u/DigAlive6995

Hey everyone, my(f27) Endocrinologist has been recommending Zepbound to help manage my PCOS/PMOS. I’m somewhat new to triathlon training (about 1 year) and I’m wondering if anyone has taken a glp while training? I currently average 10 hours of training a week with 2 strength training days. Our goal isn’t to loose a crazy amount of weight as I’m already pretty in shape (185lbs, 5’5). We mainly just want to manage my insulin resistance as metformin and lifestyle changes have not helped me. Ive also heard weight loss can make you faster? Is that true?

How have glps impacted your training?

Hey everyone, my(f27) Endocrinologist has been recommending Zepbound to help manage my PCOS/PMOS. I’m somewhat new to triathlon training (about 1 year) and I’m wondering if anyone has taken a glp while training? I currently average 10 hours of training a week with 2 strength training days. Our goal isn’t to loose a crazy amount of weight as I’m already pretty in shape (185lbs, 5’5). We mainly just want to manage my insulin resistance as metformin and lifestyle changes have not helped me. Ive also heard weight loss can make you faster? Is that true?

How have glps impacted your training?

New car sales are down. The average American car cost is 50,000$. There are no new cars on the market under 20,000$. Payment plans are longer and monthly costs are averaging 600$. What is going to happen to the car market and how the hell will the average person afford one?!

I work with Master Gardeners and am currently an LA master's student. This fall, I am hoping to teach a short series to my Master Gardeners about sustainable stormwater management/artful stormwater design. I Im looking for a good textbook to base the information portions of the class on, and then mix that with Artful Stormwater Design by Pennypacker and Echols. However, I Im realizing that Sustainable Stormwater Management by Thomas Liptan is no longer in print. Used copies are too expensive for my budget.

Do you know an alternative to Sustainable Stormwater Management: A Landscape-Driven Approach to Planning and Design by Thomas Liptan?

This past weekend I ran a local 5 mile race that is tradition in my home town outside of Philly. It’s a fun one that the community is very involved in and is on a Friday evening, so it’s a blast to grab food with friends after. I’m a newer runner and not particularly fast, I’m training for a tri and mainly focus on cycling. Anyway I’m not a fast runner, but it’s about having fun. We didn’t realize how competitive this race was when we applied.
Well Friday came and in typical June fashion the weather was in the 90s and extremely humid. I finished the 5 miles in 1 hour 6 minutes which is slower than usual. I finished 30th to last place out of 1600. By the time I finished there was no free water bottles or free food (which was apart of buying your spot). Mistakes happen and I’m sure it’s hard to calculate how much you need but it’s disappointing to struggle in that heat and not get some extra hydration at the end of our race.
Crossing the finish line felt like a huge achievement in that weather as a mediocre runner, to then find out we were too slow to get our meal was disappointing.

Generally, in the PMOS community, there is a narrative encouraging us to eat lower carb and limit intense exercise. Unfortunately, I love both of those things, and im having trouble threading the line. Generally, my doctor encourages me to limit carbs because a lower glycemic diet is better for PMOS, as it makes people who have the condition insulin-resistant. I don't know how to manage my condition and my lifestyle, as low-carb intake truly impacts performance.

As for the limit of intense exercise, I've understood it to be a myth, as long as you build up endurance and your CTL slows enough. I include 2 strength-training sessions in my workout split to maintain muscle mass and prevent injury. Building muscle has been the best change I've made for my health! I've also heard that having the extra testosterone from PMOS can help with training! Does anyone have experience with that?

Had anyone trained for an Ironman with PMOS?

Currently training for a sprint in August. I've (26f) been cycling for 3 months, seen incredible improvement, and gotten my 10-mile ride down to just over 32 minutes. Swimming has also been great once I got the form down, and I can now complete the 750m swim (in the pool) in 14 minutes. None of this is superhuman speeds by any means, but my running is disproportionately worse. I struggle to run a 13-14 minute mile without a lot of walking. I've been working on it since February and have gotten it down from 15 m miles, but I just feel like I'm going crazy. My endurance seems adequate in the other sports, but I guess I'm just surprised that none of that transfers to running. At first, I was running on hilly trails, which wasn't helping, but now I'm choosing flat gravel (sometimes pavement and cement flare my shins).

I am wondering if anyone has any advice. I was hoping to run faster by now and was aiming for a 9-10-minute mile for our triathlon. But now I'm thinking I need to reassess my goals.