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Ooops - thanks! Wasn't thinking too clearly after yesterday's beerfest. With the heavy rain and my hangover, I don't think I'll be doing my long run today.

My wife got 2nd place overall female today while I got 3rd place overall male today: Picture links not working - oh well, I give up!!

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Yeah. P90X is a much different animal than P90. I did a few of the P90 videos before getting into P90X. Running stuff this week: Tuesday: 3.2 miles group run Wednesday: track workout - 6 x 400m at 7:20 pace (total 3.75 miles with w/u and c/d) Thursday: 3.25 miles group run Tomorrow is a 2.5 mile trail race - the 3rd race…

Good luck Joe! I didn't really follow their diet guidelines that closely. At first I dropped my carbs pretty low for at least a month and I saw my body fat dropping. But at the same time I was trying to run more and eventually the lack of enough carbs caught up to me. I slowly brought up my carb intake a little more each…

There are many body-weight exercises in P90X but you would be missing the benefit of over half the total exercises without weights. I would at least buy some cheap resistance bands - that's how I originally started strength training over a year before moving on to P90X. Body-weight squats are great if you want to avoid…

Yep - last spring. P90X strength training routines are great. I highly recommend them. You definitely will not build "bodybuilder" type muscle in that program. But you will build some muscle and get more defined. I think all runners will benefit from strength training. P90X has a great leg routine that has a lot of moves…

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Nice run Joe! Yeah it was warm here too for tonight's group run - about 75. Got in 3.2 miles at 9:30 pace. Felt great!

Yep, me too! Doesn't matter if it's cold or warm but it's worse when cold. I always carry a small hand towel.

Anything that hurts more than 2-3 days needs checked out. You might have strained something and continue to aggravate it. If rest & ice don't help after a couple of days see a doctor. Last year I ran through hip pain for a month and ended up taking a long time off running and spending a lot for doctor's visits & therapy.…

I just have some basic MP3 headphones so I don't really have an option to pull up certain songs. I just listen to whatever is playing and it's a mix of a lot of different stuff. With that said there are certain songs that help. I like Lose Yourself by Eminem, Kickstart My Heart by Motley Crue, Smack My B*tch Up by The…

I'll get there in a couple years or so.

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Sweet!! Nice job!

We met up for our monthly group trail run this morning. My wife & I wanted to get more miles in so we got there shortly after 6am and ran 5 miles in the darkness. Daylight savings was not nice for early morning runners today! We then got some demo Montrail shoes to try out and headed back out with the group for another 5…

As I get close to 300 miles I get a new pair to start working in the rotation. The only exceptions are like last week when everything in the store was discounted and I couldn't pass up buying the newer model of my long-run shoe. I'll tuck them away for a couple of months until they are needed.

Great news madmiss! Hopefully you get back into the groove.

Wow - great job Ceci!!

Yep, so true. For the past few months I have been doing one-legged balance exercises 3x a week. Now I am getting good at doing them with my eyes closed. That has helped my lower leg stabilization tremendously and no soreness at all after trail runs.

Good point about the heart rate! I try to stay around 70% for long runs and easy runs and at that level I feel like I could run forever. I don't worry about pace at all on those runs. I should probably just remove pace from my Garmin's main screen so I stop looking at it. I already have the 2nd screen setup for lap time &…

Welcome to the group!! Yes, longer slow runs for now. Work on building a solid base - it's like a pyramid. The long slow runs and easy short runs in general should make up the foundation of your running. Build that base first before adding speedwork, tempo runs, etc.

Rindy - nice run and I hope you see spring soon! The weather has been pretty nuts here. Last Sunday it was 70°F but then Tuesday it was 40°F and I was wearing two layers of pants and three layers of tops to stay warm on our group run. Wednesday was in the 60's and I was running my track workout in shorts and a T-shirt.…

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Just take it slow and keep your eyes on the trail. If you have steep uphill sections, take small steps more on your forefoot and pump your arms to help move forward. Anything really steep, just walk it. Downhills are tricky and sometimes dangerous - keep your arms a bit lower and out further from your sides to help…

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Last night was a big Fat Tuesday event put on by the local running store. Lots of shoes to test drive from Adidas, ASICS, Brooks, Hoka, Mizuno, New Balance, Nike, and Saucony. I tried on shoes from everyone except Nike & ASICS (neither have fit me well in the past). I liked the Saucony Guide 7 when I did a short 1/4 mile…

YES!!! Our weekday group runs won't be in the dark any more.