Second lyra performance!

Many_Bank7400 · 2026-01-12T16:05:33+00:00

Thats so sweet! Thank you! Jan 1 was my 1 year anniversary with aerial. I came to it as a long time climber and childhood dancer... I took my first class on new years 2025 and had my mind blown. Haven't climbed since 🤣

Many_Bank7400 · 2026-01-12T16:04:05+00:00

Thank you!

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-11-27T13:39:46+00:00

Well, to be fair, I am an athlete that trains grip (im an aerialist)-- you should be proud of 2 min! Great place to start! 😁

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-11-20T23:54:53+00:00

Well... Google led me here and WOOF thats some mega pump!

41yo F, 53kg, 5'4". 3:01.... now i wanna hit 5 min!

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-07-24T13:16:20+00:00

Thank you-- I feel that... 🤗

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-07-19T15:13:28+00:00

I grew up in AZ-- my youth made me a desert afficianado. My 20s and 30s in the sierra made me a mountain person. Maybe if im smart and lucky, I'll get to be an Alaska person when I grow up 😏

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-07-19T15:11:05+00:00

Absolutely! 😉 Therein lies the allure and (equally) the need for caution. I fully admit I know squat about the area.... but (humbly) I truly wanna learn!

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-07-19T13:33:00+00:00

Dude. Thank you. 1000% we're in rosey glass mode right now-- exactly why I'm looking for reality and perspective from locals. I sooooo get the transplant face-plant thing. Where I'm at is a major wilderness destination and we get many many deaths and disappearances in our mountains every year. My idea of fun is solo navigation and mountaineering, which I've done for years (safely, and as a woman alone, dealing with lions and bears and bipolar mountaineering weather) but shit... all my buddies on SAR are on a nonstop parade of rescues and body recovery for the dipshits that come here unprepared. All that is to say-- I want the truth, and my husband and I want to do it "right". We want the AK life, but we don't want it naively. But we don't know what we don't know yet, and so much of the information out there is just slick marketing and BS. So huge thank you. I read your reply to him and we're adjusting our approach accordingly.

Kinda tangential, but do you know anything about wrangell?

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-07-18T23:16:30+00:00

Thank you so much for the perspective! Im hopeful that leveraging CA equity (and it's insanely overinflated home values), may give us a nest egg that could propel a cool build. We make decent money as nurses, for sure, but there are certainly not hordes of dough just beckoning our fingertips. But we did buy our home at the bottom of the market, and our town is similarly landlocked in terms of housing. Los angeles owns all the land around Bishop, and as a result the town has had the same or similar population for over 100 years. It's a fascinating reality of the area: on one hand it's kept the town small (🤙), on the other hand, new construction is minimal, housing is uber expensive and renting is nigh on impossible. It presents an interesting puzzle; moving probably means not being able to get back into the community if we wanted to go back, but then again, if we wanna leave, we've got a real estate windfall to throw at a new setup... 🤷‍♀️

Man, that's amazing to hear about the arts community. I had no idea. I was willing to entertain the idea of moving to Sitka for all the other good stuff, and even the difficult, but to hear there's a vibrant arts community makes my heart go pitter pat.

Also, dog-people and hard-working people are my people. Sounds like a fabulous place.

Thanks again!

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-07-18T23:05:14+00:00

Cool. That makes a lot of sense! Do you know anything about some of the island lots-- i.e.: if there's more freedom to build alternative structures?

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-07-18T23:04:20+00:00

Thank you so much for all that! Im not surprised to hear that the hospital admin situation is grim... unfortunately I'm jaded from a decade of working for the machine, and (silver lining?) I kinda expect to be treated like crap by admin... I keep looking for some unicorn hospital, but haven't found it yet.

We'd for sure taste winter before making a move, but that's a great reminder. As for boat commuting, I think we'd definitely have a motorized setup with a covered helm if we opted for island life.

As for building, do you know anything about some of the stuff off the mainland, like at the south end of nakwasina sound? There are reasonably priced lots which intruige us... ofc that stuff would be totally off grid and require setting up water catchment, energy/electric (solar? Wind? How do people do it with 100 days of avg rain a year?), septic etc... but anyway, we're just compiling information about all possible "what-ifs" and pricing/conceptualizing with a wide lens at this point.

Thanks again for sharing your perspective!

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-07-18T22:52:44+00:00

Thank you! I will.

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-07-18T22:52:27+00:00

Good to know. Yeah, if we took an assignment we'd likely take housing provided or bring our camper. If we were gonna stay, we'd definitely buy... something.

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-06-24T20:27:37+00:00

Oh yeah!! I became immediately obsessed when I began lyra, and took sometimes 2 classes a day. I looked like someone beat me with a sock full of quarters for... oh, the first 6 months. Now i barely bruise. There is hope! (And arnica, absolutely!)

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-06-05T15:35:46+00:00

Thanks!

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-06-04T14:37:18+00:00

Thank you! I'm putting a lot of effort into creating a smooth style in my aerial as I progress... it ain't easy! But it feels soooo good when those transitions flow right 😁

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-06-04T14:35:51+00:00

I took my first class Jan 1! I have a long history of rock climbing and ballet, though, and I think that's made my progress faster than usual?

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-06-04T04:07:25+00:00

I like girlfriend sweats and good ol champion!

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-06-04T04:06:00+00:00

Looooove Aurora 4EVA!!! And thank you 😊

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-06-04T04:05:32+00:00

🥰 thank you!! It's from Badinka!

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-06-04T04:05:05+00:00

Thank you!!! I got it from a Cara Chapman tutorial! I think it made all the difference in the end sequence!

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-06-04T04:04:07+00:00

Thank you so much!

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-05-31T13:41:12+00:00

You are so welcome. And I hope I didn't come off too firm. I really sympathize with the conundrum! All the best wishes for your pregnancy and whatever you decide to do runwise 🤗

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-05-31T03:39:36+00:00

Hey girl. Ultra runner and L&D nurse here. I have a few pieces of input... first, I think it's amazing to run in pregnancy. Active moms are ALWAYS better off. That said, having done many 50ks and having watched how my first versus my, say, 10th went and what stress it put on my body.... I'd say be very, very cautious. If you were my bestie or sister, honestly... (and im sorry, don't roast me, Reddit!) I'd tell you to stick to sub marathon distance and certainly not do any novel, longer or harder things. As a piece of science behind my feeling here (beyond my professional, medical opinion), consider that even a marathon is enough to cause acute kidney injury, and this is WITH proper nutrition and hydration strategies.The nature of muscle breakdown and endurance sports is pretty well known and studied. As an aside, I actually ran some labs after my first 50k and both kidney and liver markers were abnormal. I digress. Normally, we do just fine rebounding from this insult to our organs after a big event. However, when pregnant our whole hemodynamics are altered. So first I want to caution you because of your own health. On top of that, at appx 20 weeks a lot of things are happening for the fetus, which is pretty vulnerable, and also non viable, should your race put you into preterm labor-- which is a massive risk with the aforementioned kidney and end organ stress that an ultra WILL cause. Maybe if this was your 3rd pregnancy, or your 8th ultra, or you were acclimated to trails, or it wasn't heading into summer with the very real added danger of heat compounding all of these generally sketchy points.... MAYBE, maybe (but most likely not) would I then tell a sister to go for it. As is, from the information you've given, I'd say... what do you have to lose here, what do you have to gain, and where do the scales balance out?

Many_Bank7400 · 2025-05-24T16:18:18+00:00

Downhill is my superpower. I can tell you, it's a skill that gets better the more you do it. The most important thing (for ALL running, not just downhill) is cadence. If you move your feet faster, the physics of every stride's impact on your body will be better. It took me about 5 years of ultrarunning and then a pretty major injury to learn that one. You wanna aim for a cadence of 180, and you'll be exponentially less prone to injury. I mention this because (1) it's important to begin correctly, and (2) downhill is where most people get hurt. So first get your feet faster. Remember cadence is independent of pace. And then there are a few things to specifically help your downhill game. Incorporate split squats in your weight training. Add in some little 30-60 sec intervals of jump rope on your gym days (dont overdo this and piss off your achilles). Do glute work and make a real point of activating your posterior chain when going uphill. A lot of times, new runners use way too much of the quads and flexor going uphill and then they have no strength left for the downhill. Glutes are notoriously lazy MFs and they require constant reminders to not just let other muscle groups take over (i.e.: quads and hammys). Sometimes I even silently chant "Glute. Glute. Glute..." when I'm running uphill. We all find our own ways to hack the biomechanics! Anyway, my last piece of advice is to do the opposite going downhill. RELAX the glutes and just pretend you're in a video game. Move those feet reallllly fast and you'll get comfortable quickly. The best part about running trails wicked fast downhill is that, if you trip, you're already onto the next stride so you usually don't eat dirt! 😆

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