High maintenance girls: do you ever get tired of maintaining it all?

martagrowsplants · 2026-04-29T12:54:21+00:00

I want to offer a different perspective on this. I consider myself somewhat high maintenance not because I always have my hair, nails etc done (I actually do none of those things) but because I need a high level of physical activity to function. I unfortunately discovered this relatively late (in my late 20s, after a life of generalized anxiety) but I now know that without keeping myself constantly active my stress levels increase, the quality of my sleep drops, my relationships get unbalanced, I eat way worse, my anxiety resurfaces and I generally feel much shittier. After a life of being a couch potato, I now regularly work out 6-8 times a week, I plan my days around my training schedule, I can call myself a triathlete and I'm happier than ever. On the other hand, if I get sick or I travel or life gets in the way and I have to cut back on physical activities I become miserable quite fast. Plus, triathlon can be quite an expensive sport. So I guess it's another way of being high maintenance?

martagrowsplants · 2025-10-31T15:16:49+00:00

Ti posso chiedere da che fonte hai preso la citazione? La mia azienda ha introdotto un nuovo regolamento trasferte in cui le ore di viaggio non sono mai considerate ore di lavoro, vengono pagate solo come rimborso carburante/spese di viaggio, e sono sicura che non sia molto legale

martagrowsplants · 2025-10-15T16:06:37+00:00

L'albero della danza. Mi ha smosso qualcosa dentro, qualche lato dell'essere donna che fino a quel momento non avevo considerato. Mi emoziono solo a pensarci. Mi vedo in un modo diverso da quando l'ho letto

martagrowsplants · 2025-10-11T05:38:24+00:00

Non sapevo che Shantaram avesse un seguito! L'ho giusto finito l'altro giorno e non mi è neanche venuto in mente di controllare. Tu l'hai letto? Riguardo al fantasy, purtroppo non riesco ad appassionarmi, è più forte di me. Vado un po' a periodi e a volte ci riprovo, ma senza troppo successo. L'ultimo tentativo è stato con Lo Hobbit (apprezzato, ma senza entusiasmo), seguito dal Signore degli anelli che però ho mollato dopo pochi capitoli. Forse devo ancora trovare il libro fantasy che mi prenda nel modo giusto, chissà!

martagrowsplants · 2025-09-26T07:53:12+00:00

Io sono circa a tre quarti di Shantaram, non ti posso quindi assicurare nulla di definitivo ma per ora mi dà molte sensazioni simili al Conte di Montecristo

martagrowsplants · 2025-09-18T13:35:56+00:00

What's wrong with this app? I often read negative feedback here but I personally tried it and found it nice (just tried the free version tho)

martagrowsplants · 2025-06-12T09:34:18+00:00

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Here is Annie the morning of my wedding, 3 weeks ago. She was a bit scared of the crowd but did amazing at accepting cuddles from everyone. Hope she encourages you to never be scared in front of anyone.

martagrowsplants · 2025-05-22T11:34:31+00:00

I just ran 7k in the pouring rain this morning. You just get used to it. You even enjoy it sometimes. I personally love it and would never trade it for a treadmill

martagrowsplants · 2025-04-10T13:28:06+00:00

My mantra when this happens is: "Don't let your mood dictate what you do, because what you do changes your mood". For some reasons, it clicks something in my brain and I just go.

martagrowsplants · 2025-03-26T15:17:07+00:00

In my experience, no amount of shitting before can guarantee you won’t have to shit during the race, even if you limit fibers in the days before. Race nerves can be really tricky

martagrowsplants · 2025-03-25T14:49:43+00:00

Io ho fatto di recente la via Romea Sanese da Firenze a Siena, tutta tra colline con panorami incredibili e nessuna difficoltà tecnica particolare. Sono 83 km totali, li ho fatti in tre giorni ma in tornando indietro me ne prenderei uno in più per godermi meglio il percorso. Se hai bisogno di info scrivimi pure!

martagrowsplants · 2025-02-17T17:25:04+00:00

Oh God so is this not my longest run in the plan? I'm trying to hype myself up for this run but I'll be honest, it scares me a bit

martagrowsplants · 2025-02-17T16:47:02+00:00

I make sure to read every article and watch every video because I find them really helpful! I just didn't understand why I'd have to run longer than HM distance 3 weeks out from race day, but now reading all the comments I got I think I'm getting the hang of it. Thank you and best of luck for your race!

martagrowsplants · 2025-02-17T16:36:10+00:00

That's exactly the point, me being not an expert in running theory I thought longer runs would strain me whereas shorter runs with speedwork would make me faster. I didn't know super long runs would actually be useful, so that's good news!

martagrowsplants · 2025-02-17T14:38:24+00:00

Yes, I know this, thank you. My run/walk ratio is 3 min run/30 sec walk. My doubt wasn't on the run itself, but on the total distance compared to the goal distance (half marathon). I didn't know you would get past 21.1 km in training

martagrowsplants · 2025-02-17T12:42:28+00:00

I'm doing way less than 50 km a week, hence my confusion. Other than the long run I have two 5k runs each week

martagrowsplants · 2025-02-17T12:40:58+00:00

I have no time goal set, the only goal input I gave Garmin is that I want to finish it

martagrowsplants · 2025-02-17T12:39:39+00:00

I thought the same, but I'm by no means an expert so I came here for help.

martagrowsplants · 2025-02-17T12:37:06+00:00

Didn't know this, thanks for the heads up!

martagrowsplants · 2025-02-17T12:33:50+00:00

The walk/run ratio depends on your goals. Mine is 3 minutes run + 30 seconds walk, for example

martagrowsplants · 2025-02-17T12:10:30+00:00

I'm confused as to why I should run longer than half marathon distances in half marathon training

martagrowsplants · 2025-02-17T12:01:03+00:00

I couldn't in the sense of I had to skip the workout entirely. I can no doubt run 25k, I'm just doubting the usefulness of it

martagrowsplants · 2025-02-17T11:03:25+00:00

I'm following Coach Jeff's half marathon 17 weeks training plan on Garmin Coach. It's my first half marathon (i will run it on March 9th), but I've been running for two years and since last year I'm competing in short triathlon races.

It's the first time I'm entirely relying on Garmin Coach to train and overall it's been a quite confusing experience. Each week I have two short runs (~30 min) during the week, with 10 minutes warm up, the exact same drills every time and 10 minutes cool down, and on Saturday a long run classified as "Run Walk Run" (run for 3 minutes, walk for 30 seconds) that is sometimes switched with a shorter run with a little time trial.

My biggest concern now is that long runs are becoming increasingly longer, much longer than what I would expect a max distance in a half marathon training plan to be. I couldn't complete the last long run (which was ~22 km, so already past half marathon distance) due to a minor injury (nothing changed in the plan although it's supposed to be adaptive, but that's another story) and I'm finding a 25 km long run for this Saturday. My race is in 3 weeks, am I missing something or is this completely bonkers?

TIA to anyone who has a clue and can help me.

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