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At that mileage, macros shouldn't make a ton of difference. You either need more calories, or you need to give yourself a rest week or two where you cut your volume in half. Remember that running fatigue is largely cumulative. Giving yourself a good rest once in a while does wonders for your performance. How long since…
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What does being a stay at home mom have to do with having a salad for lunch?
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Forefoot striking is what the body naturally does when sprinting. Basically, you land on the ball of your foot and dig from there without lowering the rest of your foot. You're on your toes the entire time. It's a naturally athletic move and the same reason that any athlete will move the the ball of their foot when…
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People evolved pads on the ball and heel because those match the natural mechanics of full on sprinting/athletic running (ball) and walking (heel). You could argue that slow long distance running has not been a large enough proportion of human activity so as to be a driver of how we evolve; the body simply doesn't have a…
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Mainly appearance. The newest generations are not attractive but I've also found minor issues with things like sock grip/bunching with thicker socks (Balega Hidden Comfort) because they've changed over to an all knit upper. That said, I do like the Glycerins for my long run shoe, I'm currently running the prior generation…
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Your mother in law has it right. The vegetables are always sauteed in oil. The sausage can either be grilled or cooked in a pan. The best way to tweak the calories is to limit the amount of sausage and to grill the vegetables instead of sauteeing them. When you say that you add the vegetables to the sausage after boiling,…
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Congratulations! My first race was in the cold and wet (and wind), too. It was a miserable experience. I ran one more 6 months later to prove to myself that I could get the result that I really wanted but have decided to 'retire' from formal races for all of the reasons you've laid out above. I run to enjoy running and a…
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You've basically already achieved it? If you can maintain 7:48 for 15 minutes and then still increase the pace beyond that I really don't think you'll have a problem with a 7:45 min/mile 5K? That said, if you've only run this pace on a treadmill thus far take it outside immediately. Wind, weather, stress, and (especially)…
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I'm about 14 months out from a cold turkey quit. Smoked for about 25 years before that. Willpower is all it is. If you don't want to quit, you won't quit. If you really want to quit, you won't need any aids. The first week sucks, the second week is better. The third and fourth week suck worse than the first. By month 2…
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Pick a training program and stick with it. If you aren't currently running more than 10K, prepare yourself for nipple chafing. Invest in body glide and/or smooth textured tech shirts. When you actually run the race, run it dead easy for the first 9 miles. Turn it up for the last 5K if you think you have the juice left.…
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I run a lot. My RHR is usually in the upper 40's.
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Cut off your arm. Otherwise, be prepared to lose it at the same rate as all other fat.
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worst case, just treat it like a normal brisket. USDA entry for cooked brisket flat, lean only, braised/cooked is about 60-70 calories per ounce. Not too far from most red meat.
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Nope - the only way to tenderize stewing cuts is to give them a long cook in a slow oven/smoker or a shorter cook in a pressure cooker. Unlike any other cuts, stewing cuts will stay tough and rubbery until they've cooked long enough to breakdown all of the collagen and connective tissue. Searing only aids in flavor…
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I don't mind either but I found that when switching my workouts to later in the day I tended to miss more sessions. Life simply gets in the way over the course of a day. I wake up at 5AM to work out before work. I've been doing it for almost two years but still haven't really adjusted - 5AM always seems to come too early…
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If your goal is to specifically run a 10k and not to ultimately progress to longer distances or to run a world class time at 10k, you do not need regular 2+ hour long runs. If, on the other hand, you are training to build up to a half, full, or longer or will be seriously competing at the 10k distance then 2+ hour long…
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I understand the concept of long slow distance. No professionally designed training plan would have you run 2+ hours to train for a 10k. If that training regime isn't a holdover from training for a much longer distance, you're either overtraining for that 10k or are training really inefficiently. It's not a big deal as…
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What workout has you slogging for 2 hours? Marathon training? If training for a specific distance, it's best to train by distance.
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For HM training you can generally get by with a belt that holds one bottle or so. You really don't need that much water for a 10 miler. I personally don't bother with water during a run. I just make sure to stay well hydrated overall. Even better if your long run is a loop and you pass by the same place twice. You can…
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One note...most of things often recommended to replace cheese (hummus, guacamole, etc.) have similar calorie counts. Hummus is one that gets a lot of people because it seems like it should be low cal until you consider the ingredients (chick peas, tahini, olive oil). Ditto guacamole because what fruit is high in calories…
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Gross calories usually include your basal burn. That is, it includes the amount you've burned specifically through that exercise and the amount of calories that you would have burned anyway over that period. Net usually includes only the incremental calories burned via that exercise.
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0.75 or 0.63? I thought it was the latter per Runner's World.
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Run a super easy 5K. This is a fairly standard recovery practice. It's very low risk if you're not in any kind of abnormal pain (not including normal muscle soreness). You can even go longer if you feel good and want to keep going. Just make sure to keep the pace really easy.
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Just make sure you eat the calories instead of drinking them. I ran my 10 miles on Saturday AM and didn't quite eat back the calories with a good sized lunch. I made the mistake of having a few cocktails before dinner and was promptly knocked on my *kitten* by the liquor given that I was still at a net negative calorie…
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Skinless chicken breasts are generally the revelation to sous vide cooking for most. Cook to 140F or 141F for the juiciest and most tender meat ever. Super lean and low calorie, too. 140F will give you super soft and tender meat. This is my favorite though some don't like it because it lacks the grain normally found in…
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Don't worry about combination or timing. Just worry about total amount. To be frank, the vast majority of us recreational exercise & weight loss candidates do not work out hard enough nor long enough to make specific nutrition choices worth the effort. You're fine to eat whatever you want after a workout if you're hungry…
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None will do a great job given the intermittent and interval nature of the activity. Depending on how hard you go and your weight, it might make sense to start with an assumption of moderate cardio (something like 7-8 calories per minute) and then to adjust from there.
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Leftover blue cheese? That's nonsense! I love it on steak sandwiches or burgers with deeply caramelized onions. Or on ham sandwiches with sweet/hot pickles and hot peppers. It goes so well with slightly sweeter flavor profiles.
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:) I definitely didn't mean to imply it was easy. But neither is an 8 minute mile.
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Run much longer much slower. What do you mean by sustainable? One continuous mile only or for multiple miles? If the former, then once you can run a sub-10 minute 10K you should be able to handle one 8 minute mile.
