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WanderingEng  ·  2562 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: November 22, 2017

I have a little display thing to hang medals on. It's by my door. Today while putting my shoes on I thought "I think I'd like to have another marathon finish." (ButterflyEffect wasoxygen).

These are my medals, plus my car key.

That's two five milers, one 10K, two 20Ks, six halfs, one marathon, and one 19.3 challenge (comprised of the 10K and one half). Outstanding is my 45.5 challenge medal for adding the full. It's coming in the mail. One of the five mile runs was my first finisher medal. At the time I thought it was kind of stupid and a waste of money, but now I'm kind of proud of it.

But I want to finish the Adirondack High Peaks before signing up for another full. If the weather next weekend keeps looking good, I'm going to give it a shot.





house  ·  2561 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That Subie fob though! What do you drive?

user-inactivated  ·  2561 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If WanderingEng combined his Subaru with his love for the outdoors.

WanderingEng  ·  2560 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ha! No rally car, though. house, I have an Impreza five door. It's red, and I like it.

house  ·  2560 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Rad! Fellow Impreza hatch driver here, '15 with Eyesight. Really wanted a Crosstrek but figured I could squeeze more bells and whistles into an Impreza. Someday!

WanderingEng  ·  2558 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Mines a '16 with Eyesight! I sometimes feel like the adaptive cruise control is a little dim when it does things like accelerate at a somewhat distant slower car only to slow rapidly once that distance has closed, but I still love it. When my speed is close to the car ahead of me, it really works well.

You have the push button start then, too? I really like that. It seems simple, but it's nice.

I think it was seeing Crosstreks that turned me on to Subaru (along with Google searches for "smallest cars with AWD"). They look great, but I like small cars and couldn't justify the higher cost or lower gas mileage.

house  ·  2551 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh what up, week old convo? Yeah I really wanted a Crosstrek but at my budget it would've meant foregoing Eyesight to get one, so I went with the Impreza for the bells and whistles. And yeah mine will accelerate in weird situations too, like if I'm coming to a red light and the car I'm following changes lanes. It definitely takes some practice to adapt it to city driving.

Push button start and automatic unlocking is amazing; I feel like a peasant when I drive my wife's car and have to PRESS THE UNLOCK BUTTON and actually INSERT AND TURN A KEY.