28, 2019 OKC Memorial Marathon. half
    November 24, 2019 Route 66 half. Tulsa OK.
    Run the Year team A 400+ miles

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10710465/2019-run-the-year-group#latest

    Woot! Great job! :)
  • abowersgirl
    abowersgirl Posts: 3,408 Member
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    abowersgirl wrote: »
    newbie here

    Jan 1 : 1.5 =1.5/30 miles, walking 5.6 miles (after run) note: run took 19.13 min

    Jan 2: 3.02= 4.52/30 miles, walking 11.13 miles (after run): run took 37.02 min 👍improvment

    Jan 3: rest day= 4.52/30 miles, walking 4.11 (after run) I think I pushed myself too hard too fast for a non seasoned new runner the day before. My legs were sore up until last night.

    January 4: 1.91= 6.43/30 miles, walking 4.22 (after run): no time improvement

    3.02 is almost 5k, which is 3.1, so yes, a lot for a new runner! When you first start out adding mileage, don't worry about going fast. It's okay to be very slow, even slower than your walking pace for some people, as long as you are doing the gait of running. Speed will come naturally later!

    Thanks for the insight. I will definitley keep that in mind. I am happy you commented because I was, earlier on, feeling a bit discouraged by my numbers and unsure if it was a normal speed for a newbie.

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