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I have mixed experience with this. For a couple months, I spent a few minutes every day or two trying to touch my toes, and made only modest progress (got a bit closer, but still several inches from my toes). Recently, I've been trying a little youtube yoga (Yoga with Adrienne), about 2-3 times a week, 20-30 minutes…

I'll second the Charles. I live in Cambridge, and started running using C25K last year. Running along the river is lovely - nice views, minimal traffic lights, lots of other runners/bikers/walkers/dogs out. I also like that I can run on the dirt/grass instead of sidewalk (or uneven brick - the worst!), which seems to be…

Try blending just the greens with the milk (or whatever liquid you use) first. Get them really ground up. Then add the rest of your ingredients (fruit, etc) and blend again.

I have the same problem - my heels lift up and I have to lean forward a lot. This doesn't happen nearly as much if I use a wider stance. In my case, I'm almost certain it's because my ankles/achilles tendon are really inflexible. I'm working on stretching them out (along with my calves/hams) but it's a slllllowwwww process.

My weight has only fluctuated by about 10 pounds or so in the past few years, so I don't think it has any bearing on how I feel running - the only thing that has is becoming better at running! When I got to the point that I could run about 2.5-3 miles without feeling totally exhausted, I started to not-hate it (this was…

03/02 - 3.1 miles 03/03 - 3.1 miles 03/05 - 6.2 miles 03/08 - 3.1 miles 03/11 - 3.1 miles 03/15 - 3.1 miles 03/16 - 3.1 miles 03/18 - 5.0 miles 03/21 - 4.0 miles The "winter storm" that hit Boston last night ended up leaving 4 measly inches on the ground, which pretty much melted off the roads and sidewalks by…

03/02 - 3.1 miles 03/03 - 3.1 miles 03/05 - 6.2 miles 03/08 - 3.1 miles 03/11 - 3.1 miles 03/15 - 3.1 miles 03/16 - 3.1 miles 03/18 - 5.0 miles MTD: 29.8 / 40

03/02 - 3.1 miles 03/03 - 3.1 miles 03/05 - 6.2 miles 03/08 - 3.1 miles 03/11 - 3.1 miles 03/15 - 3.1 miles 03/16 - 3.1 miles MTD: 24.8 / 40

03/02 - 3.1 miles 03/03 - 3.1 miles 03/05 - 6.2 miles 03/08 - 3.1 miles 03/11 - 3.1 miles 03/15 - 3.1 miles Only went out twice last week, but I'm still on track to hit my goal halfway through the month, so I'm not going to worry about it... Trying to plan better this week! MTD: 21.7 / 40

If you're interested in increasing your cardio fitness and are enjoying the running you're doing (and given that the treadmill is convenient for you), consider signing up for a 5k race! 5k races are abundant, cheap, and way more fun than I thought they would be. They are also popular and accessible enough that there will…

03/02 - 3.1 miles 03/03 - 3.1 miles 03/05 - 6.2 miles 03/08 - 3.1 miles Thanks for the congrats over the weekend - you are all such a supportive group of people :) Had some back/shoulder/chest pain yesterday (very unusual for me, but luckily it's gone today), so I stayed in and let it rest. Another first for me: I felt…

03/02 - 3.1 miles 03/03 - 3.1 miles 03/05 - 6.2 miles I RAN MY FIRST EVER 10K TODAY!!! I was planning on 4.5 miles, but about halfway through I felt really great so figured I might as well get to 5... then I was still feeling great so went for 10k! The farthest I've ever run before is 4 miles so this feels like a massive…

03/02 - 3.1 miles 03/03 - 3.1 miles (I'm incapable of running exactly 3 - I always figure I may as well get to 5k) MTD: 6.2 / 40

Yay! That's confidence-building news :)

First run of the month! Hoping my shins feel fine tomorrow so I can go out again (right one is a tiny bit tender right now). Might have to do 2nd days of back-to-backs on the treadmill till my legs get used to it... 03/02 - 3.1 miles

Hi all, thanks again for the advice! Lots of people have suggested just slowly adding more easy miles, and I'm definitely planning to do that (currently adding about a mile per week, split over a couple runs, and will continue doing that). My "easy" pace is already getting faster, and that's super encouraging. That being…

Thanks a bunch! It sounds like hills and tempo are a good place to start. I appreciate the advice!

I'm not 100% sure about this for walking, so I'd check it both ways and see if there's much of a difference! But it does seem to be the case for running.

Chiming in again to say that I think fitbit gives a different calorie number for logged exercise rather than just steps. If you just went for a run without telling fitbit it was "exercise" (either on the website/app or the device itself), it probably gave you fewer calories for the run that it would have otherwise. Like I…

I sync my fitbit to myfitnesspal, and also sync runkeeper to fitbit. So when I go for a run, I track it in runkeeper, and it gets automatically added to fitbit, and then gets automatically added to myfitnesspal. I like this because the only thing I have to do manually is use runkeeper, which I want to do anyway. On days…

Hi, I'm new (to running, and this thread)! I lurked some on last month's thread, and am liking the idea of a monthly goal! I got in 25 miles in February, despite a 10-day trip to Hawaii in which I ran exactly zero times, which I'm feeling pretty good about. Also feeling good about recently upping my planned runs to…

To work up your strength to doing pushups (at home), try stair pushups. Stand at the bottom of a set of stairs, get into pushup position but with your hands on one of the steps - start with maybe the 4th step, and try to do some pushups (5-10). If it's easy, move you hands down a step, so your body is closer to horizontal.…

If you enjoy zumba, there are zumba workouts available on youtube!

My boyfriend and I have started running together in the past few months, but before that I was totally self-conscious and nervous about working out with him. Three things have helped: 1) I was honest with him about how I felt - e.g. "I feel pressure to keep up with you, and I can't, and I find that frustrating" or…