A Tigress Climbing a Mountain

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Hello :hello: and Welcome to my Check In thread!
I spent way to long thinking about how to title the thread, you all have so creative titles. But yeah, this ^^ is my best attempt.


Monday, 2025-03-03, Streak: 1
:v: Gym: strength circuit, 2 rounds
:v:
8 Weeks to 5K, Day 1
 
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The weather was really nice today, so I went out for a hike.


Saturday, 2025-03-08, Streak: 6
:v: Hike, 10.3 km
:v: 8 Weeks to 5K, Day 6, Lvl 2


I just realized: I've been tracking the sports I'm doing in multiple places. The calendar in my Gym's app shows me when I went there, my maps app contains the trails when I was hiking, and other bits of sports I tracked in various other ways. Now I'll just tell you all about it and collect everything here.
 
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Sunday, 2025-03-09, Streak: 7
:v: 8 Weeks to 5K, Day 2 (repeat), Lvl 3


Today would have been Day 7 of 8 Weeks to 5K, but Day 7 is another running day and I only want to do running 3 days a week. So I'll do Day 7 tomorrow and start repeating non-running days whenever I have a hole in the schedule, like today. This obviously means that I won't complete the program in the original 8 weeks, but no matter.
 
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Monday, 2025-03-10, Streak: 8
:v: Gym: strength circuit, 2 rounds
:v: 8 Weeks to 5K, Day 7


Today I did Day 7 of 8 Weeks to 5K, as planned. First impressions? I think @Set Monje said it best:

Set Monje said:
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Seriously, this was a significant step up compared to the previous days' running. I'm going to be sore for the foreseeable future.
The things one does in the name of progress...
 
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Tuesday, 2025-03-11, Streak: 9
:v: 8 Weeks to 5K, Day 4 (repeat), Lvl 3


I decided on doing the running on Mon / Wed / Fri this week (and probably for the rest of the program), and since Day 8 is running again, it means that today was a hole in the schedule to be filled with a repeated day. I did increase the level to 3, like on Sunday. Did the fact that I'm still sore from yesterday and wanted a nice upper body workout for a change instead play into that decision? Maybe.

I did procrastinate starting the workout by looking at the rest of the 8 Weeks to 5K program and tracing patterns in the numbers. Results below.

I tried to visualize the patterns in the 8 Weeks to 5K program. In the end there are too many numbers to keep track of and just enough places where the patterns don't hold, that I think the result doesn't actually help. But since I did the work, I might as well show you all (that is everyone who is interested enough to have clicked through the spoiler).

All of the following maps the days onto weeks and assumes that you start the program on a Monday. First, here is the table I produced:

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Let's rate the days, tier-lists are all the hype these days, I hear:
  • Tuesday: Number go up. Monkey brain likes. A tier.
  • Monday and Wednesday: Only one number changes. Jump at the end. Acceptable. B tier.
  • Friday: One number changes. Shenanigans on the last week. B-.
  • Thursday: Two week cycle. One exercise alternating. Pretty clean, all things considered. C tier.
  • Saturday: Like Thursday. With bonus complication. C-.
  • Sunday: Starts out strong on the first three weeks. Small stumble on first number can be excused. Then goes totally bananas. D tier. Also kills your legs. F tier.
Like I said the thing is probably too complicated to be useful. But picking out some key points could be valuable info to someone looking to start the program:
  • Running on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Extra long running on Sunday.
  • Calves & legs workout on Tuesday and Saturday.
  • Upper body workout on Thursday.
I'm unsure if that is too much though.

There is precedent for sharing info like this on Darebee, for example 60 Days of Walking contains the following description:
[You walk] for 90 minutes, once a week. If you start the program on a Monday, the 90 minute walk will always fall on a Sunday.
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But I don't think having this info available would have changed how I approach the program.
Why did I even do this analysis? None of this is relevant to me. I'm not even doing the program in the original 8 weeks...
 
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Tuesday, 2025-03-11, Streak: 9
:v: 8 Weeks to 5K, Day 4 (repeat), Lvl 3


I decided on doing the running on Mon / Wed / Fri this week (and probably for the rest of the program), and since Day 8 is running again, it means that today was a hole in the schedule to be filled with a repeated day. I did increase the level to 3, like on Sunday. Did the fact that I'm still sore from yesterday and wanted a nice upper body workout for a change instead play into that decision? Maybe.

I did procrastinate starting the workout by looking at the rest of the 8 Weeks to 5K program and tracing patterns in the numbers. Results below.

I tried to visualize the patterns in the 8 Weeks to 5K program. In the end there are too many numbers to keep track of and just enough places where the patterns don't hold, that I think the result doesn't actually help. But since I did the work, I might as well show you all (that is everyone who is interested enough to have clicked through the spoiler).

All of the following maps the days onto weeks and assumes that you start the program on a Monday. First, here is the table I produced:

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Let's rate the days, tier-lists are all the hype these days, I hear:
  • Tuesday: Number go up. Monkey brain likes. A tier.
  • Monday and Wednesday: Only one number changes. Jump at the end. Acceptable. B tier.
  • Friday: One number changes. Shenanigans on the last week. B-.
  • Thursday: Two week cycle. One exercise alternating. Pretty clean, all things considered. C tier.
  • Saturday: Like Thursday. With bonus complication. C-.
  • Sunday: Starts out strong on the first three weeks. Small stumble on first number can be excused. Then goes totally bananas. D tier. Also kills your legs. F tier.
Like I said the thing is probably too complicated to be useful. But picking out some key points could be valuable info to someone looking to start the program:
  • Running on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Extra long running on Sunday.
  • Calves & legs workout on Tuesday and Saturday.
  • Upper body workout on Thursday.
I'm unsure if that is too much though.

There is precedent for sharing info like this on Darebee, for example 60 Days of Walking contains the following description:


But I don't think having this info available would have changed how I approach the program.
Why did I even do this analysis? None of this is relevant to me. I'm not even doing the program in the original 8 weeks...
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I love your map, I had a mental map but it wasn't nearly as detailed as yours :LOL:
 
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Wednesday, 2025-03-19, Streak: 17
:v: Gym: strength circuit, 2 rounds
:v: 8 Weeks to 5K, Day 14


Today was another day with extra long running. Honestly though, it didn't feel as bad as on day 7. On day 7 starting back up from the 5 minutes of walking was something I really needed to push myself to do. Today after 5 minutes of walking I felt ready to go back to running. Maybe it's because there were only two sets today or maybe I just had a better day today. Yay progress, I guess?
 
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I went on another hike today. Shortly before starting out there were a few splatters of rain here and there and I was a bit worried it was gonna get worse. Luckily the weather went the exact opposite way; at some point along the way I wondered whether I should have brought sunscreen. Today's route finishes off a trio of hikes I started last year, traveling along a local river from the spring to where it merges into another river. Starting off where you ended last time is always nice. It turned out that a chunk of the route was on a rather well-traveled road between villages, so with fast cars going by, and without a sidewalk. I decided to not walk along that road and rather take a detour which increased the total distance by a bit.

Anyway, so I come back home and there is a battle going on?!?! Over cake?!?! Reminds me of this

It began with a battle. A nasty one. Then again, is there such a thing as a nice battle? I guess this one seemed especially vicious because it was over something so trivial. At least that's what I thought at the time. At stake was a couple gallons of water cake. I'm serious. Regular old everyday water (angel/chocolate) cake.
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I'm not actually surprised (it just made for a better story); I already picked my allegiance yesterday and clicked all the profile things. And I spent a significant amount of time convincing an AI that a tigress doesn't have specific boob armor the way a human might. Discussing (anthro-)tigress anatomy with an AI wasn't on my 2025 bingo card. All that just to get an updated profile picture for a few days.

Enough talking. Combat workout. Get some punches in. Let's go.


Saturday, 2025-03-22, Streak: 20
:v: Hike, 20.8 km
:v: 8 Weeks to 5K, Day 16, Lvl 2
:v: Brawler Workout, Lvl 2: #ForTheDark
 
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Saturday, 2025-03-29, Streak: 27
:v: 8 Weeks to 5K, Day 13 (repeat), Lvl 3


Keeping up with your check-in threads made me want to do a bit more exercise every day. Like, look at that ⬆️. There is only one checkbox there. (Now, I don't mean to imply that only one checkbox is bad, but it just means there is room for more.) And so I promised myself that I'd take on April's challenge, assuming it's for the upper body. Y'all know what I'm putting my legs through already with 8(-ish) Weeks to 5K. With April's challenge Daily Crunch now out on early release and focusing on abs the choice was made for me. Starting April 1st. Will I regret this? Let's see.
 
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Speaking of things I'll regret...

I took part in a charity run today. Well, "run" might not be the correct word since speed didn't matter but distance did; as long as you moved forward on your own two feet every meter counted. And so I did a long hike instead. When I say long, I mean really long. My hikes are normally 12-15 kilometers long. Last week I pushed myself a bit (and had to take a detour) so it ended up being 20.8 km. Today, for charity, I hiked a total of 33.4 km. All external circumstances were in my favor: The weather was nice, overcast but dry, not too hot and not too cold; and the route worked out exactly as planned. Still, the entire thing took some willpower I didn't know I had in me.

No time to complain about how my legs and feet feel, though. The show must go on and 8(-ish) Weeks to 5K won't complete itself.

I decided it might be a good idea to do some stretching after the abuse I put my legs and feet through today. I recently saw one of you doing the Sore Feet workout and so I picked that and went looking for something similar for my calves which I found in Calves Rehab. They'll help.


Sunday, 2025-03-30, Streak: 28
:v: Hike, 33.4 km: for charity
:v: 8 Weeks to 5K, Day 16 (repeat), Lvl 3
:v: Calves Rehab
:v: Sore Feet
 
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Thank you @Mamatigerj and @aku-chan! And thanks for the recovery workout suggestion. I'll put that on the list for next time.

First of all, I've got to admit I took more elevators today instead of stairs than I normally would.

This morning I thought about skipping sport entirely today but I do have a streak to maintain and it's a pretty good motivator. At the gym I took it easy when it comes to the lower-body exercises in the strength circuit and then debated whether to do 8(-ish) Weeks to 5K or not. Luckily today's workout was a Monday workout which are generally easier and so I managed to convince myself to at least try and then actually did it.

Overall I'm really happy with yesterday's achievement and that I could keep going today. I'll keep paying close attention to what my body's telling me but it feels like we're good!


Monday, 2025-03-31, Streak: 29
:v: Gym: strength circuit, 2 rounds
:v: 8 Weeks to 5K, Day 22
 
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Monday, 2025-04-07, Streak: 36
:v: Gym: strength circuit, 2 rounds
:v: 8 Weeks to 5K, Day 28
:v: Daily Crunch, Day 7, normal


To the best of my knowledge there are no aliens purchasing humans.
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... is the exact thing an alien having purchased the organics from Terra and wanting to maximize return on investment would say after having realized that the direct approach of taking charge might not be the best idea and deciding to write a book instead.
I, for one, welcome our new alien overlord.
 
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I've seen some of you keep a bucket list of programs and/or challenges you still want to do.
Today I thought about starting such a list for workouts but then decided against it. Compared to programs and challenges a workout can just be done that day, no need to write it down. And so there is a bonus workout today.


Wednesday, 2025-04-09, Streak: 38
:v: Gym: strength circuit, 2 rounds
:v: 8 Weeks to 5K, Day 29
:v: Daily Crunch, Day 9, normal
:v: Cat Girl, Lvl 1


Today's Daily Crunch challenge was still horrible.
 
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