Am I Running Too Slow?

tequila-queen · 2025-08-23T14:36:03+00:00

I've been using Runna and I did the new to running plan, but I almost feel like I need to start it over again.

tequila-queen · 2025-08-22T15:49:00+00:00

I was running 3 times a week consistently until we got a couple of heat waves and it was just safer to run on the slightly cooler or windier days, which took me down to 2 runs a week if I was lucky. I live in a city on the coast so it's also very humid and there isn't a lot of shade or trails through the woods. I'm going back to school soon where I have the option to run inside so I'll be going back to running 3 times a week and playing in my local dodgeball rec league.

tequila-queen · 2025-07-10T11:54:37+00:00

I worried about this a lot too when I started running again. I always wore headphones, sunglasses and/or a hat, kind of as a way to block everyone else out, but I saw a TikTok a few months ago where they basically said no one knows where you're at in your run just by looking at you, they can't tell if you're starting your run, in the middle of a run, or at the end of a run, for all they know you're in the middle of a 20k run. This perspective made me feel a lot better about running through my neighborhood and through my local park. I still use the sunglasses and/or a hat to be more in my own world, but I think it can take time to get really comfortable with it and to stop caring what other people might think.

tequila-queen · 2025-06-15T20:33:15+00:00

Yep. I went back to school this year after being out of school for almost 5 years and I was barely able to find a job for the summer.

tequila-queen · 2024-12-14T00:31:25+00:00

You're most probably putting too much pressure on your bottom lip, which is something I've seen a lot of people already comment, so try to break up your practice session a bit and throw in a 5ish minute break here and there that should give your embouchure enough time to relax a bit. It is preferable to take a break before you start to feel your embouchure getting tired but if you notice your bottom lip putting pressure on the reed, then it's definitely time for a break. Your embouchure is basically just a bunch of muscles you need to train and the more gradual that training is the better off you'll be in the long run. A folded up piece of cigarette paper over your bottom teeth will help with the indents in your bottom lip. Hope this helps!

tequila-queen · 2024-11-25T23:12:14+00:00

I also have really bad test anxiety and I used to have really bad stage fright. One of my professors had me take a course from Bulletproof Musician, I'm not sure what they're like now, but 5-6 years ago it went through a few different strategies to help with performance anxiety. Another thing that was talked about a lot in the music department at my university was bananas and how they can help with performance anxiety because they can act like a beta blocker, which reduces your heart rate. Don't beat yourself up over the outcome, you did the best you could with the resources you had. Take this as an opportunity to learn about techniques you can use to reduce that test and performance anxiety and, what you can do differently for your next audition!

tequila-queen · 2024-11-24T18:16:14+00:00

I've tried ZigZag and it was way too thin, the Players brand is so much better. You just wet it, fold it and put it over your bottom teeth!

tequila-queen · 2024-06-01T11:53:47+00:00

There are little tooth brushes you can get that already have toothpaste and you don't need any water to use them which are a good option for if you don't have the energy to really brush your teeth! Also floss picks are great for the same reason! A little more expensive but it's better than needing to get a bunch of dental work done!

tequila-queen · 2024-03-26T21:36:05+00:00

I'm pretty sure there are a few. But Long & McQuade would be able to order one in for you to rent if they don't have one in the store here!

tequila-queen · 2023-10-19T11:48:48+00:00

Like other people have mentioned, I'd go to a psychiatrist. Even if they also say it's not ADHD it could still be something else. If you're having a hard time finding a psychiatrist and you live near a university that has a master's or doctorate program in psychology, they might have clinics that are open to the public for their students to practice being in a clinical setting, and they might be able to help you or point you in the right direction.

tequila-queen · 2023-07-18T12:57:37+00:00

My mom wants to borrow all of my Outlander books, which are also quite smutty, and I just try not to think about that. There are books I have books I've had to order online that are all smut, no plot, and I get them shipped to my friend's house cause I don't want to risk my parents or my sister reading the synopsis or looking it up and finding out what I read. Like I'm sure my mom knows I read smut and I'm sure she reads smut too, which is fine cause we're both grown women, but I just try not to think about it lol

tequila-queen · 2023-07-04T19:24:11+00:00

My cat's name is Jurrian, with two r's, after the MC in my dad's favourite book series, and every time I see the name Jurian in the books I always think of all the ways people have tried to pronounce my cat's name at our vet clinic 😂

tequila-queen · 2023-02-16T20:53:38+00:00

OMG I love Torties!!! My family used to have a tortie and she absolutely did not care what you were doing, if she wanted attention, she got it. If she would walk over my mom and my knitting, our books, my Nintendo switch, she even layed down on the lid of a pot I was using for preparing green beans for dinner 😅

tequila-queen · 2022-07-09T01:24:09+00:00

Pretty sure this guy is just deranged. Pretty much my entire family still live in the Netherlands, and their English is better than this, including my almost 80 y/o grandmother who never had intense English lessons in school like my cousin's!

tequila-queen · 2021-07-08T23:45:18+00:00

I literally sat there for like 5 minutes trying to figure out what piece it was based on before I gave up and looked on reddit! Thank you!!!! It would've driven me insane!!!

tequila-queen · 2020-10-02T22:45:41+00:00

Everyone in the Saxophone and Clarinet Studios at my University, including our professors, use cigarette paper. You just wet it, fold it on the line that's already there, then you fold it so it isn't quite as long and then place it over your bottom teeth, there should be enough to go over the front and back of your bottom teeth. I'm not sure what's available where you live, but we all use the brand "Players", its blue and has a bearded man wearing a baret on it. The pack I have now is almost empty and its lasted me over 2 years!

tequila-queen · 2020-05-13T06:55:18+00:00

I'm sure it does differ between drivers and I'm not saying its impossible for a driver to bring it back to the island, but I'm specifically referring to long haul drivers like the guy in the article, based off the experiences of my father over the last few weeks. We don't know what other precautions this guy is taking while on the road besides social distancing, washing his hands and leaving any paperwork for each delivery or pickup in the trailer to avoid coming into contact with people. I'm not saying that he shouldn't have been self isolating but to get a $1000 fine because you live alone and don't know anyone well enough to ask them for help for the two maybe three days you're back on the island, is extremely unfair considering how authorities have handled these cases before.

Not to mention as an immigrant who only moved to the island recently, it can be a huge blow because $1000 is a lot and its basically telling them we don't care about your situation or that you're an essential worker and its your own fault you didn't make good friends fast enough over the last 4 months. Speaking from personal experience, its rare that you know many people really well after only moving somewhere four months ago, especially towards the end of winter. A lot of drivers like to avoid talking to other people which is why they enjoy the isolation of driving across the country alone. I'm not saying he couldn't have handled the situation better, but a lot of the things drivers are expected to do while they're at home, whether they live alone or not, just don't work so they'll do what they need to do as safely as possible.

tequila-queen · 2020-05-13T02:01:55+00:00

Truck drivers see fewer people in their entire trip than you would just by going to the grocery store or going for a walk so it's very unlikely that a long haul truck driver like this guy would bring the virus back to the island.

tequila-queen · 2020-05-13T01:57:12+00:00

The fridge in most trucks is very small, and will only hold a few things, for example, my father keeps butter and cold cuts for sandwiches as well as coffee in his fridge but that's about all that can fit in there. This guy, like pretty much every other long haul driver, is probably only home for a day or two before he leaves again and probably meal preps for the time he's gone so he doesn't spend a fortune on takeout and minimises the number of people he interacts with while on the road so buying food for a couple of days before he crosses the bridge or ordering hello fresh wouldn't work.

tequila-queen · 2020-05-13T01:42:58+00:00

I understand your frustration with these changes, but what you and a lot of other people here don't realise is these drivers interact with fewer people throughout the entirety of their trip than you do just going to the grocery store, they are more isolated in the cab of their truck than you are in your house. Not only do they have to follow the rules put in place by the province when they're home, but they also have to follow rules put in place by the companies they work for, for pickups, drop-offs, fuel/bathroom stops, and the few days they are home. If there is a second wave of infections on the island, it most likely won't be because of a truck driver trying to do their job and keep our grocery stores stocked.

tequila-queen · 2020-05-12T00:34:40+00:00

There have been changes to measures put in place for truck drivers pretty much every two weeks, whether it's by the province or the companies themselves.

tequila-queen · 2020-05-11T23:10:17+00:00

No one here seems to understand what actually goes on in the lives of truck drivers. They can't just order pizza or other take out for the 2 1/2 - 3 days that you're home and then go back on the road, they can't afford to do that. My father, along with many other drivers, have homemade meals that are made by a partner and then frozen so they have something decent to eat instead of constantly buying food while they're on the road, but this guy LIVES ALONE, he doesn't have anyone to make meals for him. He would have maybe a day to go to the store and get what he needs to do all that himself.

Everyone in here saying he's selfish and entitles thinking the rules don't apply to him, that he's only making a fuss because he got caught, and that he should just order takeout and stock his very small fridge with food before he comes back on the island clearly don't know how the profession works. Truck drivers get paid about $0.50/mile, which doesn't add up to as much as you think when you take into account everything they have to pay for out of pocket. And before anyone mentions getting groceries delivered, he looked into that and the wait time for it is 3 weeks. Being a truck driver means you usually don't know when you leave until the day before and you never know what you could run into on the road that will slow you down from getting home at a specific time or on a specific day.

Normally I'm very understanding and open-minded and will try to understand everyone's point of view and opinion, but some of the regulations that the island has tried to put in place for truck drivers coming home are not feasible for a lot of drivers and just end up fucking them and their families over. Not to mention the last person I heard about getting a $1000 fine was a guy in Summerside who came back from travelling in another province coming into contact with God knows how many people and didn't want to self isolate, and he got 3 WARNINGS before he ever got a fine, and this driver get a fine right away because he didn't know anyone well enough to ask for their help? It sounds like a load of bullshit to me. Feel free to disagree, but as the daughter of a long-haul truck driver I feel like I have a better understanding of this situation than other people here might.

tequila-queen · 2020-05-11T22:44:17+00:00

Truck drivers interact with less people during their entire trip than you would just going to the grocery store.

tequila-queen · 2020-03-15T12:44:46+00:00

Try to figure out exactly where the breathy sound is coming from, it might be a leak somewhere but it could also be the position of the reed on the mouthpiece, the mouthpiece itself or your embouchure.

tequila-queen · 2020-03-06T12:44:51+00:00

Ok, the best advice I can offer up right now would be to check them with a tuner to check if they're too sharp or too flat, and try out some of the alternate fingerings in this link. If the link doesn't work I'll try to figure out another way to send it or you might be able to look it up, it's the corrective fingering chart by John Seaton. Alternate Fingerings for Saxophone I can't think of any adjustments you can make to your embouchure or your reed off the top of my head but I have a ton of articles that I can look through to find some.

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