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Guinness. I think it's in the 120s calorie-wise.

Restarted Stage 3 yesterday. I'm sore! It's a good sore though. Tonight will be a run of some sort.

RE-re-restarting S3 today... lol. This time hopefully my schedule wont be so wonky! I felt like crap yesterday so that's all I really have for now.

I always do individual vs. cumulative for dumbells. It really doesn't matter, just two ways of writing the same thing. Just be consistent.

Starting over this week. With all of last week's events life was just CRAZY. I think I'm going to push back my half marathon so I can refocus and recharge. I will be starting Stage 3 over today. I'm also going to focus more on getting in enough protein. I've been REALLY bad at that. My protein powder isn't that great…

This week has just been nuts. I'm restarting Stage 3 Monday and doing more "fun" runs 4 days a week in anticipation for when I restart my half training. I just feel with everything going on that it will be better to push my half until the fall. I have other smaller races that I would love to do this summer and I really…

Blah. Craziness in the city. Everyone I know who ran is okay and my husband who just happened to leave the finish line 10 minutes before the bombing is fine just a little freaked out. Thank goodness he left. I haven't been really logging because, well, I just haven't. I was supposed to do NROL yesterday but I just didn't…

That's strange. There should have been a breakdown of the various stages with workouts A and B listed. The pages of exercises are just to become familiar with them as you go along. I read the book on my Kindle and those Stage/Workout/Reps pages showed up.

I do NROL. There is some HIIT later on that incorporates some cardio. Did I gain a little weight? Yup. Did I have to buy all new pants? Nope. In fact, I need to put a smaller notch in my belt. I am a runner and I pretty much gave up running for two months and saw some good results. I wasn't doing it for weight loss but…

That's good to know. Thanks!

I am not full on Paleo but I'm thinking that I should, I just need to take the plunge. I'm probably about 75% Paleo. I have noticed that it has caused my IBS symptoms to disappear which is wonderful. I do notice that when I start eating like I used to I get terribly sick, so I'm hoping to fully transition soon enough. My…

Wow! Lots of catching up. Sam, that's pretty much how I am when I am forced to run on the treadmill. I hate it! Also, I've been tested for a bunch of things but it always comes back normal so they just labeled me with "IBS" which I get but there has to be more to the issue than just your garden variety IBS. Happy Monday!…

Lcu, nothing helps. I've been through the wringer with doctors and everything too. Basically, I feel best when I have no dairy and eat as cleanly as possible (pretty close to Paleo). Also, avoid booze. That's always been a nasty trigger and since I have been avoiding it, it's worse. Then I forget, like you said, how much…

Emgel, I think we are pretty similar when it comes to working out. I think that's why I was battling some minor injuries before because I just go balls to the wall. Morning. I'm hoping/praying to get a lifting session in tonight since I missed the last two nights. The reason I'm not sure about it is because I caved last…

Rachie, you will have to keep posting updates for stronglifts. I am VERY interested in starting something like that once race season is over. Also, thanks to everyone for the advice on 2 vs 3 workout days/week. I think it's the right decision. I didn't end up doing sprints last night. I had a hot caffeinated beverage early…

Lcu, congrats on the strength gains! Also, that sounds like a killer running workout! QOTD: Favorite artist is tough. I love so many. Right now I'd have to go with Rihanna because of her song "Stay." I just love it.

Morning! I did an easy run last night and tonight will be 8x400 sprints. Km, I think I'm going to drop it down to 2x/week. It's not ideal but I have a lot of potential races in the next few months so I want to focus on running. I'm bummed because I love lifting but I think this is for the best. After race season I can just…

Sue, at least you were able to do something! I hate days when I feel like I might as well have stayed home but they key is you pushed yourself so congrats on that. Yeah, I realize I probably wont get the same out of NROL if I push it back to 2x/week. I already have big racing goals this summer so I might just cut back on…

Hmm, I never thought about switching up the NROL days to accommodate running but Emgel, your post reminds me that I should probably do it. I think the whole reason I was battling with issues was because I was lifting a bit much for the running I needed to do. Hmmm. Maybe I will try and do a Tu/Th schedule with the lifts so…

Wow! I have some catching up to do :) I have been MIA since this weekend and yesterday were just crazy. I need to make it a goal of mine to log in more often. My race was on Sunday and I was doing AMAZING until 2/3 of the way in and I got a terrible cramp across my rib cage. That sucked a lot. I somehow managed to rally…

Beeps: 50 seconds Sam: Congrats on the size 6! That is an awesome achievement chica! Rachie: Losing 2 inches in some areas is nothing to brush off. That took a lot of hard work and is a great difference! Please don't get discouraged. You are awesome and if you put in the work and the correct diet I am CONVINCED you will…

Ha Sam! I can never pull of the commando thing either.

Km, my tempo runs are constantly increasing until I hit half marathon day. Right now I'm up to a 40 minute tempo. I typically do a 10 minute warm up then increase to race pace or a bit below for 10 minutes then do increases every 5 or so minutes. I then do a 5 minute cool down which is at my warm up pace. My hill run is…

Sam that sounds like a great workout! Beeps, feel better already will ya?! ;) Yesterday was a rest day, I had to run and pick up something an hour away and drive back so there was no time to workout. I also had a nasty headache again... definitely work/stress related and I feel it creeping back today. I need to fight it…

Hello hello! Lcu, those are some great splits! Nice work :) I'm tired but I have been allowing myself to sleep in an hour for the past two days. I think I do better on 7 hours vs 8 hours. Last night I did a 40 minute tempo run. It wasn't terrible but I definitely felt a little sluggish. That's what lack of training does ;)…

Sam, that's a pretty great goal in my opinion! Beeps, I can't wait for my next hair cut. It is SO relaxing. Probably one of my favorite things. Sue, that was pretty much what I had to do last night. Sitting on the couch didn't help... the only thing that did was sitting in a dark room that was silent. I'm surprised I even…

Emgel, hope your hip feels better and GREAT job on that run! Last night I had a migraine so I ended up doing bike instead of some weights. I'm still not re-doing Stage 3 until Monday. Tonight I will hopefully do a 40 minute tempo run. Otherwise I'm taking it easy this week and doing another 6+ hill run on Thursday to prep…

QOTD (from yesterday): The short version is that we met in college :) My rib has been feeling better so on Saturday I went on a 6.something mile run. It felt really good. I reached the spot where I could make it a 3 miler or go on and I decided to go on and I'm glad I did. It was a HECK of a run. Tons of rolling hills,…

I initially felt that way but I did notice improvement when I focused more on how/what I was fueling my body with. I personally think it's helping my running endurance-wise. Keep at it and rest your body if you need it and fuel yourself correctly. See how it goes from there.

QOTD: Silver!