I’ve never heard of a country where places give you extra drink for free just because you asked for less ice, to be honest. I know some bartenders who joke about the people who think asking for less ice will get them more.

Hey we’re pretty similar in regards to running! I started in May. I’m training for a 10k in May of this year.

I even made the same frustrating experience this week! I ran 8k in 50mins on Monday. Wanted to up my pace yesterday and was so out of breath after 2k that I tasted metal. Felt like I basically had to crawl home after that.

I googled and apparently if you do want to up your pace, you should try to run faster for only the last 10 mins or so of your run. But don’t overdo it because apparently it’s literally physiologically different within your muscles whether you run fast or far. And the changes training does are different, too: Usain Bolt at his peak wouldn’t have done very well at a marathon.

But I, for one, am fine training endurance for now. Maybe I’ll try to up my pace at a later point in time!

Either way, sprinting to marathon isn’t a progression. Speed and endurance are different skills with different training plans. There’s a reason they’re separate Olympic disciplines.

Thank you :) To add: the worst part of our healthcare system is that there’s a private branch too. I think municipalities try to make sure that there’s always insurance covered doctors available, but with certain specialties, there just aren’t enough around. It’s just more profitable for the doctors to be private. For example, I’ve given up on finding a gyno that’s insurance-covered. I just pay the 150€ for a full check-up once a year. I’m glad the price is manageable at least!

That is horrific, I’m sorry. Didn’t mean to brag, just a perspective to contrast the ‘socialized healthcare bad’ narrative you often get. Fingers crossed that with the new scrutiny your healthcare is under these days, things will improve a little for you!

Im in the EU and the longest I’ve ever had to wait in an ER was four hours. That was because they were doing lab work on my blood though. They took the blood maybe ten mins after I arrived. I think the longest I’ve ever had to wait until seeing a doctor was maybe an hour.

But do they actually read and watch the books and dvds? Cause my mom doesn’t read, so books are just decorations to her

My mum used to do this to my books in my room and I hated it