tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12585134.post115423093933107328..comments2023-09-09T10:36:44.000-05:00Comments on Back off man, I'm a scientist.: Elevation Training, woo!Danielle in Iowa in Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12274576534281164011noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12585134.post-1154305982313867852006-07-30T19:33:00.000-05:002006-07-30T19:33:00.000-05:00Hooray for being king of the dorks!!! I just chec...Hooray for being king of the dorks!!! <BR/><BR/>I just checked, and I am 65 feet above sea level. And I live just a few miles from places upwards of 100 feet above sea level. Woo!Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06345457339150351337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12585134.post-1154295404939236882006-07-30T16:36:00.000-05:002006-07-30T16:36:00.000-05:0010,000 points for Joe (and you highlighted your do...10,000 points for Joe (and you highlighted your dorkiness, extra bonus)! Well, 5,000 each for Joe and Lisa!<BR/><BR/>I forgot about the existing point system in place when creating rewards, and focused on giving superlative amounts; to rectify this we need to distinguish between the various point currencies and have an international point market. Initial market values would start around 1,000 Al Points per Danielle Point, but if either of us flood the market with low-hanging points we'll face devaluation/inflation problems.<BR/><BR/>The flatlander/lowlander distinction is indeed a big one. I live at about 88 feet above sea-level (and Santa Clara and San José are as flat as Chicago), but I'm just a few miles from the Santa Cruz mountains and a few hours from the Sierra Nevadas.Al Dimondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356410883740760010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12585134.post-1154274058735409482006-07-30T10:40:00.000-05:002006-07-30T10:40:00.000-05:00Lisa, assuming my understanding of his ed man man ...Lisa, assuming my understanding of his ed man man ed comment is correct, you getting that reference would have been a combination of extremely awesome and extremely scary, and I probably would have just proposed to you right here, because girls who gets a good ed joke are so few and far between. :)<BR/><BR/>If I do win the points, though, I will share them with you, because 10,000 seems a bit ostentatious, and I can probably live quite comfortably with "just" 5,000 points.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06345457339150351337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12585134.post-1154272969707278872006-07-30T10:22:00.000-05:002006-07-30T10:22:00.000-05:00I totally half-ass my timing and pace and mileage,...I totally half-ass my timing and pace and mileage, too! I think it's the way.<BR/><BR/>I'm bummed that I didn't get any of your obscure references, but then, I don't know what those 10,000 points are good for, so where's the motivation.ButterPeanuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803402578191088943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12585134.post-1154270804771433892006-07-30T09:46:00.000-05:002006-07-30T09:46:00.000-05:00the only time i've heard "ed, man! !man ed" is in ...the only time i've heard "ed, man! !man ed" is in a joke about the old computer text editor, ed. <BR/><BR/>is that where you know it from, or am i just highlighting my total dorkness here?Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06345457339150351337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12585134.post-1154265244978946702006-07-30T08:14:00.000-05:002006-07-30T08:14:00.000-05:00See, I like to go into this not knowing how the pa...See, I like to go into this not knowing how the pain will be :-) Good thing there is nowhere I can even be tempted to run at elevation around here! See I think this is a fundamental flaw in the Flatlander division - I think those of us without anywhere to find long hills and who are stuck at 1000 ft are at a disadvantage to the Flatlanders from the west coast who have plenty of mountains to run up and who can at least get a taste of the elevation! I can't think of a hill that lasts a mile anywhere around here! I mean technically the division should be the Lowlanders, not the Flatlanders, since CA, OR, WA are most definitely not flat. Not that I am complaining too much, because if they required flatness, you wouldn't be able to run with us :-)<BR/><BR/>Anyways, if you keep offering 10,000 points for your references, you are totally going to dilute <A HREF="http://insertwittyteamnamehere.blogspot.com/2006/06/and-winner-of-team-name-voting-is.html" REL="nofollow">my offers of ten</A>... I had to look them up, so I shall not claim any points this time :-) But in retrospect I have to laugh at when I warned you and Shaun that our team was a little <A HREF="http://lisatheknitter.typepad.com/lisa_the_knitter/2006/07/more_fun_with_m.html" REL="nofollow">nerdy</A>...<BR/><BR/>I hope the fact that we are in the Rockies doesn't mean we have to drink Coors when we finish! Pete Coors Jr. was in my calculus class at Cornell.Danielle in Iowa in Irelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12274576534281164011noreply@blogger.com