Did 3 of them already in the past two years, and was considering signing up for Pickleball.
Running
I’m turning into a bog witch
I’ve let like half my yard grow out and turn into a de facto butterfly garden. I’ve got a birdbath where I leave shineys for the crow. It’s going pretty well, I recommend it.
I was gonna say, women have been getting sick of men and turning into bog witches for centuries now, probably longer. The more socially acceptable version was nunneries for a while, since men need to feel like they’re in control of that some way or another. I’m the city apartment version where I’m becoming a night shift vampire /other undead into tarot cards and Gnosticism.
Oh yeah I did that when I was like 18-20, it’s cool. Gnosticism and tarots are fun, I’m incorporating them into my middle aged dad bog witchery for sure.
I’m going bog witch, but I’m a dude, so I guess druid?
I’m a dude. I’m still calling it bog witch. If anyone has a problem with a dude witch they can kiss my ass.
I feel like witch accurately incorporates the spiteful aspect of nature-loving that I’m going for. I’d like to weaponize my yard.
You’re doing amazing.
Aw thanks 💜
Fucking math.
Yes give me sudden urge to self-study linear algebra for shits and giggles. Ima go look at math memes now.
I nearly failed math my entire life wdym it will suddenly become interesting for no reason.
Try self-teaching yourself programming If you like math, you’ll greatly enjoy being able to apply it.
Hey… Wanna go down the geometry rabbithole?
https://archive.org/details/introductiontono031680mbp/page/n76/mode/1up
It has points at infinity, area as a function of angle defect, a triangle whose angles sum to 0…
Okay I’ll bite
What is pickle ball? Is it like Calvin ball? Also, whoever finishes reading this comment will forget they were ever gay.
You forgot about bouldering / rock climbing
Just as I thought I weren’t a stereotype… oh well…
none, just neutrally observing my fastly declining physical recovery rates and wondering if it will be in the negatives 20 years later
Pretty much. I’ve got frozen shoulders going on, a sore neck for about a year, and I have to head straight to the bathroom when I get out of bed.
Lol wait til you’re peeing five times a night.
Been there, done that.
Miniatures wargaming and lifting over here. Also got divorced, which was good.
Where is the one for dating someone 15-20 years younger than you?
That’s the post divorce crisis
Fucking legends
Or fucking nonces. Depending on where they are in the age range
That’s a sub class, if you pick running then you’ll date a younger runner. If you pick Japan then you’ll date a young Japanese person etc.
What do you do if running hurts your knees? Just do it anyway?
I have tried changing footwear but generally if I walk a lot my knee will hurt. Doctor said thats just how I’m built I guess.
I would like to get into it. I guess I could just do NSAIDs?
Running is in most cases good for knee health in the long term. It could be that you just need to take it slower to build up the knee strength.
Important: If you feel pain, stop and wait for it to recover.
Maybe do strength training and stretching exercise first that target the leg muscles. A lot of knee pain comes from imbalanced leg muscles. Like when one side of the leg is too stiff or too weak.
have you thought about trying cycling?
I do love cycling and sometimes use the bike in the gym. Running would be cheap and convenient tho
Don’t use drugs to solve a problem like this. You’ll just build a tolerance and solve nothing.
Look into strength training as others suggested. Start with bodyweight exercises before moving on to weights. It’ll take a while though as you’ll need to experiment to find what works, and ofc exercise isn’t an overnight thing.
Maybe also consult a physical therapist.
And if all of that is too much, running isn’t the only effective cardio exercise. Cycling, swimming and less obvious/weird ones like slideboard mountain climbers, which should all be easier on the knees
https://youtube.com/@thekneesovertoesguy
Check out this guy. Now full transparency I’ve never checked his stuff out, but people who know far more than I do say he is legit and I know a few people who have used his videos to work through injuries and improve their range of motion and it worked.
Theres also some “Performance enhancing compounds” that can supposedly improve longevity and recovery that can help with joint issues but thats a whole rabbit hole and the research just isnt definitive, I’ve dabbled and I feel like they worked and know stuff but I’m not trying to advertise for that sort of thing.
I used to always run for fun. I was a go run a “real quick” 10k to hatch a pokemon egg kind of guy. I can’t run anymore because of my knees, my doc said I need surgery, but I’m waiting until I feel that I need it.
Btw if I were you and my doctor said something dumb like that, I’d find another doctor.
My advice is to use an elliptical to test the waters. They are when used correctly low impact on the knees.
Thanks yeah that seems like a reasonable choice
Have you tried insoles? Mine started to hurt and it was from my knees turning in because of bad arch support in my shoes
I have, although I suppose it’s been a while since I tried running with the new shoes and insoles
It depends. Do they hurt because the cartilage is gone? Then I’m pretty sure you are boned and have to pick one of the other three midlife crisis. Otherwise try physiotherapy. Lots of things cause knee pain: imbalance of muscle strength, muscle tightness, poor running style, bad shoes. Don’t power through on pain killers - you don’t want to also be in pain when you aren’t running. Oh, and bad shoes is the last thing to look at out of those four. People can generally run in anything. A shoe that compensates for one of the other three problems is not a good shoe.
I get pain in my shins when I run outside. I exclusive run on the treadmill now and that works for me.
You’ve got a muscle there.
The pain could be from a lot of things:
Shoes too tight, the way you roll your foot as you run, schin splints (very doubtful), even not being hydrated could be a cause for your issue.
The right running shoes are also very important.
Um, a deep dive into moral philosophy? No academic institutions were attached to it. I just read a lot.
Where do I go to make friends like you?
I’d suggest a BDSM munch or a LUG at a cafe. Also writing groups.
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What do I do if mine’s not on here? What kind of mid-life-crisis is this?
Welcome friend.
We all mid-life down here.You’re perfect, yes it’s true!
But without me-e, you’re only youI picked drinking and having a band. Except that’s also what I did from age 16 to 40. Maybe I’ve always been in crisis.
I fell into running…hard. I went from almost no physical exercise to running marathons over the space of 2 years. Did my first 100km ultra in December.
I’m on track to do the same right now. Was virtually sedentary until January of this year and now I’m doing 25 miles a week and get grumpy when I can’t run.
I see I’ve found another Type 2 connoisseur.
Grad school but I can’t afford it. Or running but my knees hurt so I got way too into bicycles
If your pedals have power meters, you’ve gone too far.
Jokes on you, my power meter is in the crank arm.
Yeah yeah, that’s what I meant.
So pedal power meters are not too far? 😅
A friend of mine swears on pedal power meters, easier to swap between bikes than crank arm ones. I’m too cheap for either.
I don’t know about the swapping thing, but power meter cranks are like a grand. I’d rather buy the regular kind and pay my local mechanic $50 to swap them. Although I’ve biked about 5000 miles a year for the last 20 years and I’ve never had to swap cranks.
The two that don’t involve me having to do any physical exercise ofcourse
