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Hi everybody! I’m 47 and blew out part of my knee running high mileage. Surgery was in early May. I’d like to just go right back to running when I’m cleared in a couple of weeks but I’ve been highly urged to take up biking as well to reduce impact on my knees. I know very little about road biking. I’m getting a used Roubaix this weekend and got some basic kit (helmet, jersey, strobe, etc.) from Trek. I plan to jump in and start with a 15-mile ride. I’d like to do a 35 mile ride with the Trek group at the end of August and a 60-miler with my brother and friends in October. No idea how feasible that it but going to try. Any advice or words of wisdom for an older biking newb? Edit- I did get sized and a 56 or 58 should work for me. I’m 6’ 170 lbs. with a longer torso. The Roubaix is 56 cm.

Just an fyi - my fatass tried to lose weight for years while drinking way too much. Never worked more than a blip here and there. Quit drinking and turned into a skinny bitch in six months.

How do you check your body fat% reliably?

The bottom line is you have to go for it. Whether a hard drinker or a true alkie, you know - likely for years - that alcohol is a problem a problem. It sure as shit isn't going to solve itself. It might be a big pain in the ass to quit or it might be relatively easy. But there really aren't any other reasonable options other than quitting or riding the downward spiral as far as it will take you.

My power is back on after 9 hours. The folks across the street, not so lucky.

Its been nothing more than a longer-lasting summer storm at Katy freeway and beltway 8. A lot of branches and some trees down. Power is still on.

This is either a good joke or the storm-driven recurrence of carpetbagger ignorance.

Huh, you got this take from a ten-year MLB vet on the one hand, and some Karan crying from the mom of an underperforming dwarf on the other. I can’t decide which one to believe.

He was either borrowing money or claiming to raise capital for something and ran of with the cash. He did it to a few people. There was a texags thread out there on it but its old and I don't know if its still around.

That guy is out of prison but he's been disbarred from practicing law, got divorced and is persona non grata because he scammed a bunch of people on Texags out of money. Real winner that guy turned out to be.

I was thinking it most likely had to be them. That is one aggy program. I’m not aware of any other LL program that positions itself to be an offshoot of a college program.

The SOC changed from 50 to 45 without family history of cancer a few years ago. My doc told me about this change during treatment because I was dx’d at 40. So probably 2017-18-ish.

We just got back from a week in Cooperstown All Star Village for the 12u. I had been told it was an amazing experience and it was. The kids absolutely loved it. 64 teams and they played 9 games in 4 days. For those of you who haven't heard of it yet (because you will at some point) it's a wonderful experience. Competition level was AA to majors, but there were a lot of AA-level teams there. Here's HR and a strike out*.\ * I have no idea if that's actually a strike out or not, but he did have SOs so it could be.

My man - I may have way overdone it on running and had OATS surgery 6 weeks ago. I have been told by three doctors that I need to mix in something else with running so I'm eyeing a 70.3 next April. I can already tell my wife is going to be really pissed if I fuck up my knee again and have to have surgery.

I can confirm Newdoc may know what he's talking about. I've had both and I'd certainly rec the scope over the cancer. I'm back for my 3 year tomorrow. Prep day sucks worst than procedure day.

There's some good advice on this thread and I'd add to keep calm and carry on. Her world is not going to implode overnight. You don't have to permanently change diet/lifestyle but his weekend. You don't have to go no-carbs. A diabetes diagnosis is scary and there's information overload but you have time to get it figured out. An easy initial option is to move towards foods with a lower glycemic index. There's comprehensive lists all over the internet.

I don’t know a thing about the chemistry or math but as an anecdotal point my body seriously does not like alcohol. I was a daily drinker for years and was 6’ 230 when I quit. About a month after that weight just started melting off and now I’m usually 165-175. In addition to the empty calories I suspect the alcohol slowed my metabolism.

He also spent a bunch of money -650,000,000 - that the City doesn’t have to settle with the firefighters after voluntarily dismissing the City’s legal defenses. His plan is to kick the can down the road and make the city even more broke.

Hezbollah fired a buttload of rockets at Israel and set it ablaze. Wonder if the loons are going to throw a temper tantrum when Israel responds.

I am downtown and agree - never seen it this dark in the daytime before. It's night here.

Why let a pesky issue like "who actually made it" get in the way of shit piling on Boeing?

I started running (again) about a year ago and built up to a marathon training block and a marathon in January. Weight melted off from about 230 beforehand to 160 at my lowest. I had been running 40-50 miles per week through March when my right knee started hurting in the last mile of a half marathon. It never got better and the MRI showed a significant cartilage defect. Surgery (OATS procedure) was described as three weeks on crutches, three on a stationary bike and then introduction of regular running. So that didn't happen. I woke up from surgery in a full knee brace and now it's 4-6 week with no weight on the leg at all, then a reintroduction of weight in 25% increments. So 4-6 months of recovery. And I'm told my marathon running days may be over if I don't want to risk a total knee replacement. So beware overtaxing your old ass bodies. I ran through a number of injuries and it caught up with me. The good news is my weight has been stable at about 170 without real exercise for the last two months.

Terrible

This thread is a fucking disaster.

I'd get loaded up with sedatives at MDAnderson and they'd make me get a ride home. That process essentially entailed me pointing in the other direction and scampering to my car when their heads were turned.