New Checkin Thread

[ura]

Wow, this whole forum migration caught me off guard.

Running is still my primary focus, with only two major breaks this year due to illness.

It's a lot easier than when I started. I can still remember that during the first quarter of the year running was mostly training my calves and I had to stop before my lungs got any challenge.
I still run for about 20 minutes per session, where I maintain a 4-4 breathing pattern through the nose only to maximize the lung / inner ab training and make running more of a moving mindfulness meditation.

Maybe I'll post some visualized stats of my running habit at the end of the year.
Where did my beloved muscle mouse go?

 

[JohnStrong]

Sup @ura Dig your profile pic

 

[Fremen]

Welcome to the New Hive

 

[Anek]

Hello and welcome to the new Hive!

 

[aku-chan]

 

[ura]

I just achieved my goal of the year: run an average of once per week.
Just completed my morning run, the 52nd run this year.
Feels great, I'll stick to this hobby.
Check my github gist if you want to know how I generated the visualization.

I can recommend the following post run stretch:

 

[ura]

After quitting in 2023 due to a slump in motivation, I was surprised by my palpatations and occasional chest pain vanishing, an issue I had all throughout 2022 and visited a cardiologist who declared my heart structurally healthy.
In august of 2024 I started running again, with an apple watch and a focus on zone 2 training and running 2-3x a week.
I got a lot further this time, clocked in a 30 minute 5k and ran over 10k a few times.
But after two months the heart issues slowly crept back in, gradually worsening.
I tried magnesium glycinate supplementation, which helped slightly, but it wasn't enough.

What really annoyed me was that starting in december, the episodic tachycardia from my youth, which stopped early 2022, resurfaced.
With the help of the apple watch builtin ecg I got diagnosed with AVNRT.
After 4 episodes over the course of 4 weeks I quit running once again.
Now, after a few weeks off, my heart issues are slowly fading away again, but I still want to go through with the ablation of the AVNRT.

I'll do more mobility, core and leg strength exercise this year, but eventually want to start running once again, I love it more than any other exercise.
A few things could help keep my palpatations under control: no long runs, and more frequent but shorter sessions. Like a mile or two a day with the occasional 5k park run.
That should transfer some load from the heart to the muscle, but I'll talk this through with a coach when I get to it.

 

[Mamatigerj]

Welcome back! I wish you well!