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songbyrd, jan, smiles...your posts jsut made me want to get out and run. I cant tonight becuase I have my weekly horseback riding lesson with the fiance, but sunday I am off ALL DAY and it will be the perfect time to get back int othe running again! I have slacked the last few weeks and one of the instructors at the gym…
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awwww yay JAN you found us :) I am glad you tried the cycling. I work in a fitness club and I lvoe the cycling classes, theyare a great addition :)
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wow, thanks chrissy, thats a great idea :) I might have to go check that out and see what the suggest for me too :) i FINALLY got out on my first run in a while. I only went about 3km but it was freezing and i havent run in 3.5 weeks so it felt good to even get out there and do it! Im so glad to see everyones posts....you…
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i originally thought it was the cold weather, but I suffer from some depression issues and its mainly making myself get out of bed at 6am and run like I was before. I am actually going to the running room tomorrow and going to look at the winter running clothing. i want a wind breaker slo that i can run in the damp weather…
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Ok.....I am relly struggling. I havent been fora run in afew days and I am finding it really hard to get going again...i hve managed to run inside a few times but nothing like i was.. HELLLPPPPP !!!!
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I was thinking about the gateway too. I printed off the program and was looking at the podrunner as well. I cant wait to get up to 8 and 10 km!!!!Then its on to the half marathon (hopefully!!!!) I'm so glad everyone is here!!!!
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awww Im so glad so many people found the thread :) welcome all!!!!! congrats to everyone who finished the 5km is close to finishing, and a BIG congrats to those who have just started their running journey!!1 keep up the great work!! I am actually going for a short run this afternoon after I get home from work. I need to…
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Hey Toots, I asked my cousin who is a doctor because i was having simmillar pains and she said that its probably a lactic acid build up. Apparently it can crystalize in your body and you really have to work to losen it back up. She told me to go for a nice long walk and warm up the muscles. when you get back home, either…
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Ok, I might be doing this all wrong, but how do you read someone else's food diary? I went to that person's profile who said there's was public and when I click on "read food diary" it takes me to the screen where you would click on the "breakfast, lunch, dinner" etc but it doesnt show any food at all? What am I doing…
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Wow...thats amazing. How much do you love losing inches :smile: There is NOTHING better than slipping into a pair of jeans that didnt fit two months ago. You are a rock star!!!! I slipped into a pair of moto jeans I havent worn in 8 MONTHS and I couldnt believe that they fit comfortably. And just in time since i wore my…
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Hello everyone. I just wanted to stop by and tell all of you that you CAN DO THIS I just finished my first 5km race EVER in 42 minutes and 12 seconds! I wanted to say thank you to all of you who helped me through motivation and education to get me where I am today! I ran with a friend who helped to motivate me. I had to…
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momma that sucks about the safe places to run. Is there no subdivisions or anythign like that. Maybe a place in town that has lights along the run? I usually run at 5:30 in the morning and its really dark so I usually run with my dog Apollo as a safety precaution! I am hitting a brick wall myself today but its not a…
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So...I talked to my cousin who is a doctor (she specializes in babies but shes still a doc lol) and she said that its most likely a lactic acid build up. She says that sometiimes that lactic acid builds up and actually crystalizes and can cause some major pain. she said that the best thing to do is to have someone massage…
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I am suffering the canadian thankgiving dilema too. I have a dinner with my mom's side of the family tonight, and my fiance's side tomorrow!!! Thankfully my mom's side is filled with great cooks, and his side...well not so much :blushing: I already planned out on here what I am going to eat, which is turkey (I dont…
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man, living up in Canada sucks hehe. We only ever get the vanilla and chocolate sandwhiches and the vanilla/chocolate cup and a couple of the thing on sticks. I love mint chocolate ....I really think they need to market that up here as well :) Im so jealous of all you lucky people. I have my finace hooked on them as well.…
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I just got the F7 and it is the best product out there. Polar is a great name and the only problem i can see being an issue later on is parts. if something is discontinued it will be very hard to replace the part which could make purchasing a more expensive/better model worthless. ihope that helps. i find my F7 is great…
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I love my polar F7 heart rate monitor. it makes the work out so much more exciting because you g et to see EVERY TIME you burn calories (can you tell Im a geek hehehe) I ran again yesterday and I keep having calf problems. My calfs seem tender all the time now. At first I thought it was becuase I had a charlie horse a few…
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WOW you guys are awesome.! thank you so much for the ideas. I like bananas so I'll make sure to eat one of those every couple days too :) I'll make an apt to go see my doctor too as soon as he gets back from vacation. My mom is a pharmacist as well and she suggested lots of calcuim so lets hope the combination of potassium…
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good luck hun. I just finished and it was great! Running in my first 5km October 18th!!! Have a great first run this weekend :smile:
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awww that sucks about the IPOD....i hope you can get a new one soon. im really excited because I am 2lbs away from my first mini incentive which was that if I lost 10lbs and completed a 5km race then my fiance would buy me my FIRST EVER IPOD NANO and I run the 5km on October 18th and need to lose 1.8lbs to hit 10lbs :) Im…
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JPrice..,.you can totally do this. Apparently you are running a race the day before I am and I just finished week 9 day2 on monday! We can totally do this! Just make sure to do your next few runs outside so that you're more comfortable with the breathing/wind resistance/hills etc! You will be amazing! Im more than a little…
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booo urns... thunderstorm when I got home from workand it has been a crazy downpour with winds about 65km per hour today...stupid canadian weather! I`ll take my camera tomorrow and hopefully there will be a nice sunrise when im out and I`ll do my best to snap it :)
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noooooo we dont want this thread to die!!! its such a great one :) Thanks Momma for the post :) I had to work early this morning so I have to try and run tonight when I get home. Im always so tired though after work, so I know its going to be a HUGE HUGE HUGE STRUGGLE to get through the 30 minute run today. I hope I can do…
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wow...I must just say, I bought a Polar F7 heart rate monitor and I am IN LOVE with it. It renewed my urge to work out. I strap it on everytime I got to work out and am constantly amazed by the number of calories it tells me I have used :)
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hey...thanks for the tip on the mapmyrun.com.....I've never used it becuase I didnt think it would work in Canada, especially in the small town i live in...BUT IT DID!!! I just used it to map my 5km run which I am going to attempt tomorrow :) woo hoo bring on the fun!!!!
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Hi everyone :) I decided to clock how far I went on friday, and I just found out that I am going 4.5km including the walking part but Im SOOOOO happy that its that close to the 5km!!!! I only have the last week of 30minutes now and the 5km race on October 18th!!!! I'll try and take some pics of where I run, but its really…
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so I have been meaning to ask for a while, does anyone on this program run with a heart rate monitor? I am thinking of getting one and have been doing some research on them and just wanted to see if anyone on this FABULOUS thread uses them :) p.s. keep up the good work everyone!!
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i was reading an article ina running magazine today and it said that walk breaks were optional in shorter runs but mandatory in longer runs to maintiain a good pace all the time! Apparently its best to run 10 minutes and walk 1 minute then run 10 minutes again. I dont know if that helps, but I end up taking the odd walk…
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that is awesome. A good friend of mine has a subscription to a couple different running magazines and I always borrow them after she reads them and it works good for me for motivation. Im sure you wil love it :)
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wooo hooo amy!!! you are a freakin rock star!!!! I am so jealous and inspired at the same time!!! I also have to say that i was running 25minutes and looking at the 30 minute runs and I didnt think it would get me 5km and apparently I was sort of right becuase it took you 45 minutes to run the 5km which is AMAZING by the…
