In sum: don't stress too much about the terrain you run on (flat/up/down), but maybe think a little about how fast you're running. However, spend most of your time thinking about how you can build bigger bones, and (maybe) change your gait so that it reduces the load on the skeleton.

Imagine delivering this mini-tirade as the opener to your conference talk. Feels like we used to let scientists have more fun...
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The only guarantee that I've learned in the 7.5 years living here is I'm not missing the August long weekend. Typically best weather of the year. Otherwise, you hit the nail on the head. Summer is too short (almost feels non-existent) and winter seems to drag on forever.

I feel like there's this May sweet-spot for North American academics that we would be well suited for conferences. That way I could enjoy the two nice weeks of Calgary summer here :)

I wonder if given a choice, what season/time of year people prefer. When I talk to others in NA, many lament that the conferences are during prime vacation season.

I have the same issue but with CSB and phish fest...sigh :(

I guess the null hypothesis is that nothing differs between what you're studying. Usually, we don't look at single movements in isolation; we have some other condition or task constraint - e.g., timed walk/run - that we compare against. I'm open to not needing hypotheses, but it seems rare.

I think that we all have a hunch about how our analyses will work out. It may be useful to ask that we all think a little deeper about our priors.

*biomechanics. This position is specifically looking for someone to continue the long history of human locomotion work that has been conducted in the HPL.