This is what I heard: For the ski jump the size of your suit is very important for airtime. There are regulations that the suits surface can only be 4 inches more than your skin surface. They are investigating if male ski jumpers have been injecting their penis to get a bigger bulge, so their suit is allowed to have slightly more surface area.
Historically several animals have been put to trial.
A lot of baby animals need mama to lick their butt to stimulate pooping. As a volunteer you have to rub their butt with a wet tissue every few hours.
I’m saying that statistically cyclists endangering pedestrians is a non-issue because it happens so much more rarely than cars endangering pedestrians or cyclists. Bringing it up all the time only fuels carbrains and car lobbies.
No, but I did go to the hospital with by boyfriend who got run over while riding straight on a straight road with right of way by a car turning left without stopping at the stop sign, so if all you want to do is throw around anecdotes be my guest. Statistics say way more people (including kids on sidewalks) get hurt by cars.
So 0.002% of cyclists get a fine every day even though there is a dedicated unit watching them. That sounds like they are behaving quite well.
100 cyclists a month doesn’t sound like a lot when there are thousands commuting through every day. Unless you give comparable numbers for both car commuters and cycling commuters and the number of fines this is saying nothing. For exampe, this week police in the netherlands were doing a traffic stop for cars and handed out 177 fines for 130 cars stopped because of multiple infractions per car, and this was one location one day.
Perhaps it is safer cycling across a crosswalk while the only other traffic is pedestrians, instead of going with the flow of cars when cars turning left or right can run you over.
I live somewhere where half the traffic lights don’t have buttons and don’t respond to cyclists. So when there are no cars to trigger the light I just check if it’s safe and go. Meanwhile I have been nearly overrun by cars speeding through red because it was orange 3 seconds ago and see a car going >50kph in my 30kph street almost daily. A bicycle is not a vehicle (at least in france in collisions we are classified as pedestrians). We are way more vulnerable and less harmful and the roads are often not made for us, so we have to adapt our riding to be most safe. Sometimes that means taking a pedestrian green instead of a car green light because it is safer too.
The skirt rule for figure skating was revoked in 2022.
As long as you’re okay with being the least climate-friendly and probably having cancer by the age of 50. People need fibre.
I think that’s why there’s a smile in the last square.
I wish there was a parkrun near me! Good luck with your goals.
Nice! I love your slow approach. Too many influencers pretend like you can train for a marathon from scratch in one season. I decided two years ago to build up to an ironman triathlon, with a half planned this year (with half marathon) and then a marathon next year to prepare for a full iron man either next year or the year after. I have loved having this massive goal but I also make sure to have a smaller goal every 2-3 months to add onto the motivation. Are you adding any 5/10k races in your build up for the half?
The quality if the food you eat is such a big determiner for quality of life though… I would rather spent a few hours every weekend mealprepping and living an extra ten years of healthy active life. Plus, if you can save 600 dollars on food you might be able to just work less.
Also based in the french alps and I put it in the pocket of my skipants. I’ve been using this combo for three years now and it has not failed me. Multiple layers also means adaptability for warmer weather instead of being stuck with a thick skicoat.
A cheap option is using a warm jacket covered with a raincoat. Those are not specific to skiing so you can use them the rest of the year too.
I read a study that the ideal holiday lasts for more than 8 days. One of the reasons is that if you leave for less there is usually little adjustment made to your workload, whereas if you leave longer tasks are distributed to others for that period. This will depend on your type of work and workplace though.
Yes, I got that advice when travelling to Marseille, France. Take everything out of the car and leave the windows open.