Hai everybody! :3
We haven't been around much lately, but we've missed you all <3
As much as we enjoy talking about electromagnetism and the like, we're really feeling trans joy as the theme for this mega post. And we'd love to hear some of the things that have brought you all some joy lately (without doxxing yourselves of course).
Something that is bringing us a lot of joy right now is seeing the local trans community finding each other and making joy for ourselves. They're planning events, going out, finding love and friendship, and refusing to allow our circumstances prevent us from enjoying life and having fun as much as possible. And we're part of it! We've been doing the same! And it doesn't just make this life tolerable in the face of all the bad stuff happening, it's making this life beautiful and filled with love and happiness.
In order to try to get back in the habit of participating here, we're going to try to at least post one bit of trans joy every day here this week.
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I RAN 5K FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER TODAY!!!!!
I'm really proud! I was never good at running nor did I enjoy it, but at the start of this year I decided I wanted to work more cardio routines into my workouts, mainly so I could lead hikes with the scouts. I also want a skinnier build rather than more muscular. In the first week I struggled to run a kilometer, and a couple of times had to slow down after hitting 600 meters. But as I continued to push on, I finally discovered what people talk about when they "enter the zone". I started to lock the fuck in. The sweat felt so good, and as I approached a kilometer, I realised that I had more in me, and it felt amazing. So I kept running, first to 1100 meters, then 1300, then 1500 without stopping, at 10km/h, and every time I was able to appreciate that this was so much harder for me only weeks ago. Now I consistently run 1.5km in 9 minutes as the start of my workout, and I've added on much more time. I used to stop at 15 minutes, but then I wanted to hit 2.5km within 15 minutes, so I sped up, and found myself walking for a few minutes after that. I ran 3.5km within 25 minutes a few weeks ago, and last week hit 4km within 30 minutes.
Today I ran 5km in 36.5 minutes, which I'm so proud of.
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOO THIS IS HUGE CONGRATS
That's awesome! Massive progress