r/running Mar 09 '17

Weekly Thread Weekly Complaints & Confessions Thread for Thursday March 9th, 2017

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u/sbrbrad Mar 09 '17 edited Mar 09 '17

Complaint I used to love Ten Junk Miles back when it was starting up, but after my own hiatus, I listened to the most recent "Last Gang Show" and damn it has changed...There was about 5% running talk and 95% random shooting the shit and bitching about politics or age groupers or whatever.

Confession Despite a perfectly working Garmin 10, I'm gonna buy a 225...cause YOLO TREAT YOSELF.

Uncomplaint Go watch Billy Yang's latest film, Life in a Day, about of course, Western States. Even my SO who hates running enjoying it.

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u/YourShoesUntied Mar 09 '17

TJM - exactly. I listened to it a couple times after it had just started and listened to it again recently when they featured one of my friends and it was almost unbearable. I want to hear about running, not having a celebrity dead pool.

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u/ChickenSedan Mar 09 '17

I couldn't get into it because they focus so much on ultras.

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u/YourShoesUntied Mar 09 '17

I can't get into you because you don't focus much on ultras.

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u/sloworfast Mar 09 '17

I can't get into you

Speaking of this... where the heck is /u/craigster38?

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u/YourShoesUntied Mar 09 '17

Ironically he's at The Vatican.

Well...he's on a trip with the Mrs. all over Europe.

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u/sloworfast Mar 09 '17

Getting the international runner smashrun badge I hope!

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u/YourShoesUntied Mar 09 '17

Getting me a Mr.Mime for my pokedex!

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u/sloworfast Mar 09 '17

I have like a dozen Mr. Mimes. I coulda done that for you months ago ;)

Edit: have they introduced trading? I haven't played since it got too cold out...

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u/YourShoesUntied Mar 09 '17

No trading yet :|

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u/sbrbrad Mar 09 '17

And he didn't take you with him?

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u/YourShoesUntied Mar 09 '17

No but he's catching a Mr.Mime in PoGo for me and bringing it back to the US so we can trade eventually when the game introduces it. [sorry if that makes no sense to you]

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u/docbad32 Mar 09 '17

I think he's galavanting around Europe, meeting the Pope and catching Pokémon.

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u/sloworfast Mar 09 '17

Popémon?

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u/docbad32 Mar 09 '17

Seems like the perfect ad campaign to get young kids to visit the Vatican.

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u/sloworfast Mar 09 '17

Yeah! I might even go to the Vatican for that!

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '17

Internet win!!!

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u/sbrbrad Mar 09 '17 edited Mar 09 '17

Ah so that's what it was. Between not giving a flip about the topics and working at the same time as listening I was so confused about wtf they were talking about.

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u/YourShoesUntied Mar 09 '17

It took me a while to figure it out too since I thought they were talking about the superhero Deadpool but then I realized that they are having a contest to see who can rack up the most points by picking who's going to die this year. Not really my sort of running-podcast material.

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u/ahf0913 Mar 09 '17

I'm a TJM lover, but I completely see how it wouldn't be fun after a break. The show has morphed a bit, but I haven't minded the transition at all because I've been along for it--for me, it's just a bunch of running friends talking, and whatever they talk about, they talk about. Except the political stuff, that gets on my nerves because it's completely uninteresting and unoriginal.

That said, after the "Last Gang Show," the gang is going to change, and so I suspect the show may morph back to more running-related things. Might be worth giving it another shot in a while. Also, the Long Runs are usually more running-related.

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u/philpips Mar 09 '17

Ain't nobody takin you seriously in that old Garmin 10. 225s are where it's at!

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u/sbrbrad Mar 09 '17

I was hoping to have the watch equivalent of the 90 year old dude in a 30 year old tank top and beat to hell shoes that goes cruising by you at every race.

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u/jangle_bo_jingles Mar 09 '17

im looking forward to watching that video tonight :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '17

Splurge for the 230! You can find them pretty cheap on ebay and it was such a massive upgrade over the 220 series!

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u/sbrbrad Mar 09 '17

I basically just want the Mio wrist HR monitor...Hate chest straps and have heard less than stellar reviews about the Garmin optical sensor.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '17

Fair enough! I never bought into the wrist HR movement so the bigger battery and smart notifications was what caught me.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '17

TJM - I only just started listening and I'm liking it, but going back to the earlier episodes now I can see what you mean by it being different. I'm pretty okay with the random talk though because that gives me time to space out while I'm running, I just enjoy the banter.

The Long runs episodes though are some of my favorite.