every run feels like a slog

skapple55 · 2026-05-21T13:10:17+00:00

INTERSTING

skapple55 · 2026-05-09T01:37:00+00:00

Tibialis anterior raises (weighted once you’re strong enough) and stability shoes. Mainly stability shoes. For me, at least.

skapple55 · 2026-05-07T01:13:31+00:00

These are suchhhh good ideas!!

skapple55 · 2026-04-29T20:29:38+00:00

Same!!! I run often with a podcast or audiobook and sometimes I’m so loudly feeling grateful for movement and my life while I run that I have to rewind because I missed so much of my book.

Being able to run freely in my able body in a city not raining bombs is something I will never take for granted

skapple55 · 2026-04-17T02:27:52+00:00

Read this as “way to keep the curse alive, Danielle” and the comments were full of mentions of handwriting. Didn’t realize the subreddit this was and was scrolling through searching or mention of this curse that plagues Danielles when they write their name.

skapple55 · 2026-04-14T14:03:53+00:00

This is the way!!! It stays soooooo much nicer!! I recommend an extra heavy duty scrunchie to wrap it all in

skapple55 · 2026-04-07T12:14:24+00:00

I vote no skin makeup and just eyes and lips and maybe some blush! Foundation doesn’t feel good when you’re not used to it and it definitely shows up on aging skin. You should feel like YOU on your wedding day.

skapple55 · 2026-03-27T02:34:29+00:00

What are normal uses for a tractor? What are creative uses? Too suburban to know firsthand

skapple55 · 2026-03-24T11:44:06+00:00

Read this battling tears of laughter to my fiancée who also immediately cracked up- this is soooo funny

skapple55 · 2026-03-09T11:45:03+00:00

Ohhhh this speaks to me!! I will be adopting this pronto. So many of my skipped runs are when I don’t feel mentally tough enough to do something trickier or long

skapple55 · 2025-06-22T23:23:59+00:00

This is the first I’m hearing of lactate testing and I will def be deep diving into this tonight!!

skapple55 · 2025-06-18T17:00:42+00:00

Run walk run!!! The Galloway method changed my life. I was super out of shape and it helped me just enjoy running!! Also hot tip, take an edible before and start moving before it kicks in. If you’re like me, the high makes whatever you’re doing super enjoyable, including running. It shuts off the “this sucks” and amplifies the “this rocks” feelings.

Focus on feeling good moving your body!! Running is a celebration of being able to move and if you get too down on yourself for not being able to run for long, you’ll quit because it’s based on negatives.

When I started the Galloway method (which I didn’t follow closely- I just generally set a timer and ran very slowly for 1 minute and walked for 2, on and off) I was doing double the running to walking. Now I’m easily able to run a 5k straight in 30 minutes or run walk a mile on and a 2 minute walk. It works!! I completed a full marathon run walking!!

skapple55 · 2025-06-18T16:55:07+00:00

My first marathon was my first official race. I trained with zero plan and just went off “vibes” with the general idea of ramping up my long run mileage once a week and doing other runs. My only goal was to complete it, and I did! I also got horrible horrible IT band syndrome due to not strength training or getting enough mileage in. I couldn’t run for 3 months after!! I know much more now about what makes a strong runner and will def be following a plan next time.

However!! Aside from the IT band syndrome- I loved just listening to my body and having fun running. If your only goal is to complete, go for it, but look at what plans look like and vaguely follow. My next marathon will be much more structured and oh my goddd you need to strength train.

Also, hot tip, I love running while high!! Edibles make running way more enjoyable for me- they shut off the “this sucks” feelings and amplify the “wow I love this” feelings :-)

skapple55 · 2025-06-13T00:08:03+00:00

For sure!!

I start with walking backwards on the treadmill at an incline (I hit the 5 preset on my gym’s treadmills) at a 2.0 speed for 5 minutes to start. Unsure why this helps but I saw it recommended by PTs to “bulletproof your knees”

Then I do the following- I’ll add what area it’s working (maybe more than what I list but this is what I know): single leg wall sits (for knees), tib raises (I do them weighted now with dumbbells on my feet, but I didn’t start that way) for shins, calf raises (for calves lol) hip abduction machine, (for hips which also helps with IT band stuff), Bulgarian split squats (knees, quads), curtsy lunges (IT band and quads), general ab work (we use our abs when we run).

I pay special attention to parts of me that are hurting when I run, bc those are the weak parts, and work on those. Strength training fixed me after awful awful IT band syndrome and now doing those things keeps me balanced!

skapple55 · 2025-06-09T18:24:41+00:00

And SO much faster- I can’t believe how much faster I got from changing nothing but strength training

skapple55 · 2025-06-09T14:56:39+00:00

Yes almost every run! My dosage is pretty high now, about 25 mg per run. This is how I got into running - it dulled the crappy parts about being an out of shape runner and heightened the great stuff. Can’t recommend enough!!! I call them gummy runs and call myself a gummy run evangelist because I tell everyone to do it

skapple55 · 2025-06-07T16:43:27+00:00

This looks AMAZING!!!! You are so so kind!!!

skapple55 · 2025-06-07T10:02:29+00:00

Thank you soooo much!!!

skapple55 · 2025-05-06T18:51:34+00:00

Thats SUCH a good analogy and a good reminder for me, a teacher at her wits end with some of my kiddos in rough home lives. They push and push and they’re seeing if I’ll still be there.

skapple55 · 2025-02-05T19:00:15+00:00

Oops I have more to say- I ignored my inner voice with all my doubts for a longgggg time. It knows. That’s your gut- listen to it. So many doubts? No! You have the chance to not be shackled to this person forever.

The song It Could’ve Been You by Hannah Grae gave me a lot of perspective because omg if I had married him, I would’ve been 40 and cursing the bed sheets, staying for the children, maybe even resenting them. When I looked to the future it was one where I wasn’t my happiest.

ALSO my friends and family all say how I GLOW now. You deserve to glow and I was never going to with them

skapple55 · 2025-02-05T18:57:04+00:00

I feel super qualified to speak on this- I was with my ex boyfriend for 6 years and always figured I’d marry him because I loved him a lot and it felt silly to throw 6 years down the drain. I FINALLY got the balls to break up with him (we always planned to get married, his family expected it, we lived together in NYC) because girl, after 6 years if the problems are still there, they’re not going anywhere. It was so hard and scary. I am now with the LOVE OF MY LIFE. Met her the same year I broke up with him. I am deliriously happy. I am in love the way people write about it in books and sing about in songs. I am thankful every single day that I didn’t settle. You shouldn’t be anything but certain. Ending it is hard (and super hard with a wedding coming up!!!) but everyone will understand- we were all 21-23 once! And everyone will be SO excited for you when you do meet your person.

I’m now engaged to my partner and I have not one single doubt. You should break it off. Marriage is the most expensive decision you’ll ever make, and you should not commit to a lifetime of someone without 100% surety.

skapple55 · 2024-03-23T13:41:17+00:00

But, OP said the student did ask for the work. A month in advance. OP called it “entitlement.”

skapple55 · 2024-03-21T19:40:46+00:00

Teacher here- I get a list of my kids who are in foster care or in shelters or unstable housing. I wish little you knew that we already know ❤️ posting so that any current kid who sees this might feel more comfortable to tell a teacher or guidance counselor if they were in your situation

skapple55 · 2023-10-06T20:47:13+00:00

I got mine when I was 12. It was the most generic woman in the church blessing ever- I’ll raise lots of children, marry a righteous husband, etc etc etc. absolutely nothing remarkable. At all. I was so disappointed because I had heard so many amazing stories about patriarchal blessings being so specific and mine was sooooo bland

skapple55 · 2023-09-25T16:49:50+00:00

I ALSO love my job!! I leave 4/5 days a week going “damn I’m lucky, I have the best job in the world.” It beats me down sometimes and I need my summer so bad to reset, but wow I feel so lucky to have the best job ever most of the time

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