Project Amplify: Powered footwear for running and walking

Re:Project Amplify: Powered footwear for running and walking by rich_sasha on Sunday October 26, 2025 @12:51AM (#45709229)

I find running incredibly boring, because the scenery changes so damn slowly around you. I would happily put in the same effort for the same time, but go substantially faster to make it more fun.

Not sure I would buy this product, but I see more than 0 use for it.

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Re:Project Amplify: Powered footwear for running and walking by Swizec on Sunday October 26, 2025 @01:15AM (#45709335)

> because the scenery changes so damn slowly around you

Have you considered running faster?

But seriously though, I’ve gotten pretty decent at running (3h15min marathon PR) and the difference between hiking a trail and running the same trail is kinda bonkers. These days I can run a trail in 2 hours that took me 6 hours to hike 10 years ago. Hits totally different. The whole dynamic changes.

Hiking feels immensely boring now

PS: If you run fast enough you don’t even notice the scenery.

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Re:Project Amplify: Powered footwear for running and walking by rich_sasha on Sunday October 26, 2025 @01:38AM (#45709417)

I mean... I run as fast/far as fitness permits. I'm not going slowly on purpose!

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Re:Project Amplify: Powered footwear for running and walking by z3phyr on Sunday October 26, 2025 @03:07AM (#45709720)

If you go at light speed across the universe, the scenery would also not change, until you collide with something.

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Re:Project Amplify: Powered footwear for running and walking by rkomorn on Sunday October 26, 2025 @03:17AM (#45709744)

When you collide with something at light speed, you become the scenery (and the former scenery is no more), no?

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Re:Project Amplify: Powered footwear for running and walking by rkomorn on Sunday October 26, 2025 @03:16AM (#45709739)

Getting off topic but this is exactly why, after never running for fun in my life, I got into cycling (a hobby that admittedly can easily turn expensive even if it doesn't have to).

Instead of running 10km in an hour, I could bike from Silicon Valley to the ocean and back in 3-4 hours, and have views over city, hills, oceans, suburbia, etc.

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Re:Project Amplify: Powered footwear for running and walking by andreareina on Sunday October 26, 2025 @11:10AM (#45712501)

Get a bike ;)

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