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Sadly the most likely culprit is that your trainers are slightly too small. You usually want to get then half a size to a size larger than your normal shoe size for running. You really want to go to a specialty running store and get a fitting and gait analysis (not a big box store, a specialty shop). They can help you get…
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4.3 miles on a slightly humid, but otherwise pleasant night. 30.7 MTD. Just on pace for the month.
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The question you have to ask yourself is, "What are my goals, and how soon do I want to meet them?" Yes, you can lose weight with a simple calorie deficit . It will take longer and you will have to deprive yourself more food wise, but you can do it. So, is that your goal? Make the number on the scale go down? Because…
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Exercise alone can burn fat, assuming a calorie neutral diet to begin with. If you are eating a calorie neutral diet, you will neither gain nor lose fat. You exercise and viola, fat loss. You seem to be assuming some situation in which a person is eating a calorie surplus and expecting exercise to counteract that.…
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6.1 miles tonight. Another good night for it. Added a mile padding on my usual 5 and made up for only doing 6 of 8 Sunday. 26.4 MTD.
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You know I didn't even look at where your spur was, just saw the location of the scar tissue looking stuff, and read your description. I still think you may have minor plantar fasciitis from the location of the front scar tissue (which is in the right place); but after reading some of the other comments and looking closer,…
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Seems right now. Thanks. Dunno what was up, but it's fixed ;-)
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Several things here. The main reason for the three days per week plan is to get your body used to the work. While you may walk a lot there's a lot more stress being put on your legs when you run than when you walk. It's not entirely a matter of muscle fitness (though that is part of it), it's also about strengthening…
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I feel pretty confident responding to this. You almost certainly have plantar fasciitis, which is when your plantar fascia is swollen and tearing away from the heel. The plantar fascia is the connective tissue that holds the front of your foot attached to the back of your foot and creates your arch. When it starts to tear…
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Cooriander - I think you dropped a "1" from my total in the check point. I was at 17 on Sunday. Thanks!
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Humor. It's humor. Come on, how much more obvious can she make it?
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Are you getting them pulled or cut out? I had mine pulled and it only really took me out for a few days. That's hardly worth worrying about, won't slow you down much at all. If you're getting them cut out, that will be a bit longer. Probably a couple of weeks. Still not a major outage, but you'll lose a bit of progress.…
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Swimming? I'm not sure about the back and the arm movements, but it's low impact and great exercise. Perhaps check with the doc and verify that it's safe for your back, but at a guess it would be a good choice. Alternately maybe water jogging. Also low impact, but less arm movement to potentially bother your back.
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3.3 mile recovery run. It was only supposed to be two miles, but the heat and humidity finally broke so I did a bit more. 20.3 MTD
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Having been the minimum wage junior instructor at a Tae Kwon Do school for a while in high school, I know a little about the economics of this kind of thing. The previous poster is right, $100-$150 a month is pretty much the rates you have to charge. Exact costs vary based on size of the studio, real estate and other base…
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Fruits and vegetables are certainly part of a healthy diet, a big part, but they don't entirely encompass a healthy diet. You need proteins and fats. Not all fat are unhealthy or undesireable. A healthy diet includes lean meats like poultry and fish. Fatty fish like salmon are especially good because they're an excellent…
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It's a matter of model complexity and data points. A model with more relevant data points is going to be more accurate. HRMs have more data points available than any other source of calorie burn available in a commercial setting. Obviously a medical evaluation model with multiple sensors and a more complex model algorithm…
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Long Run tonight wasn't quite as long as I hoped. Called it a little short at 6 miles with thunder storms threatening. 17 MTD, gonna have to pick it up a bit to make goal.
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Long Run tonight wasn't quite as long as I hoped. Called it a little short at 6 miles with thunder storms threatening. 17 MTD, gonna have to pick it up a bit to make goal.
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The guess on an HRM is going to be a *lot* closer on average than either MFP or the machine though. It can make a really good guess if it has your height, weight, and heart rate to work from. MFP uses none of that info and the machine has your weight only at best. By feat of chance and the law of averages, MFP is actually…
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Rest is good and not overtraining is good, but I really don't see needing a week off after a 5 mile run, even if it is the longest you've ever run. Adding a mile or so to your long run is a natural progression, not a huge step forward. Usually when you see advice like that it's because new distance runners (half marathon…
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Don't ride on the sidewalk. This will unfortunately not solve your motorist problems, but you aren't supposed to ride on the sidewalk, and you're creating the same issues for walkers and runners that motorists create for you. That said, it sucks the way people in cars don't pay attention to cyclists, runners, or walkers.…
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4 more hot ones this morning, 11 MTD. Tomorrow's long run is going to hurt, temps and humidity are not expected to break.
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It was about 10 degrees Fahrenheit when I did the Yulefest 5k here in Boston. Then he had beer at the end. It was good beer, but I think that was the only time I have ever though "Coffee would have been so much better than beer." The race coordinator is promising a tent and hot beverages this year... And beer.
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I totally stole that Bingham quote for my profile. Running is about love of sport, not ability or skill. For all you guys that won't call yourselves runners, the rest of us know you are. We can wait for you to realize it.
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A year from now you'll be trying to figure out what to ditch all the damn t-shirts. Welcome to the club :-)
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It's fun, I've used it. I don't know that I'd use it to start running, c25k is probably a better "starter" program, but for someone who can run 25-30minutes ate stretch already, running from zombies makes it better. On a related note the Run For Your Lives Zombie Infested 5K is the best obstacle/adventure race EVAR.
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The best advice here is to pick a new goal. One new goal. Don't try to increase speed and distance at the same time. You'll get to a 5k either way, whether by speeding up until you can run it in 30 minutes, or getting so you can run long enough to finish it at your current pace. Either plan is fine, but if want to they to…
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Obienio is correct. You should set you base activity level to moderate or active, but not count the calories as extra. Extra calories are for over and above exercise you do, not day to day stuff.
