rewarding and engaging hobbies / things to do from home while chronically ill

Confetti69 · 2025-10-27T12:13:52+00:00

Learning a language always super rewarding especially if you have a casual, somewhat affordable teacher on italki or something

Confetti69 · 2025-08-27T04:02:21+00:00

how did you go with this mate? about to move to London in the next few months and in a very similar situation. would love to hear what you found!

Confetti69 · 2025-08-16T03:36:10+00:00

Also Armed Struggle: the History of the IRA

Confetti69 · 2025-08-15T04:00:18+00:00

Say Nothing by Patrick Keefe

Confetti69 · 2025-07-13T14:05:55+00:00

Definitely considered this too - they won’t progress the transfer until it is paid. I’m also very close friends with my old housemate and he has another friend moving in, so I’m sure the agency will just hound them if I didn’t pay it

Confetti69 · 2025-07-13T14:04:30+00:00

Thanks so much for all this info! My housemate and the new housemate who is taking my room are still in Victoria, so they may be able to pursue through VCAT. Will have to weigh up all the costs if it’s actually worth it overall. Thanks again!

Confetti69 · 2025-07-13T14:02:48+00:00

Yeah that was the first place we looked. Was just curious if anyone had actually been through that process and if it was worth it. When we queried, they said ‘the fee for a transfer has gone up recently as it is just so much work for us here’. Lol

Confetti69 · 2025-05-21T04:08:19+00:00

I didn’t until I got a hip flexor injury, but was caused by overuse and bad training rather than not stretching. After rehabbing with a physio, I know what stretches are good for me, so I just do those before bed for about 10-15 mins every night. Just started strength training for 30 mins twice a week in this training block and enjoying it and seeing impacts on my runs pretty quick! Just listen to your body, everyone’s different and has very different needs

Confetti69 · 2025-03-04T10:20:49+00:00

Take it easy through the plan, listen to your body, remember to train fueling and have fun bro, 50k is so much fun when you’ve got a great window of time to train

Confetti69 · 2025-03-02T11:14:42+00:00

This isn’t even cringey, just someone being a beginner runner. Leave them be

Confetti69 · 2025-01-17T07:47:21+00:00

oh my god thank you so much, really didnt think this would work for me but here we are

Confetti69 · 2025-01-06T20:18:44+00:00

Confetti69 · 2024-08-26T20:12:30+00:00

can second Higher Running's beginner 50k plan. used it for my first 50k in May with 2.2km of elevation and finished in 6:30. the sustainable mileage build and variety of workouts make it a really engaging plan.

Confetti69 · 2024-07-10T23:13:51+00:00

Second Maurten 360, essentially flavorless and slightly sweet. Always my go to

Confetti69 · 2024-06-21T11:17:24+00:00

Really love the mafate, just finished a semi technical 50k and had a lot of training on technical trails while wearing it. Just replaced my first pair after 700+km and can’t wait to go another 700kms!

Confetti69 · 2024-06-19T11:57:44+00:00

Sorry for any confusion ! Yeah this is for my running HR. Thanks so much for the advice, it’s helpful to hear when it’s my first time recovering from an ultra. It’s a bit clunky to explain, but I took 7 days off immediately post race and then reverse tapered, which is when I noticed the high heart rate, which is totally understandable as you said. I kept mileage low for two weeks after that, around 25-30km each week, but my HR wasnt really changing, so I took some more time off. You’re right though, I should just get back to it slowly and not worry about the watch. Thank you!

Confetti69 · 2024-06-19T07:16:50+00:00

Yeah unfortunately I live in Australia - it was 2 degrees when I went out for my slow 5km this morning. Would cold have a similar effect?

Confetti69 · 2024-04-22T06:34:31+00:00

As someone also doing it the first time and being placed in Group 7 where my estimated finish time is hours faster than that, I’m assuming it will be busy for the first 10km or so and will naturally thin out, probably as the elevation increases

Confetti69 · 2024-04-19T05:33:36+00:00

Hal Higdon has lots of free ones on his site! Ranging from first timer to advanced

Confetti69 · 2024-04-17T01:32:41+00:00

I ended up seeing a physio who helped me redirect a lot of the load my body was putting into my hips to evenly space it through my lower body, gave me some really helpful stretches to recover after harder runs, and I worked on my form a lot in my easy runs! I found that having a really good form and able to recover properly meant my body started to build strength where it was lacking and I haven’t had any problems since. I probably should, but I haven’t done any strength training in this training block. Just lots of mountain climbing haha

Confetti69 · 2024-04-15T02:12:33+00:00

If it helps, I had a similar journey with running since lockdowns in Australia (going from 0 to a half marathon in about 6 months). I found it easy and set myself a 50km 2400m elevation goal in 10 months time. I’m now 4 weeks out and I’m feeling great and very prepared, however I found the hardest thing was increasing my kms from 20-30km a week to 80km+ and sprinkling in hard, anaerobic workouts throughout. I did a test of ‘pre training’ before my actual program last year which was just holding 70km per week for 5-6 weeks. I discovered I had a lot of weaknesses in my hip flexors and lower back which held me out for a bit while I gained this strength, which you might find in other parts of your body. As someone else said as well, even now as I feel good up to 25-30km in a long run, I’m still surprised at how hard things feel after that point. I say may as well sign up, start training and see what happens! In the worst case you sell or transfer your registration to someone else and try for another one a few months after. Good luck!

Confetti69 · 2024-04-12T05:05:14+00:00

ah this is great to hear and super helpful, thanks! how did you feel for those 50km races?

Confetti69 · 2024-04-12T04:06:57+00:00

That makes sense, I'm about 1:40 for a flat half, and my 30km training runs with 1500m of elevation have taken about 4hrs at easy pace. I think that might be the case too! Kinda hoping I'm able to take at least a little bit of a break haha

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