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Hi! I'm 47 and have two boys, 7 & 9! I'll send you a friend request.

Tuesday: 4.5 mile trail run, 2.8 miles on the road FRiday: 10 miles trail

12 miles on the road!

Tuesday: 3 miles in the morning, 2 in the evening. Wednesday: 4 miles trail running.

second 10 miler of the weekend, much faster. Whew.

Got to spend some time on the trails today in beautiful temps, around 59*F, so nice! 10 miles

exercise/calorie calculators all over the internet. You figure it out, then make your own exercise, esp if it's something you're going to do frequently. Also, "stair climber" is another name for stair master (similar enough activity). Creating custom exercises is the best way to go.

had a few unplanned days off due to a back problem, but I'm at it again. 4 miles during a social run last night.

what? mfp figures it out for you. if you track your exercise, it increases the calories to go along with it. No thinking required.

yesterday was stair climber and body weight training day. Today, 9 miles with a friend.

5 miles trail miles today, lots of fun ups and downs. and yoga. :smiley:

Did spin class yesterday instead of running. 3 treadmill miles today, plus my body weight exercises. Kids go back to school tomorrow, and I hope to get out on a trail....OUTSIDE! WITHOUT KIDS! WOOT!

i ran 3.3 miles today! apartment gym treadmill (kids playing minecraft and watching). They aren't up to 3 miles two days in a row. go to school, kids! :p

Ran a 5k with my kids this morning, 3 more miles!

3 miles today! Great to have my first run of the year to write down in my log. :smiley:

My goal is 100 miles. My goal race isn't until October (not training until April or so), so I'm just maintaining fitness and focusing on other areas for a couple of months.

I don't break in new shoes, I save the new ones for races. If they feel wrong when you very first put them on, they won't get better, ever. They either fit, or they don't.

sure, good way of eating, lots of opportunity to avoid crappy foods, if you mean whole foods plant based. There are plenty of books/websites/facebook pages where you can review scientific information yourself. Anecdotally, I'm wfpb and an ultra marathoner. I get straight A's on my physical every years, as well. It's done…

If I'm doing something new (speed, distance, etc), then I run fewer days so as to recover. There are a million 10k training programs on the internet. I LOVE all of the running info found here, though. You will never be able to read it all. :smiley: http://fellrnr.com/wiki/Main_Page

I don't have 10 things: 1. changed my diet to mostly plants, and plant based foods (same calories) 2. exercised more, but stopped "eating back the calories" i've maintained my goal weight (give or take a little) for a couple of years now, and I've become an ultra-marathoner (plus straight A's on my yearly physical)

sometimes I feel like that starting out and my whole race is just a mess. I've prevented it that a lot by drinking nothing but gatorade the day before. Usually before a big race I've been travelling to get there and don't get enough electrolytes or fluid, leaving a bit short on race day. Some days you just have a horrible…

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I changed types of road shoes since I started running, from a supportive shoe to a very light neutral shoe. Once I had learned to run, I didn't need as much shoe anymore. Sort of like taking off the training wheels. (from Adidas Super nova..maybe...can't remember, to Brooks Pure Flow 3 and…

Thanks! This one is in my list for 2016, if I survive this year. Love it!

You can lube the area where chafing occurs, or put tape (athletic, kt, rocktape). Also, if your bra rode up, its too big. If you use the pullover kind, it should take some effort to get in and out of. It shouldn't be able to move around.

Lots of great answers, already. I set my Garmin watch to mark the distance within which I'd like to do speedwork.400m, 800m, etc.and just run whereever I want. Additionally, I've found short, steep hill sprints to be super beneficial to improving aerobic capacity.

It seems like it does for me, but I think it's because when I hit higher mileage and more rigorous training, I'm just so much hungrier. I usually can only lose weight if I'm training a lot less.

I'm 5'8 (138lbs). I wear an american size 2 (h&m size 6) measuring at my natural waist, not low waist. starting waist that I recall, around 34 now 26/27 (depending on time of month) hips are 37

Me! I'm an ultra/trail runner! Don Pendergraft is my friend. :smiley: I've run SO many races the last two years, but I'm "resting" right now to start training in April for another round of *kitten*-beating races. ha ha ha.

It depends. If I have another race within a month, I may only take an extra day off, have the next two runs be easy runs (instead of speed or hills) and move on to another long run weekend (15-25 miles). I continue my cross training as usual. If I don't have a race, I'll do a couple of easy runs and then maybe 10-12 on the…

maybe cut out the processed grains? (toast, tortillas, etc). Nothing's wrong w/ grains it's just that they have so many calories, especially wheat, and there's not much in it that you can't get from some other less calorie dense food. like put all of your burrito ingredients on some romaine, spinach or arugula. Another…