u/yourpaljax

My goal was to finally go sub 30:00 this year, and by golly, she did it. Plus a couple other cheeky PRs. 😁

It’s been a looooong time coming after EIGHT years of on and off running, struggling with weight fluctuations, injuries, and asthma.

I feel like things just fell into place this year. I’ll be 43 at the end of the month, I’m down 43 lbs (from 193 to 150), my fitness is the best it’s ever been, and finally checking off some running goals.

A few got in my mouth. This one perished in my Invisalign. 🪦🪰

I’ve been very consistent with my running this summer, and decided to treat myself to some squishy recovery/easy day shoes… and some new socks too.

Nike Vomero Plus and Outway socks.

Haven’t run in Nike since the Invincible 1s.

I’ve been running with periods of consistency and inconsistency since 2019, and this is the first time I’ve achieved an Excellent VO2 Max (according to Garmin). I’m going to be 43 in October, and I am so so proud of this.

I am finally starting to run sub 6:00 kms, and I’m hoping to finally accomplish a sub 30:00 5k this summer.

Wish me luck!

I’m on 3/4 of refinements for black triangles, which seem to need a bit more work.

In my rescan for this round, I mentioned I didn’t like the way my upper canines were angled in and tucked right in against my lowers. My provider said he could fix that for me.

When the refinement trays came in, I looked at the last one when I got home, and my lateral incisors and canines actually got pushed in a little. I’m pretty sure he unfortunately forgot to make that adjustment. Because of this I just feel like my first molars and especially central incisors are just so prominent and unbalanced, and my arch is still quite triangular compared to my lower.

Honestly, if I hadn’t dropped so much money, I’d probably be happier to end like this since the major issues have been fixed, but if refinements are included in the giant sack of money I put into this, I’m going to ask for another round of refinements.

They just need to be flared out a tiny bit and I’ll be SO happy to be done.

I forgot to take a before photo without trays, but for reference I started with a bilateral posterior cross bite, and central incisor crowding. My arch was very triangle shaped.

Finished my first 20, and now waiting on refinement trays. They think it’ll be fewer than 10. 🤞

Apparently it was impressive how well my teeth moved considering my age. I was obsessively compliant, so that probably helped. My teeth tracked really well almost the entire time.

Pretty happy so far, but looking forward to not having to plan coffee and meals, and set timers. Haha.

It looked so much more blue in the bottle, and was worried I got a bad one or something. Nope, perfectly purple. Reminds of chrome polishes I would have worn in the early 2000s.

Best feature is that brush strokes vanish when it dries, and touch ups blend in. It’s a pretty amazing formula.

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