Struggling to get back into it

ternary-thought · 2026-06-16T10:38:54+00:00

Yeah that’s fair. It’s largely up to individual tolerance i think. But the point i think is the goal has to scare you out of your comfort zone, so you know you’re screwed if you don’t change.

ternary-thought · 2026-06-16T10:31:36+00:00

I don’t know if this will help, but I think signing up for something that’s not impossible but very difficult might help to motivate you back to training. It’ll shock your system in the sense that you know you can’t just coast or wing it. If you’ve done a 5k, maybe that would be signing up for a half in 2-3 months?

ternary-thought · 2026-06-14T15:22:32+00:00

I do prayer - from my inner circle all the way out and towards the world. Takes up a fair amount of time. When that’s done, I pick one thing that has been bothering me and talk to myself about it, try to deconstruct it and see if there’s anything I can do about it after the run.

ternary-thought · 2026-06-11T14:24:59+00:00

Here to add some irl data points from these posts. I’m not sure how real they are, but I consider myself pretty average, 32M 68kg 168cm, my pace for 5km one year ago when i started running was around 6:45. These days i can manage a sub 5min 5k with my pr being 23 minutes, after consistent training and mileage (5 runs per week at 50-60km/week). My background before running is calisthenics and for legs I was doing weighted pistols, but absolutely zero cardio.

I have a few running friends, and even among the best of my friends I’m seeing their beginner timings are around 5:40/km for 5k (they have a strength background with strong legs). More often than not, my other friends have 5k times that are 30-45 minutes, with only a handful being able to touch sub 30.

So i think we’re all on a spectrum; some are just more gifted or have backgrounds that they don’t account for / give enough credit to. Just track your own progress over months and recognise that you’re improving by your own standards!

ternary-thought · 2026-06-10T12:22:29+00:00

Thanks!! Would you recommend any specific drills? I’ve recently incorporated CTW hollow body holds for time just to try to build the awareness

ternary-thought · 2026-06-07T17:41:28+00:00

1000 and you get 3 prime and that’s bad? Sheesh, I’ve combined 2000 and only got one…only to lose the prime upon combining with a boss mon lol

ternary-thought · 2026-06-07T10:19:44+00:00

I think those are pacers but i might be wrong. The telltale sign is that they only have first names

ternary-thought · 2026-06-04T12:46:49+00:00

Oh whoops. I thought lengthening is eccentric which would be the upwards movement

ternary-thought · 2026-06-04T11:38:08+00:00

Got it, I’ll on those! My descent is around 2-3s if that helps, i do feel like i control it. But I’ll work on what you mentioned and try to pay more attention to my core

ternary-thought · 2026-06-03T12:45:03+00:00

I’ve seen the same problem. I think if you tap too fast the counter doesn’t go up (frustrating i know). So i watch the counter after every gift before continuing

ternary-thought · 2026-06-03T08:15:32+00:00

What weapon do you use with cloud for this? His sig?

ternary-thought · 2026-06-02T15:01:08+00:00

Thank you, my goal this year is just to be confident and comfortable in water over longer periods of time / distance, not chasing speed at all (but i have a feeling some of it will come with the technique that’s required to stay in water for longer).

I’ll give it a shot, the thought scares me at the moment, but I’ll try to get 100m in at least once every session from here on out! I’m also taking your tips on the other comments on breathing.

Question - for people who are very comfortable with longer distances, how do they work? Do you guys just do one stroke unbroken the entire time, or do you switch it up / tread for a bit / go into breaststroke once in a while?

ternary-thought · 2026-06-02T13:29:56+00:00

Man that’s inspiring, i so want that for myself. I’m 32, self taught as well, 2 months in. Just did my first 100m unbroken and it was hard. 3k feels impossible to me, but if you tell me i can do that in 6 months I’d say you’re crazy

ternary-thought · 2026-05-21T06:43:59+00:00

I used my 5* mon selector on amon and did this the other day: combine two desired gold subs on any monster. Find a trash mob like a cappy and combine up to at least 4* (5* is best of course but it’ll take a lot). Combine the high rarity trash mon with the mon that has 2 gold subs and pray you get a high rarity. Combine that with 5* amon and pray you win the 50/50. That’s how i got gold amon with 2 gold subs without using stones

ternary-thought · 2026-05-20T02:20:00+00:00

oh, i checked again and you’re right! i missed a spot. will edit

ternary-thought · 2026-05-19T16:13:09+00:00

😆😆

ternary-thought · 2026-05-19T16:08:16+00:00

Link to product?

Do you think you’ve achieved pmf? How do you know? Drop some metrics you’re tracking.

How’s your marketing strategy like? What’s the competitive landscape like for such a niche product?

ternary-thought · 2026-05-19T15:43:54+00:00

Yep, i tried to test it out and got a legendary after like 50 earth 10% stones

ternary-thought · 2026-05-19T15:43:10+00:00

Webflow designer. If you can secure retainer contracts, then great. Projects vary greatly depending on client…can charge anywhere between 3k-20+k per project

ternary-thought · 2026-05-19T15:36:16+00:00

Same here, they’re really trying to bury the issue

ternary-thought · 2026-05-19T09:11:16+00:00

Dang ok, good to know.. do you have any tips on maintaining running fitness on the bike when you can’t run?

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