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  • My 4th marathon is in just over a week. (1, 2 and 3 were all last year.) Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, MN. Hopefully I won't look a day over 40 (I'll be 40 two days before the race.)
    in which marathon or half are U training for? Comment by Jdigaetano June 2011
  • I used to be amazingly self-conscious about being seen running. I ran indoors only on a treadmill where nobody could see me for a good six months before I braved the outdoors. Once I did though... I haven't touched my treadmill in two years!
    in Did jogging/running really make a difference (toning your bo Comment by Jdigaetano May 2011
  • Started with Couch to 5k and was completely nonathletic and obese. Since then I learned to journal and relearned how to eat and continued running. Two and a half years later I'm 100 lbs lighter, consider myself a long distance endurance athlete, and am a vegetarian. Couch to 5k started me on a path that reshaped my life,…
    in Did jogging/running really make a difference (toning your bo Comment by Jdigaetano May 2011
  • Cool idea! I'm running Fox Valley Marathon in September as a training run for the Taterbug 30 in November. USAF is a great race! The course is mostly booooring, but the aid stations and staff and military personnel, as well as the airplane flyovers, etc make it a spectacular event worth doing. Make time to spend a day at…
    in Fall 2011 Marathon Support Group Comment by Jdigaetano May 2011
  • Oh goodness that sounds familiar. When I did this (back in 2008) my calves were on fire when I was doing the running segments. It felt terrible, and abated when I went faster. However I soldiered through and pretty much one day after I was sure I couldn't take it any longer it just stopped.
    in Question about using a treadmill for C25K Comment by Jdigaetano April 2011
  • The irony here is you're starting a running program and everyone will tell you not to be in a hurry. :tongue: It's 100% true. It is deliberate that no speed defines the run or the walk segments. Do whatever speed is achievable. Your first goal is to get conditioned to the running segments. Pacing isn't relevant. Push…
    in Question about using a treadmill for C25K Comment by Jdigaetano April 2011
  • So. Very. True. Well said!
    in been at it for a while not seeing results and want to quit! Comment by Jdigaetano April 2011
  • Ah! The Flying Pig! Great race! I ran the marathon there last year. (Profile pic is me near the finish line, it was WET last year.) You expect to sleep decently the night before your first half marathon. That's cute. Get extra sleep tonight and tomorrow night. Go to bed early Saturday night but trust me when I tell you it…
    in 1/2 Marathon Advice Comment by Jdigaetano April 2011
  • Good for you getting to the start line of your first half marathon! You're going to be so proud of yourself! You've been doing long runs, yes? Those 8-10 mile runs have been practice for the big day. If you did one of them in the morning think about what you did that morning and everything was fine, replicate it, just at…
    in 1/2 Marathon Advice Comment by Jdigaetano April 2011
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