u/MHZ_93

I am not sure if this is relevant but after seeing possibly the 100th post on how to remove tan, I think people don't understand what removing tanning actually means.

A tan fades through skin cell turnover, your skin naturally sheds the UV-exposed cells over time. So when you are looking for ways to get rid of tanning, you're looking for ways to remove the upper most layer of your skin.

Most tan removal methods are just ways to speed up that process through exfoliation or chemicals. That can help, but doing it too aggressively or trying every totka will only irritate your skin.

Focus more on protecting your skin from UV damage instead of obsessing over removing tan. Be gentle with your skin and let natural turnover do its job. UV exposed skin is more prone to dryness so focus on moisturizing.

And honestly, it’s just a tan, maybe question why darker skin is treated like something undesirable in the first place.

I’m genuinely curious how people balance a full time job or university and still manage to train consistently and hit good paces. I keep seeing posts where someone says it’s their “first run” and their pace is 5:30 or people casually running a under 30 min 5K.

Are most of you coming from other endurance sports already? Or have you just built it up over time?

For context, I recently ran my first half marathon and finished in 2:47. The last 8 km were brutal and I really struggled just to get through it.

How do you structure your training, recovery, and diet? Just looking for advice or personal experience as a lot of running content online is from people with very different lifestyles, environments, and diets than what we’re used (basically from white people).