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It is absolutely worth it to spend a bit on great running shoes. I sometimes buy an older model but they change enough that it can backfire if they mess with the fit too much so I do it in person - my local running store has a discount room for older models. I typically have one pair of road shoes (ASICS) and one pair of…

Just finished week two of training for an October marathon. It has been almost a decade since my last marathon. The training takes time, but I find that with a half I can cheat on the training a bit too much whereas with a full I need to commit to a training plan fully.

Pass #1

Yes, yes, and yes.

Exercise? Yes Calories? Yes Tracking? Yes

Exercise? Yes Calories? Yes Tracking? Yes

Exercise? Yes, 37 minutes of various cardio Calories? Yes, under my goal Track everything? Yes

Hi. My name is Margaret and I live in Minnesota. I just restarted MFP - was doing great for a while then fell off the wagon in January 2017. I am restarting my running as well with a goal of running in the Twin Cities Marathan again this fall after a two year break. I am currently at 168 with a goal of 136 by the end of…

Love this. I am a slow runner and always have been. At first I was was self conscious about it and worried that I would finish last. Then, in my first half marathon (a small and hilly half marathon sponsored by a local running store) I did finish last out of a field of about 250 people. I successfully moved my body through…

Tilapia and spinach.

I had a hysterectomy and had both of my ovaries removed about 16 years ago at age 28. Maintaining a healthy weight did get much harder. My metabolism took a while to get settled into a normal place and that normal place was much slower than it had been so I did put on some weight. Now I have lost most of what I put on, but…

Howdy! We have the same birthday and the same current weight. I am also aiming to be healthier by the time Nov 18 rolls around. I am good at staying active - running and hiking primarily - but want to incorporate some strength training. Also trying to get my eating cleaner. I am trying to get in more unprocessed vegetables…

It was -7 and I did not want to leave the house at all, but instead I managed to get myself to the gym and did 3.5 miles of running and walking. When I got home my SO had made a pizza and it smelled great, but instead of eating pizza I had quinoa with spinach.

1/2: 3 miles in the great outdoors. Cold and windy but the sun was out in full force.

Today was a regularly scheduled rest day and, though it was tempting to mix things up in my New Years excitement, I am sticking to my plan.

Long time runner, first time poster. I am coming back from an injury so setting my goal for the month at 60 miles.