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it's wrong or you are not using it right. What is the device name and manufacturer?

These readings dont seem abnormal to me. Your actual max heart rate must be greater than 182. It's really quite hard to get to your max level and you will be ready to fall over when you get there. Say it was actually 185 then 159 is around 85% of max - which is relatively easy to attain when running. To get the most out of…

Simple - Keep slowing down until you have a pace that you know you can sustain. Then you can still pick it up as you get nearer the end of your workout if you have some reserves, or get a GPS Watch

Worked too hard. Sounds more like a drill sergeant than a personal trainer. Anyone can work you to the point of passing out. A PT should be showing you tecnique, tailoring your workout to suit your fitness level and monitoring your progress against it. There's room in training regimes for working yourself to the absolute…

what balls! Everyone knows they use Euros in Italy.

Good question - as even though everyone will start at the same time there's everychance that people will get lapped and therefore not be on the same lap - so lap counters will not be correct for those that have been lapped. I guess those that are lapped have to adjust what the lap counter shows. GPS should be accurate…

i dont think being short has a lot to do with your time. It's much more to do with being unfit and overweight. At the early stages of running you should concentrate on trying to extend your running time rather than speed. As this happens and you get fitter, and hopefully lighter, then the faster times will come too.

Have a big pasta dinner the night before and a normal or even light breakfast. What you actually eat for breakfast isnt that critical, just make sure it is digested before you start. You dont want to run with a lot of anything in your stomach. You shouldnt need to re-fuel during the race, a small amount of water would…

you would have to be working out pretty hard for over an hour to be dehydrated to the point you were feeling faint. Sounds more like blood pressure to me - so worth checking. Always good to eat and drink as soon as possible after exercising. Common not to feel hungry immediately after exercise though as your body will have…

I see your target each day is 2300 - is that right? seems high if you want to lose weight. Hiking in the hills with a pack for prolonged spells is going to use up plenty of cals for sure but maybe not just as much as you think. A 4 mile walk is not that far and without the climb maybe would use about 400 kcals. The climb -…

tricky one - really depends on the conditions. on soft packed snow you might get away with trainers, on hard pack you might be better with trail shoes, on ice you will need spikes of some sort. if cant predict the conditions for the whole of your run then there's an increased risk of a slip and injury. Most trainers/trail…

your outfit will probably weigh a bit - even a few extra pounds will make the run signicantly harder. U could train with a backpack to prepare for this

i think you are underestimating your cals. or overestimating your work. Some items on your diary - eg teriayaki stir with two rice - only 300? seems very low to me. Anyway - 6lbs in 10weeks or so isnt bad. Just keep going.

You should have enough energy in your system to keep you going for a HM. However, a gel or sweets might just make you feel happier that you are not going to run out. What you want to avoid is anything that will upset your stomach - so whatever you decide on, if anything, try it before hand.

Keep it simple and keep with the math. You just need to be careful about what you put in there. There's alway's a tendancy to underestimate input and over estimate output (exercise). Be honest and be patient. If you are still not losing weight then look again at the maths. All the various distractions on here about sodium…

Being overweight can kill ya - i'd take the chance on diet coke!

I suppose the walk would warm you up for the run and you wont be all sweaty taking the Mrs out! Then again, maybe she likes that :)

All sorts of problems can occur with hips and the bits around there so I doubt if you well get any definitive answer here. Do the same as you would with anything - rest for a while and ease back into it gently. If that doesn't work get it looked at professionally. I have had hip pain in the past and find that it tends to…

lose loads of weight, keep training and you wont be last.

Big fan of the parkrun myself - even dragged my hangover along to it last Saturday. Wasn't a week for a PB! Primarily a UK thing though, so hard luck on all those mericans. It's a fantastic movement and has probably done more to introduce people to running than anything else i can think of.

Assuming you are healthy then you can raise your heartrate to whatever. However, it's not necessary to do this to get fitter. So, you are better slowing down to a level that you can maintain. You should get to know your own different levels of effort. Real Easy - slow walking - you feel like you can do it forever. Easy -…

I worship the god of chocolate so have to eat it every day in life. To be quite honest I am getting fed up eating it so somedays i fast by not eating chocolate. I hope I dont end up in chocolate hell.

i think you answered your own question. you are new to this. Give it more time and you should get used to it.

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If your main goal is weight loss then your main focus should be on your diet. Exercise will help but it;s a lot easier not to eat 200 kcals than it is to work them off. Think every 100kcals is a mile on the treadmill. As you are recovering from surgery i dont think running hard is a good idea right now. Walking steadily…

keep moving!

looks like you are going too fast for your level of fitness. I dont know what your max is but lets say it's around 200 (given you hit 190 on a training run). Then your long runs should be about 80% of that - around 160 or so. If that means walking then walk - it will improve.

it's an interesing idea but unfortunately it would be better for you to use different pedometers rather than have different people use teh same pedometer. Check out dcrainmaker site - some terrific reviews in there - I am he has something to say on pedometers

This is quite an individual decision. Some people run hotter than others. I run hot and sweat a lot even in winter. I am more concerned about windproofing rather than keeping dry. So I will wear a thin long sleeve base layer with a very light windproof jacket over that. I would wear tracksters on legs when it's really cold…

All sorts of reasons why you might have sore shins but right now it's MOST LIKELY due to fact you are new to running. So without any other evidence the only advice is to rest and build up your running gradually.