Hello comrades and welcome to the third improvement megathread of September! It’s the middle day of the month, good time to review your progress so far and remind yourself of your goals for the rest of the month. 
As usual, some discussion ideas:
- How is your September going so far?
- Do you want to share something you’ve done in the previous week? Everything counts, nothing is too small.
- Do you have any goals or plans for next week?
- Do you have any streaks? For example, “sober for one day.” Feel free to post your streak every day in this thread.
- If you don’t have a continuous streak, did you manage to abstain from something for a day or more?
- Did you come across some useful information or resource that might help others?
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Good luck with your goals! 
I’ve run on the treadmill twice per week for the last 3 weeks. Between 12 and 20 minutes each time. Truly grueling, but it improves my mood for the rest of the week.
Weird runner problems began almost immediately though.
First, my leg got weird shooting nerve blasts every time I extend my right leg (while running). This was improved somewhat by tying that shoe less tightly. It’s not pain, it’s a shooting tingle from my knee to the foot.
Then, my hips started hurting this week (only while running). I mitigated that somewhat by increasing the incline and running lower in my hips + making sure to land heel first on every stride. This felt better in the hips, but it felt like it took more effort.
If anyone has insight into these things, let me know.
Also last week I went way too hard on triceps and chest lol I was sore for 5 days.