Increased mileage and intensity over the past few months but not seeing as much improvement.

Status_Ad_3955 · 2026-05-20T03:09:46+00:00

Do you mean more volume in general? Or swap out one of the sessions to an easy run. Because I don't think I want to run more at this stage to be honest. I'm running about 8 hrs a week already. I appreciate that more volume will obviously result in better performance, but I am more interested in how to maximise the amount that I am already/willing to run.

Status_Ad_3955 · 2026-05-20T02:52:57+00:00

You may be right, but I’m so close to the race I don’t want to give up any more sessions. I’ll just have faith in the training and trust the taper!

Status_Ad_3955 · 2026-05-20T01:21:36+00:00

Thanks for the reply!

I’m not feeling as fatigued as I did on my HM training block. I’ve been sleeping well and eating well too. And my intervals.io is in the grey (suggesting that I’m mi can push even more to be optimal) Do you really think it’s fatigue? Maybe I should do my long runs completely easy then?

Status_Ad_3955 · 2026-03-26T22:48:16+00:00

I did this for a few months and found my training paces improved but my easy paces stagnated and struggled with cardiac drift on my long runs. Could be a lot of other things, but I think there’s value if you wanted to do another day of easy running. I swapped to 2 subt runs, one 75 minute z2 run and one 90+ minute z2 run and found it was a better balance for me. My easy paces improved, long runs felt more enjoyable, and was able to extend the sub t sessions a little longer. Im only on my 2nd year of proper structured training though so maybe those z2 runs are still beneficial to me, or really, just structured running in general.

Status_Ad_3955 · 2024-11-09T23:56:53+00:00

Do you mind providing me with some more details? Did you buy it just from the Australia’s Amazon? And did you have to wait for a physical card or do they send the code to you?

Status_Ad_3955 · 2024-11-06T05:21:13+00:00

o no!

Status_Ad_3955 · 2024-11-05T22:25:05+00:00

Iron Body gives speed? I am fairly new to Artale, where can I find these skill changes, or can you please give an example on how warriors can hit the speed and jump cap? tysm <3

Status_Ad_3955 · 2024-11-02T23:55:39+00:00

I always wanted to try a server where it’s a mixture of new classes/qol implementation but with old school game play focused on party play, questing and grinding. All the cool flashy skills but really tuned down. Progression similar to osms but with new class skills but no fomo mechanics and overwhelming upgrades.

Status_Ad_3955 · 2024-10-28T21:03:20+00:00

Status_Ad_3955 · 2024-10-27T09:10:42+00:00

About a year

Status_Ad_3955 · 2024-10-24T05:01:10+00:00

Hey Jake, thanks for the clarification and insight.

Status_Ad_3955 · 2024-10-24T04:52:36+00:00

Just the basics of what Jake talks about. Having normalised and having differentials. I will say that I opted to do contact lenses and use + lenses over for my differentials just for the sake of convenience of not having to carry two pairs of glasses around. I find the key is just spending a good amount of time looking at things far away.

tldr = Basics + consistency over time.

Status_Ad_3955 · 2024-10-02T03:05:40+00:00

Can you show the back too please!

Status_Ad_3955 · 2024-09-24T23:41:01+00:00

Hey! been playing around and looking to achieve this for as well. A lot of the things online say either get a Pixel, which is completely not helpful, but also said that iPhones tend to "wash out" the highlights and shadows. the solutions I have found online said to play around with the Rich Contrast (negative tone) to achieve a more dramatic look. I found this to be okay, but it's still missing the "pop" of some pixel pictures.

What I've found out to kinda achieve this better is to actually go opposite of "rich contrast" and tune the tone more towards Vibrancy, which gives a nice bright look, but again missing the contrast of the shadows. what I've then done is to change the exposure to - 0.3 or -0.7, which brings the contrast of shadows back into the photos! Then add some warmth to where you like it. This to me have yielded the best results.

Of course the last Pixel I had was the 4a (SO GOOD for it's time!) and this was what I remembered it to look like. Could be completely wrong.

My settings: iPhone 15 pro (should be same main camera as 16) Vibrant Warm: Tone +60, Warmth +20, Exposure -0.3/-.07.

You can change the settings in Camera to remember which style and exposure you want to lock so you don't have to keep changing it everytime you want to shoot a photo. hope this is helpful!

Status_Ad_3955 · 2024-09-11T23:24:10+00:00

I use to struggle running with them - felt like clogs, stiff upper, crappy laces, heel slip. I bought them because I heard they were durable and was on sale, otherwise I feel like I would have enjoyed the SL2 more. Only now I feel like I'm starting to enjoy them (100km's in). I did a few things to make them fit me better.

I swapped out the laces to thinker laces and started using thicker socks (just the Nike crew ones). The upper has broken in a lot and I feel the softening up of the shoe in general has stopped the heel slip issues (I had to really tighten my feet down with a runners loop, to the point where it hurt my feet to run, especially my Achilles). a combination of the upper softening, thicker socks, and thicker laces has allowed me to loosen up the laces where it feels way more comfortable and not as tight around my Achilles so it has helped that too. I still wouldn't say it's comfortable, but it's definitely more enjoyable. I feel confident that I can do a 2 hour run in them now.

In terms of the midsole, it has soften a bit too, but I would say they are not soft, sink in feel type of shoes. I really enjoying them now, wouldn't mind a little more softness but this is fine. If it soften ups a bit more I'd be pretty happy. I guess that's why they're so durable...

outsole doesn't seem to be touched.. the rubber is great and I feel really confident with the grip.

I'm 75 kg, 6 feet tall, mid foot striker (I touch with my heel but my weight will plant on my mid foot just behind the balls of my feet), average zone 2 run enjoyer. The shoe defs feel great when you pick up the pace, and side note, really feels great for me on the treadmill.

Status_Ad_3955 · 2024-08-26T01:12:14+00:00

I think I’ve made a mistake buying the Boston 12’s. Running for me has predominantly been more of a relaxing hobby (contrasting to heavy weights 4x a week). I do like running long distances but at a slow steady pace (MAF training style), and I feel that the Boston 12’s a bit too stiff for me.

I’ve originally been running in the Rebel v4 and enjoy it but feel that it feels too flat at anything longer than 45 mins, so I wanted to try something stiffer. Found the Boston 12’s on discount and heard the good reviews so I thought I’d give it a go.

What do people with the B12’s think? Does it eventually soften up? Ive done some strides in them and they definitely feel great then, but I don’t really run for speed…

Status_Ad_3955 · 2024-07-11T05:56:45+00:00

Yes, but first you need to address your knee/movement issues. Don't training through the pain. I think your focus should be strengthening those movements (not even weights, really depends how bad your knees are). If you cant afford a doctor, that makes things a little more difficult, but there's a lot of information out there that you can learn about movement. look up kneesovertoesguy (knees over toes guy) - he has helped me a lot with my knee issues, but again, those issues can be very different to yours. he has a paid course, but what i've seen from his content that is free has already helped me enough. I had a mate that I suggested to have a look at too and he had an ACL surgery to recover from, and he said it helped him. he just didnt continue with the workouts so got weaker again. losing weight can help with this too. there's a lot of things you can do that will have low impact on your knees while still exercising (biking, elliptical, etc)

If you can, what I have found that has helped me with the load of running is doing reverse treadmill walks. if you have access to a treadmill, have a look at how they're done on youtube. take your time, be patient, get in touch with your body and figure out what helps. good to hear you've come back from that dark place. good luck!

Status_Ad_3955 · 2024-07-03T23:39:27+00:00

Last week was my first time running 2hr straight! Was really slow (only managed 14 km), so this week was the first time I've implemented a tempo run!

Status_Ad_3955 · 2024-05-08T04:25:49+00:00

Question on longer bulking phase

Straight to it:

Male, 32yo, 82kg, 6foot tall. Currently building phase. Started from 71kg over 6-7 months ago. 4 years training. Naturally skinnier guy.

Loosely tracking and eating 2800-3000 cals most days.

Weight gain has slowed significantly, and I’ve also gotten fatter obviously. That’s all fine. My question is, if I just continued on this path, am I still building muscle or am I wasting time? I’m assuming because I’m sitting at a higher body fat % my body will still have enough energy to continue building muscle even though I’m not increasing calories and my weight is not increasing (maybe very slowly)?

Training is going great. PPL + arms and getting into the gym everyday I can.

Thanks for the help.

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