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Wow, a lot of replies in a short span of time! You obviously hit on a hot topic. Not being a woman, I will not comment on if this decision should be made pre-kids or post-kids. I just want to share my experience. I lost over 70 pounds 6 - 7 years ago. While I have not kept it all off, I have kept most of it off. Yet even…
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I am no running coach. In my own training, I have found that I need a combination of long runs and shorter runs every week to stay injury free. Depending on what events I may have coming up, my weekly milage varies from 15 - 40 miles per week. Some of my personal rules are: * Long run is no more than 50% of the weekly…
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I used to use Nike+, but then transmitter died and I never replaced it. Now I use BuddyRunner, a free android app which utilizes the GPS in a smart phone and posts the run results to a website. I like keeping track of various runs to compare with past runs and I also look at the split times to see if my perception of the…
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In 2004 I got sick and tired of being fat. I was approaching 40 years old, am 5' 5", and weighed 242 pounds. Not knowing what else to do, I joined Weight Watchers. After three weeks, they told me to start walking for exercise but that didn't seem macho enough for me. So I decided to run. Those early runs were dreadful. I…
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Frankly your pace does not matter. One of my favorite t-shirts I saw when I ran my first half-marathon was "My 13 minute mile is just as far as your 8 minute mile." and it couldn't be more true. I have a good friend who ran 12 marathons in 12 months from October 2010 to October 2011. She told me the hardest part was not…
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I have been a penguin runner for years. Just ran my first marathon this fall with a shirt I had custom made. The front read "You don't have to go fast. You just have to go." and the back read "Too slow to win. Too dumb to quit." Not sure what would be involved, but over the last 7 years running changed my life from…
