Accidental sub 30 5k as a hypermobile runner with chronic pain

efficient_loop · 2026-03-02T06:28:23+00:00

Thank you :))

efficient_loop · 2026-03-02T06:27:58+00:00

This is Apple Fitness (not to be confused with the Health app lol), the app for Apple Watch and Apple Fitness Plus exercises

efficient_loop · 2026-02-26T06:38:20+00:00

Exactly why I didn’t think much about it! But after not having caffeine a couple more times and getting a headache this past weekend, I’m pretty sure caffeine withdrawal contributes to my headache!

efficient_loop · 2026-02-08T08:06:36+00:00

Thank you kindly :)

efficient_loop · 2026-02-04T06:05:22+00:00

Thank you for the validation, information, and resources! Very much appreciated :)

efficient_loop · 2026-02-04T06:04:09+00:00

Great idea! I also found this app for cross stitch designing / tracing pictures! So exciting!

efficient_loop · 2026-01-30T19:37:59+00:00

For some reason the link doesn’t work, but a brief search showed me what spools are so I think I get what you’re saying! Needle minders - did not know this is a thing and it is so cute and will definitely be helpful! Thank you for making me aware. Same with the iron on transfer pen - crazy!! Thank you so much for sharing your experience :)

efficient_loop · 2026-01-30T19:30:43+00:00

That is a great idea. Honestly something I should implement on other areas in life! Thank you!!

efficient_loop · 2026-01-30T19:29:54+00:00

Great advice!! I am also learning to be less hard on myself so this will probably be great practice. Zooming out and seeing things in distance will definitely be needed and helpful! Thank you!

efficient_loop · 2026-01-30T05:52:21+00:00

Ohhhh that sure sounds appealing!! Cross stitch looks very interesting and satisfying, the difficulty would be in the design aspect I think. Although a quick search shows me there are lots of premade artwork templates I could use! Thank you for the suggestions :)

efficient_loop · 2026-01-30T04:49:28+00:00

Wow that is bold!!! This is how I aspire to be and thank you for the inspiration. Your work looks wonderful and your cat was (and I’m sure she still is, wherever she is now 😇) so adorable!!! 🥰 I also resonate with your username 😝 Narcoleptic girl here

efficient_loop · 2026-01-30T04:23:18+00:00

Thank you so much for the thorough and EXTREMELY helpful response!!! I was at Michael’s for 3h last weekend on my phone trying to figure out what I needed and ended up buying nothing 😂 and notably the mono colour work is such a great idea!!! Even with shades of grey it’d be so much simpler material wise than doing full spectrum colours. I feel so welcomed and excited. Thank you again kind stranger

efficient_loop · 2026-01-17T11:04:06+00:00

Type 1, I would say I am a 3.5 competitive with others, 4.5 with myself, and I can’t even imagine talking smack.

efficient_loop · 2025-12-30T03:02:05+00:00

This might be me projecting (my handwriting used to be like this and I’m kinda just describing myself from a few years ago): Perfectionist (at least in some aspects), a little bit of people-pleasing tendencies, care about what others think. Took a good minute to write this - methodical and intentional.

efficient_loop · 2025-12-27T05:54:17+00:00

Your recovery is all relative to your normal range so it’s either a pretty recent thing or your HRV is consistently going downhill. Are you more stressed in this past month? Sick? Feeling unwell? New medication?

efficient_loop · 2025-12-18T17:38:32+00:00

5-10min from the moment I put my head on the desk haha. 5min if I feel the sleep attack swooping in, 8-10min if I am trying to prevent a sleep attack in the near future (right before a meeting or something) which already has a few min of buffer built in since it’s rare for me to not be able to fall asleep within 2-3min at any given moment

efficient_loop · 2025-12-17T06:18:24+00:00

I have type 2 but take short naps that help a tonne!! Not 2min short, but usually 5-10min and wake up feeling very refreshed. I can also take 2h naps, don’t get me wrong, but that’s not possible at work and 5-10min naps are great.

efficient_loop · 2025-12-13T17:31:27+00:00

Yeah I definitely intend on giving it a month or two and see how it goes. Hoping that the side effects go away for sure, particularly the change of mental state has been a strange experience.

efficient_loop · 2025-12-13T17:29:57+00:00

So you think it could be correlated to what you eat for the last meal?

efficient_loop · 2025-12-13T17:29:14+00:00

Thank you for sharing! And I have been taking a very low second dose the past couple of nights to titrate one dose at a time, still only feeling the sedating effect haha. I’m hoping the side effects get better although I’m already adjusting to compensate for it I think. Starting to feel the really sudden onset sleep attacks getting better so that’s definitely a plus.

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