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http://www.runnersworld.com/general-interest/boston-runners-take-back-streets The event I did last night. My ex-wife (still my friend and occasional running buddy) is actually quoted in the article!

I ran 4.5 miles *in* Boston for Boston yesterday with the Kier Byrnes Freedom Runners and the Cambridge 5k crew. About 250-300 of us in an impromptu pack running to and then down the Esplanade in honor of the fallen and to show that we are not afraid. We got a lot of honks of support! Great group of people. I'll run with…

I second the doctor plan. When an otherwise strong muscle in an otherwise healthy person keeps reinjuring with minimal strain, it's often a sign that something is wrong. If it is a hernia, you need to get it repaired. It won't heal on its own.

Never heard "continue running" as stress fracture advice. I'd definitely seek a second opinion. Also call the podiatrist and run the ortho's theory by him. He's already familiar with your case. I'm not saying the ortho is wrong, but it sounds odd enough to me that I'd at least want to verify.

Hey Cooriander, I'm back after my brief interruption for illness. Can you put me down for 100? Did 7 today.

Glad to hear your dad is doing well. I on the other hand have a stupid cold and I'm not going to make 100 miles this month. Hoping to get in a few more runs over the next few days, but for now I'm stuck at 76.

Cooriander: We don't mind at all. You do what you have too, thanks for keeping up as well as you are. Thoughts and prayers with your parents. Did 4 miles today for 76 MTD.

4 miles today in lovely Jersey City. 76 MTD

ArisiaCon in Boston kinda threw a wrench in my running schedule, but I did 4 miles Saturday, and 3 more today taking me to 72 MTD.

Yes and no. If you're doing something that leaves you gasping, like a HIIT workout, by all means match your breathing with intensity in whatever way you can. If you have to mouth breath to get enough oxygen, go for it. You shouldn't be gasping during a distance run. It's a steady state aerobic activity. When you're doing a…

Six miles today, 65 MTD.

if you can run 6K non-stop you should have no trouble getting to 21K in 5 months. For the next two months, try to slowly increase the length and frequency of your runs, then start one of the 3 month programs. One mile is approximately 1.6 kilometers (American runners learn to convert, most races are in km's but we train in…

Whoa, whoa, whoa here. Exercise physiologists? Asthma testing? Physical violence to the teacher? Guys, we have a kid that isn't used to running, and he got out of breath doing it. This is normal. The teacher gave (poor in my opinion, though the child may have misunderstood as someone else points out) advice. Talk to the…

How "not trained" are we talking here? Can you run a 5K? Can you walk a few miles? Are you 350 pounds and unable to get off the couch? Five months is plenty of time for a runner with a little experience to get to a half marathon distance. It would be harder, but still doable for a reasonably fit person who can walk 3-5…

That sounds... unlikely to work. In fact it sounds borderline insane. The correct thing for son to do (or any new runner of any age) is to slow down and/or use intervals of walking to prevent getting out of breath in the first place. A training run should never have you badly out of breath unless it's speed training or…

Three miles today on the treadmill as snow falls. 59 MTD

If you use the MFP phone app it's not obvious, but MFP actually adds macros to your total when you log exercise as well as adding calories. In fact I suspect it adds the macros and determines your extra calories from there, but I don't know how their algorithm works. At any rate if you look at the web site you can track…

You know, point one annoys the hell out of me. It's technically correct, a pound of muscle weighs exactly the same as a pound of fat, obviously. What nearly everyone means when they use the phrase is that a given volume of muscle weighs more than an equal volume of fat. That's pretty damn cumbersome to say though, so…

While it's great if you want to do that, it's not really necessary. When you signed up for MFP it asked you a lot of questions: How tall are you? how much do you currently weight? how active are you? how much do you want to lose per week? From there it did a pretty good estimation of your TDEE (it got that from your…

That would be... bad. Extremely bad. In fact you're supposed to add exercise calories to your total available calories when you exercise. Your body burns calories all the time, whether you're sitting on the couch watching TV, staring into space, or even sleeping. In the final analysis it burns quite a few calories doing…

5 Miles for the day, 56 MTD

I haven't seen him comment, but I know CarsonRuns does both, and he's pretty studly in the marathon department. Maybe poke him with a personal message and ask him what kind of plan he uses. I also do both strength training and running, but my max distance is 13.1 right now. the difference between training for a half and…

For most people (unless you plan on body building) 3-4 days a week of strength training is enough. You can also combine strength training and running on the same day. So for instance you could strength train Mon-Weds-Sat and since you've got a bit more time on Saturday run also. Then run on Tues, Thurs, Sun and take Friday…

There's no right answer to "safe amount". It depends on a ton of factors: Current weight, exercise levels, activity levels throughout the day, even genetics and metabolism to a certain extent. That said, you are not eating anywhere near enough at 850 net calories while doing 450 calories worth of exercise and being 10-15…

There's lots of opinions out there on this question, but here's mine. You have a sufficient base, and knowledge of yourself to mix it up. For long and middle distance runs, go for a specific distance; becasue your goal is distance based (13.1), and you want to have good confidence in your ability to hit distance marks.…

Eight miles today, taking me to 51 MTD.

4.5 miles today, takes me to 43 MTD.

Then quite simply you weren't at a deficit. Biochemistry and physics can't be ignored. Energy has to come from somewhere. If you are eating less energy than you are using, your body will pull energy from its reserves. Ideally fat cells, though if you eat at sufficient deficit and/or don't exercise enough then it will pull…

And yet, after about 400 miles I start to get strange pains that go away after I replace my shoes. Also the tread is mostly gone on the high wear areas after about 500 miles.

It works in theory, but there are problems. Technically if you know that you eat 2500 cals a day, and you know that you need to 2000 to maintain, and you know that you're burning 1000 in the gym, yes you'll lose weight. weight loss is caused by calorie deficits, not diet or exercise. So what's the problem? First, how do…