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Also, MFP will never drop you below 1200, so no need to worry about that. :)

This strikes me as solid advice. A spring 10K sounds lovely. Thanks for taking the time! :)

This morning's run was a bit faster than my easy pace and I finished in 33 min. Add 3 more weeks of training, a week of maintenance cals, a harder effort, some adrenaline, and the planets in perfect alignment? I'm close? I'm running a race-pace test next week so I'll find out for sure.

Yeah, I don't like it either. I probably wouldn't care, but my sports bras aren't of the cute and strappy variety. They're heavily engineered and not pretty. Just an personal aesthetic issue. LLBean used to carry a nice one, but they seem to have discontinued it. Lands' End still has two options with a wider back, but they…

@PastorVincent -- Good question. Next year is a big question mark. I may move up to 10K and/or 13.1m, or I'll do a season of sprint triathlons (which contain a 5K). I'll probably also do at least my favorite local 5K as well. In any case, it makes me think that I should move up to the 10K plan. I could use the additional…

9/2 3m easy Total: 6 of 65 miles Goal: Beat my 20-yr-old PR of 29:32 *Oct: Apple Harvest 5k *Nov: Movember 5k *Dec: Mitten Run 5k It's occurred to me that I don't have a training plan in mind for the 4 weeks between each of the three races. And I'm a planner, so this bothers me. Anyone see a reason to not repeat the last 4…

Option 3: Get a Craigslist beater bike that you won't care if it gets damaged. :) I'd just take my regular bike. Life has no guarantees. It'll probably be fine.

I noticed an emerging pattern this morning. The older dudes (60+) have always loved me, at every age and every weight. Lots of ogling. But that age group has been widening as I've been getting slimmer and dressing better. I'm now getting ogled regularly by 30-yr-olds. And I'm 46. Sure, I may not be as objectively…

Correct. It's like a thick Vaseline. For sores or cuts, I sometimes mix it with Vitamin E oil and/or antibiotic ointment in my palm before applying. Seems to heal quicker with less scarring. I just keep a tube in my gym bag.

I also use Aquaphor (or the generic equivalent thereof). Cheaper, works fine. I also apply it to active chaffing sores to protect them from rubbing in my street clothes.

Is that how you'd run on the sidewalk? With your arms straight down? I'd hope not. You move your arms back and forth, probably bent at about 90 degrees. (This place is so weird sometimes.)

I have PCOS, and calorie counting works for me. Two things I know about myself have helped me with stick to it. 1) Exercise is an appetite suppressant . Anything more than 30 minutes of solid cardio (running, biking, swimming, rowing; not leisurely walking) means I'll get hungry only just before meals. If I skip it, I'm in…

3-mile tempo run this morning. It was chilly enough that I actually wore a long-sleeve shirt to start. Very happy the mornings are cooling down. I'm looking forward to trying out my new running gloves, which are neon green, as are my shoes. My running clothes are all black and grey, so in the dark mornings I'm going to…

9/1 3m tempo.Total: 3 of 65 miles Goal: Beat my 20-yr-old PR of 29:32 *Oct: Apple Harvest 5k *Nov: Movember 5k *Dec: Mitten Run 5k

I eat the same way. Plain yogurt with fruit and nuts 2 fried eggs on toast Homemade egg mcmuffin Raw veg and guacamole or hummus Herring or cheese on crackers Sliced apple and PB Banana and PB on toast Overnight oats with blueberries Small portion of dinner leftovers 1/2 a toasted bagel with cheese & turkey

Came in a couple of miles shy in August, but got pretty close. September goal: Finish up Hal Higdon's Novice 5K plan as prep for my 10/2 race. I hope to beat my 20-yr old PR of 29:32. September mileage: 65 miles Races: Oct: Apple Harvest 5k Nov: Movember 5k Dec: Mitten Run 5k

Ran 3.1m easy. My legs are full of DOMS from lifting two days ago, but they got the job done.

8/31: 3.1m easy August miles completed: 64.7 of 70 Ended up a bit short due to an unplanned, but I think necessary, rest day. I'd rather be cautious about increasing my mileage, than forge ahead and risk injury. Target Races: 10/2 Apple Harvest 5K 11/5 Movember 5K 12/3 Blue Back Mitten Run 5K

Both true for me. The second one gets especially bad if the big meal the night before is carb heavy.

I'm 5'10", 182 lbs, sedentary, and set to lose 1 lb/wk, which means MFP set me at 1400+ cals per day. I log my exercise cals and usually (but not always) eat them. I'm losing as expected.

Usually I have two fried eggs and a slice of toast, but occasionally switch it up with a homemade egg mcmuffin (fried egg, cheddar, Canadian bacon in an English muffin). Even more rarely, hubs will turn it into eggs benedict, or soft-boiled eggs with toast slices for dunking, or omelettes with leftover veg. We have eggs in…

Sometimes MFP doesn't notice the change in weight until you do what you just did--fiddle with the settings. Every 5 or 10 lbs, I go in and toggle between "lose weight" and "maintain weight." Just flipping it back and forth seems to do the trick.

^Agree. The C2 online weight adjustment is accurate. I load my workouts into their online log and it does the math automatically. And even better, because I use a newer machine with a PM5 model monitor, I can connect it to my phone with Bluetooth and just sync it. Love it.

I LOL'd.

If you're having a tsp each of 4 spices, each of which have 7 cals, then that's 28 cals. You should count that. Most of us are using a dash of spice here or there, which adds up to nothing much. That's why we're not counting it. But you should.

After I got back from my run, I found myself with some time to kill, so I did my first StrongLifts session (squats, overhead press, and deadlifts).

8/27: 4m easy 8/28: 6m easy August miles completed: 61.6 of 70 Target Races: 10/2 Apple Harvest 5K 11/5 Movember 5K 12/3 Blue Back Mitten Run 5K

Ran 6 slow miles. My lower back got pretty tight by the end. @BettyM1017 -- I'm not sure I ever had it in the first place! Sorry your hamstring is acting up. The shoes is a good guess, and easily tested. Did you change anything? Warm-ups, stretching, etc.? That sort of thing (like my back) starts for me when I'm not…

Also, salsa soup. A big blop of salsa, chicken or veggie stock, and anything else you want to add (black beans, rice, shredded chicken, veggies, etc.).

Red pepper slices. Or a spoon. :)