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Yes, use your Garmin. That's what I use. All calculators and gym machines are notorious for overestimating.
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Sounds like he has no interest in the gym!;) Power walking, really? I assume he's a healthy youngish guy? wow.
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no, running isn't enough, especially if you're only running flats and not running hills. Runners tend to have weak hips for example. Strength training should include your legs.
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+1, although I don't even log walks.
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Totally common, seen as sort of a "runners right of passage" to some!:) It happens to me, but only at distances of a half marathon or more, and only on the second toe on my right foot. I wear a 7.8 or 8 shoes and my running shoes are 8.5, I keep thinking about going up to the 9. It happened with both of my last marathons.…
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I know you didn't ask for this advice, but here's my advice. Slow your pace. If your HR is getting too high to keep going, you're running too fast. Slow it down until you are running at a pace you think you can sustain (even if it's a very slow jog). You'll naturally get faster as you keep training, but for now, just slow…
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30 Day Shred is a Jillian Michaels dvd, I have that one as well as Ripped in 30, 6 week 6 pack, etc. You can see a lot of the videos on youtube. the 30 day ones are all based on 3 mins of strength, 2 mins of cardio, 1 min of core plus a warm-up and cool-down and you're done in less than 30 mins. I'd highly recommend the 30…
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Yes, totally normal. I gained weight training for marathons as I couldn't stop eating. As others have said, make sure you're eating back the calories you burn. And the higher quality your diet the better so that it keeps you full (heavy in fruit, veggies, lean protein, nuts, etc).
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You didn't specify, so I wanted to mention, don't do static stretching before working out. You don't want to stretch cold muscles as that could cause injury, only stretch after your workouts when they're warmed up. Instead, before working out, you want to do dynamic stretching, which for running, would be thinks like…
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Because your feet swell and expand and flatten out as you run, so you need extra room for them. Especially if you're running hills (I can't avoid them where I live). If you're in too small of shoes, you can smack the ends of your toenails against the shoes and get the dreaded black toe nails (which I'm still sporting on…
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I'd say that if you've been running in them just fine until very recently, you've got one of a few things going on: 1. Despite only have 100 mi on them, perhaps you've underestimated a bit and they're really breaking down. Whenever I start getting aches/pains out of nowhere, it's almost always the shoes and as soon as I…
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How old are your shoes? I always get knee pain if I'm wearing shoes that are too old and broke down.
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+1!!! IF, you're used to a larger heel drop of say 12mm and you go to a more minimalist shoe of 4mm, they should still feel good out of the box, but you don't want to do too much too soon. That's a case where you'd want to use them on some short runs a few times a week, gradually getting your muscles used to them, but…
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Skechers are not a good quality running shoe. Go to a running specialty store (not a big box store like ****'s, but a local running only store) and have them fit you in a shoe. It'll make a huge difference and I'm willing to bet your shin splints go away. Keep running in poor quality shoes and you're going to end up with…
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Were you wearing them for anything other than strictly running? (walking, to run errands, crosstraining or other gym workouts, etc?) that all adds mileage. Also, regardless of mileage, the shoes will be breaking down just based on the age of 5 years. I think the # I've read is 300-500 miles, or at least once a year. The…
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Same store, but get a different employee to evaluate your gait and see what they'd recommend you wear. They should swap them out for you. Don't worry about the $$, you want the right pair so you don't end up with pain/injury and be sidelined all together. I would not run in them again if they're bothering you.
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First thing, did you go to your local running store (not a big box store like ****'s, but a specialty running store) and get properly fitted for shoes? If not, do that and I bet your pain goes away. If you already did that, I'd take the shoes back and tell them what you're feeling and see if a different shoe would be…
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+1 Also, don't go 5 years again before buying new shoes. You only get about 300 - 500 miles out of a pair. You could have some lingering foot pain from running on worn out shoes as well.
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Upping that mileage more than 10% a week is a killer, so sorry. :( Besides the obvious icing and ibuprofen to reduce any inflammation, and staying off of it, if it were me, I'd make an appt with my sports chiropractor. He does more PT type things along with ART, dry needling, etc. Every time I've had a running related…
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I'd probably just jump back into the 10k program where you left off then and build back up to it. Check out Hal Higdon's plans too, they're on his website and free and great for beginners.
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You look amazing!! Great job!!! And good luck on the fall marathon, I ran my first last fall and what an amazing experience!!!
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That's amazing!!! Congratulations!!
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I would not go back and repeat the 5k program. As a beginner, by running more, you'll naturally get faster. No sense in rebuilding back up to 3 miles again, just keep running those 3 miles 3-5 times a week and they'll get faster.
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For sure. I did 27 mins of 30 Day Shred today, HRM with chest strap showed 171 calories, logging it on MFP under "circuit training" for 27 mins would give me 264, almost 100 calorie difference!
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I use a heart rate monitor (with chest strap) and log the calories burned (actually my Garmin running watch with the satellite turned off), still not perfect, but I think it's better than any alternative.
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Very good advice. No speedwork until you have a base of at least 20-25 miles a week for a year. If it were me, I'd run those 3 miles 3-4 times a week, then pick either Saturday or Sunday for your long run and slowly increase that distance (3mi the first week, 3.25 or 3.5 the next week, 3.5 - 4 the following week, etc), and…
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Do you think you could run that 3 miles on a consistent basis? How many days a week do you want to run? Do you want to be able to run a 10k distance? Once I know those answers, I can give a better response.
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Yea, or that. 50-55 miles/week is more miles than I'll be running during peak marathon training this summer for my first marathon in October.
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omg, that's a lot of miles every day! Do you ever take a rest day? Training plans generally cycle between easy and hard days with at least one complete rest day a week, seems like you're doing a lot of mileage at the exact same (distance/intensity). I honestly don't know exactly how to cut back, but for long run this…
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Ok, that helps. So you're currently working up to a 5k. My guess is shin splints then. You probably haven't put in enough pounding yet to cause a stress fracture. When is the half marathon? Before you take on that distance, it's helpful if you can run 3 miles 3-4 times a week before that training plan starts. #1 - so do…
