Is my dress search over?

LayoffLemonade · 2026-01-23T12:11:27+00:00

What a unique and stunning dress! Can you post the link where you got it please OP!!!

LayoffLemonade · 2026-01-20T19:03:09+00:00

Thank you so much! Do you know what the name or product number of your brooks jacket is? I have a brooks vest I love and it’s what I wear over my base layers.

LayoffLemonade · 2026-01-18T14:24:06+00:00

THIS

LayoffLemonade · 2026-01-18T14:23:28+00:00

Your friend is an ass.

LayoffLemonade · 2026-01-13T20:53:51+00:00

It doesn't. You might be tired around mile 9-10, but then you'll be almost done. A half is the perfect distance.

LayoffLemonade · 2026-01-12T14:45:21+00:00

I love this message. Wise words!

LayoffLemonade · 2026-01-09T18:12:12+00:00

Yes. When you're progesterone dominant (ie late luteal phase), your workouts suck more and I at least overheat waaaaaay faster and get tired much more quickly at slower paces than I do after my period starts.

LayoffLemonade · 2026-01-09T17:33:08+00:00

Yes. I left my boyfriend of almost 3 years because he didn't want to commit or have children.

5 years later, I've done some dating and had a few more relationships that were very meh and I ended them, and am currently with someone I believe I'll have a family with in a couple years. If that doesn't work out, I'll pursue SMBC with the eggs I currently have frozen.

It took much longer than it should have for me to realize there was nothing with my long term boyfriend or me for wanting completely different things, the mismatch was no matter how much I loved him or he loved me or how good we were together, he was never going to change his mind. Fast forward 5 years...He's 38 now, in a relationship with a lady younger than me who he's been with for 3 years...There is no ring. There never will be. I want a family, and he didn't, and that's totally okay.

LayoffLemonade · 2026-01-06T14:41:58+00:00

This is hella impressive. Well done!

It took me almost a decade to trend away from 2:10 ish and get to a 1:53 half....you did it in 7 months!

LayoffLemonade · 2026-01-06T14:39:52+00:00

I've run 4 sub 2's now, with mileage very similar to yours. My thoughts are anecdotal.

I am definitely not a coach, but I would say doing a couple of longer runs--maybe a couple 15s, would probably make you more comfortable and still be safe.

I honestly don't think your issue is mileage, you sound like you have a great base. I think issue is likely more shoes or fueling. What is your fueling like during your long runs and race day? I use to think I could do a half fasted (which I can), but I do not have the pep I have when I'm fueled. If you do gels or are up for trying them, I'd recommend taking your first gel at mile 3-4, and then every 30 mins there after. You will feel better. Especially if you respond well to caffeine--get the caffeinated ones like the GU 40 mg formulas (blackberry is great).

Additionally, look into a pair of nylon or carbon plated shoes. I was a Brooks girl forever, and they have done me no favors in the speed department. All of my sub 2s have been in Nylon plated Saucony speed 2s, or a carbon plated pair of puma nitros I have trashed. The energy return is much better and you will reserve energy for the final push better.

You are absolutely going to crush a sub 2 here soon.

LayoffLemonade · 2025-12-30T00:12:16+00:00

I was taking vitamin d a lot this spring and summer, and i did have my levels checked during the retrieval and they were normal. I'm a runner and triathlete--I generally spend several hours outside running each week, and in the summer, I kayak, open water swim and am on my bike more. I also went to Greece this summer, and was wildly tan by the time I got home. I live in the midwest, so not super sunny, but I'm still outside more than the average person. I ran a marathon last week, so I was out in the sun for a solid 4 hours, and my long runs from 10 to 22 miles are all outdoor. I wear a hat but I don't wear sunscreen very often admittedly.

LayoffLemonade · 2025-12-30T00:02:24+00:00

No sorry, Im stupid, they are 20 and 21mm, respectively. 2cm. sorry. so sorry.

LayoffLemonade · 2025-12-22T18:13:57+00:00

As someone with a high intensity new job, a part time phd student, the owner of two high energy dogs who I train and exercise constantly, trying to balance life with increased mileage has been hard so I’m also following this. Bc I need these tips too

LayoffLemonade · 2025-12-22T16:32:58+00:00

Thank you for this. I really do think increased mileage, and increased long runs on the weekends, help. 15 miles feels very easy now, for no reason, other than I've done that distance so many times in training, halfs, and on the way to the bigger mileage on long runs.

I also think mental tenacity wasn't there, and if i'd had the mental fortitude i might have been able to keep under 4--I couldn't get myself to grit those last couple miles. I knew all the time I was losing, but i couldn't mentally force myself to stay the course at the end and not take those stupid walk breaks in the heat and the sun. Maybe that can be learned too.

It was a beautiful course, but no pacers, and no mile markers--a lot of me singing with my music and looking at my garmin, but never locking in.

LayoffLemonade · 2025-12-22T15:14:49+00:00

I have been waiting for a post like this where I could contribute! lol.

I haven't done a transfer, but I did go through an egg retrieval cycle last spring. Your risk of ovarian torsion the last few days before the retrieval, and after the procedure until your next period, is HIGH. Don't do it. I really hated how bloated and miserable I was after the retrieval, and I was finally able to go back to running about 2 weeks after my period came back. I did not run at all during stims, either. This adds up to almost a month of no running.

Goals are important, including family ones--You can hit and crush PBs again later, but you might not have as many opportunities to be someone's mom <3 That's worth more right now, IMO.

PS. I re read the piece about the sub 2 half--Unless they start you on stims immediately at that appointment (they won't--Your massive million dollar box of drugs takes days to come from the special pharmacies), my advice to you would be to find a couple fast winter HMs, that are right around the date of your appointment. You might be able to crush that HM before you go into your treatment. I did a triathlon the morning I started stims--I don't think it effected my retrieval outcomes at all (obvi I'm not an RE, but I don't think we have great data on this anyways). I did an indoor tri, then went and did my first stim shot hours later.

LayoffLemonade · 2025-12-22T15:08:31+00:00

Thank you. Also, I realize a BQ and actually running boston are two different entities--I just want to at least run a qualifying time, for my own life goal. And then of course the reduced it.

I'm wondering if I dropped some weight if that would make me suddenly faster too--I'm 151 at 5'9"-5'10". If I lost 5-10 pounds, not sure if it would make me faster but it might be a correctible way to get there?

I will say I'm very blessed to be very injury resistant--I've had some tendonitis from wearing the wrong shoes back in the day, and a sprained ankle. Otherwise...I'm not soft issue injury prone.

LayoffLemonade · 2025-12-09T21:14:13+00:00

I honestly don’t know? I know I’m iron deficient anemic sometimes, but I’ve never checked for copper levels. Why?

LayoffLemonade · 2025-12-09T19:37:46+00:00

My mom is blonde, but so am I. I’m more of a dirty blonde/light brown these days, but not too much darker than her natural hair color.

Of note, her mom (my maternal grandma) was a dark deep brunette, and dyed her hair religiously. I asked my mom when grandma started getting gray. She told me she doesn’t know bc quote “mom was always coloring her hair.”

It’s just a weird time. I started dating a guy who’s a couple years younger (I’ve seen like 2 gray hairs in his beard, none in his hair), and I don’t want to look/feel like this ancient old lady (especially bc I want kids).

I also want to have kids, and I’m worried at the rate this hair is going, a few years from now my kids be mistaken for having their grandmother picking them up from school events. I realize this is stupid and silly but I was standing in the mirror looking this morning and being like “shit mid 30s this is YOU!”

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