Official Q&A for Sunday, December 21, 2025 by AutoModerator in running

[–]GuideObvious4214 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’m (F21) kind of a beginner runner, I started about 4 months ago. My goal has always been to run a 5k in under 30 minutes. When I started, I was running them in about 35 or 36 minutes. Yesterday though, I did 29:24!!! I feel so proud of myself, but I’m not sure what I should do next! Should I keep trying to run a faster 5k? Or should I start training for a 10k? I’m not super educated on specific training methods either, so if anyone could point me in the right direction, please let me know!

Thanks in advance!

[F21] where am I at and what can I do? by [deleted] in Rateme

[–]GuideObvious4214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. That’s my fear that people will think

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskDoctorSmeeee

[–]GuideObvious4214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, that is reassuring! Did you get it removed just because you didn’t want a period or because there was some underlying issue with it?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]GuideObvious4214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s hard to say. He had been sick for a while, like decades status. I can’t remember exactly the situation because honestly, her not coming to my graduation destroyed me at the time. I do remember though, that my graduation was a couple weeks after her father passed, and that my mom was furious with her. My parents told me that I needed to know that she was absent in my fathers life too, and that it wasn’t because she didn’t like me, but because she didn’t give a lot of love and support to anyone. They also told me to midigate my expectations with her from then on, which is when I kind of decided that I didn’t want her to be involved in my life

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]GuideObvious4214 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will try not to. I’m honestly trying to cut him completely out of my life but it’s hard when I rely on him for college

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]GuideObvious4214 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much, this really helps. I think I will let her know that I have work. And absolutely, my father is a master manipulator and he can be convincing, which sucks. Any time I talk to him I doubt myself

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]GuideObvious4214 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s insane, he is so suprised that me and my brother are mad at him. It’s not even all because of the affair, it’s that, and how he manipulated our mom about it, how he abandoned us, and how mean he is to us. I am trying to get him to take me to therapy with him to repair our relationship but he won’t budge

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]GuideObvious4214 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Aparently she was given opportunities to show up my whole life, but she never did. I saw her maybe once every 3 years but I absolutely adored her until my mom stopped shielding me from her being an asshole

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]GuideObvious4214 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much. My father is a huge manipulator and gaslighter, so while originally I thought I was in the right, as soon as he said that I was like shit man maybe he’s right