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I'd go see a good sport physiotherapist. It's highly likely that you have other issues that are contributing to the problems you are having from running. A good sport PT will be able to work through your history and your current state and will undoubtedly uncover problems you didn't know you had. Wild guess: your glutes…
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Sure does.
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Run more hills. Work on your glutes.
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^ yep, the only thing necessary in peanut butter is one ingredient: peanuts.
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^ What @kristinegift said ^ Now is not the time to focus on speed; now is the time to build your endurance, your aerobic base, and get your body used to the stresses of running. Running the distance once doesn't mean your body is already adapted. It takes time and repetition and slowly working up distance to allow the body…
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Pair (or two or three or five) of runners? https://instagram.com/p/8tXyzaSfqc/?taken-by=mwyvr
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@Jorock816 Congrats on your half, and to you too @MamaMollyt for your 10km placement! Well done both of you! I'm taking the day off here and for Canadian Thanksgiving am cooking turkey and all that goes with it. Yesterday hit the hills a hike up to Dog Mountain with family and friends, and an even longer urban hike later…
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Pen and paper?
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What does that mean? Exertion is not a bad word. Are you suffering health issues?
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This morning I joined just over 100 other folks running in the hills high above Indian Arm. Normally scenic, all the views along the 25km route I ran were blocked by fog and cloud, until the monsoon hit. Due to kidney stones / vertigo last week / cold this week I just have had a rotten string of luck leading up to this…
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Exercise is great, it improves the body and the mind and the dedication we put into it helps us reach our other goals. Regular vigorous exercise is important for long term health and can help turn around a number of health issues that sedentary, heavy, people frequently fall prey to. You'll get people pushing back telling…
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You are a runner. You are a runner. You were a runner the day you started. Get that into your head. Please do not feel like anything else than a runner. You are certainly a runner now. If you can already do 10km in under an hour you are also ahead of a large chunk of the population. Anixiety sometimes creeps in when we…
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Pronation is normal for a large chunk of the population; it's only a potential problem when more severe. The shop that did the gait analysis would steer you to one or the other (motion control or neutral) based on their observations. Over the years what was often an automatic response - put the runner in stability shoes if…
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Drilling down on this for a sec: Over or just pronate a little? I ask because for years I was diagnosed as over-pronating but in reality... my pronation wasn't much more than most. As a result I was often put in heavier stability / motion control shoes and some, notably the Brooks of the day, actually caused me pain as…
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How about ditching the treadmill and running outside? I find that mentally stimulating enough that I don't feel the need to wear headphones.
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Answer: Yes, if you want to. Why? Because it's within the reach of the vast majority of people, and with age often comes more determination but also a willingness to look for answers. Train right and one can do amazing things. Your age is not a road block nor is your lifestyle. I'm a computer geek, a consultant with a very…
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@7lenny7 I felt the same way back in April! Slow and sure building gets one there... assuming one wants to get there! Not everyone wants to, or needs to, be running what seem to be awfully long distances and racking up big monthly totals. Now that I've been running again for an entire year I'm finding it quite a thrill to…
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Been away tending a cold but back at it just in time to loosen up before a race on Saturday. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Month to date: 042.66 km Minimum Goal: 282 km / 175 miles (15% completed) Stretch Goal: 322 km / 200 miles (13%…
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Absolutely - it is telling you your heart rate went up. :smile: The problem is one of modelling. Algorithms for calorie expenditure based on HR info alone can only go so far. When you are lifting kettlebells the watch doesn't know that. If it is aware of movement (via GPS or accelerometer) it doesn't see you moving much.…
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@cocolo89 How's your back doing? I hope you are feeling less pain and are more mobile. Also hope you've made an irreversible decision to pass on the run. Would hate to tune in this Sunday only to learn you've screwed your back up even worse.
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@lderby1 If you are micro-managing your calorie "burns" to this extent your personal weight loss program is doomed to fail.
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@shelley69101 For me it was simple: turn my health around (lose 80+ pounds, get fit, drop blood pressure, turn pre-diabetic state around) or live an increasingly less fun, less mobile, less interesting life, and die unhealthy and much younger than I'd like. Does one really need more motivation than that? Crap, I better get…
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Fantastic work! I love reading people's first race experiences. Like ^ I'm also interested in learning more about your training from day 0 to race day, where you started from fitness and weight wise. Such things are often very inspiring!
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Emphasis mine - while true, for some folks that's a big challenge with calorie restriction alone. Of course running is doing more than that - it's creating significant fitness gains. In addition to losing 80 pounds over 10 months, the running I was doing made me fit long before those 10 months were over. I went from…
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Not so much mantras as reminders... If on a mountain trail and becoming distracted (which leads to trips and falls): Focus, Mike, focus. Repeat as necessary. In the city, I might remind myself short steps, short steps on a steeper hill to keep cadence up. Sometimes I visualize rolling my feet over rollin' rollin' rollin'…
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You've been extolling your FT4s accuracy for activities it probably isn't anywhere near accurate for, and now you want to dismiss it outright because the number it gave you is lower than two other sources? That makes no sense. I trust my Garmin for steady state cardio calorie burn estimates - for running - precisely…
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Just to remind those responding... The OP had made this much clear: @shaynataggart You'll find dozens if not hundreds or thousands of people here on MFP who mixed running and significant weight loss goals together and came out the other side being successful at BOTH.
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It is possible to build your running while eating at a reasonable deficit. From September 2014 to April 2015 I lost 45 pounds without adopting calorie tracking - clearly my increased activity, mostly from running - had everything to do with that. I lost a further 35 pounds after starting calorie tracking and putting myself…
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@shanaber > @melaniefave41 and @mwyvr - You guys crack me up! < - thank you, we'll be appearing here all month! @Stoshew71 Congrats on making the papers! No run for me, taking a break day. Saw Neil Young in concert this evening, he's looking pretty fit and vibrant still. Wonder if he runs? Whether or not one agrees with…
