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Never tried it myself, but I've heard diet cranberry juice and vodka is good.

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I read someplace that for every week you take off, it takes two weeks of training to get your conditioning back. When I had an injury and had to take a week off from running, my first 2-3 mile run felt brutal (prior to the break my long run was around 8 or 9 miles). I started slow at around 2 miles and added another mile…

I'm also planning on breaking after the first of the year, not that I won't be running occasionally, but for the past 6 months every week I've been pushing myself to go further than the week before. It's getting a little bit ridiculous. I don't have another paid for race until March at this point (just a 5k) and not…

It sounds realistic to me, especially if you are aiming for something 6 months out

On my long run days, I do have trouble eating them all back. Its really hard when I'm out for 7 hours or so and then when I get back I'm not really that hungry right away. But I find I more than make up for that on the weekends, so I just try to look at the entire week's totals.

Nothing much new. Last week before taper starts so 13 today and 26 tomorrow. I've really been slacking off on shorter runs and cross-training, so I will hopefully pick that back up next week.

For my marathon I'm expecting to be pretty far back in the pack. Really, my only goal is to finish ahead of the sag wagon, so there may be quite a bit of walking going on. Disney has a required finish time of 7 hours right?

Definitely C25K, I started in May and am planning on running my first marathon next month. And believe me, I could barely do the 60 second running intervals when I started.

Yep, I got excited and signed up before I had time to realize how ridiculous it was, but done two weeks of shorter (11-12) mile runs followed the next day by long runs (23-26 miles). Hopefully it will be alright, the only thing I can't practice for is being dragged around Disney World by my 3 year old all day Friday and…

runnersworld.com/whattowear The days I wear exactly what it tells me to I do fine, the days I second guess it and add more layers I end up too hot.

Totally realistic, my first half was finished in 2:40:06. Three weeks later my second half was 2:29:15. Try to find yourself a pacing group to at least start with. If you're feeling good halfway through you can step it up and leave the group.

No races in December, but several on the books for next year: January 7/8th-Disney Marathon Weekend-Goofy Race and a Half Challenge (1st marathon!) April 21st-Carmel Championship Weekend Marathon May 5th-500 Festival Mini Marathon May 19th-Geist Half Marathon June 30th-Mudathalon Indiana September 15th-Air Force Marathon…

Some training programs will include a recovery week after the race. For the Goofy Race & a Half plan, the program will have me running 3 miles (I think) on Tuesday, which is only 2 days after the marathon (3 days after the half). Even if you didn't follow a training plan for your race, it can't hurt to look at a few and…

Usually just putting pressure on the area works for me, I don't even have to stop running to do it; just keep pressing on it until the stitch goes away.

Just finished a 12 mile, planning on a long run tomorrow. Not sure exactly how long, I'm waffling between routes-it will be somewhere between 24-26 miles (and I don't have to go to work afterwards this time!

I wear contacts all the time. I've never had a problem with sweat blurring my vision, just with the salt stinging like crazy when it gets in my eyes.

I would definitely encourage you to run the Monumental-I ran the half this year and it was one of the most well put together races I've run at any distance.

I have all my runs for the next month penciled in on my calendar- any time someone wants to make plans, I have to look at whether it will conflict with my run and see if there is another time that day that I can reschedule the run. I usually don't feel bad on the days I choose not to do my run (like today, I'm wimping out,…

This one always comes on about 20 miles into my long run. It definitely makes me push through, I need to add it a few more times for those last six miles!

Sometimes I do peanut butter on toast with sliced bananas on top for a quick protein snack. There are some good protein bars out there too, some of them taste like candy bars. Look for Advanced Health Systems.

Do what you've been doing for the 7 mile runs. If you carry a water bottle, then carry it. Take an extra gel or two beyond what you would normally be using (especially if you're a slow runner like me). Don't go out too fast and use up all your energy, stick to the pace you pick beforehand. Good luck!

Work went pretty good actually, very little stiffness or soreness, which was awesome. I'll check out that article, but a lot of days I lose my motivation to run after 15-20 miles, doing one long run means I'm far away from my house when that happens, so I have no choice but to finish up.

I do both, because I do like the Points Plus system, and I like having to weigh every week (plus my work pays for it so its free anyway). Mainly I use this site for the message boards, and because I've been tracking my exercise on here for much longer than I've been doing Weight Watchers, and I like to at least keep an…

Gearing up for a 23 mile run today. This will be the first long run of done the day immediately after another run (yesterday was 11 miles) in prep for the back to back races at Disney. Worried about my legs being tired, but not afraid to walk some, especially on some of the huge hills. More worried about working all night…

You get used to it. Nurses can go 12 hours without a bathroom break. Of course, we rarely get to grab a drink either.

Had to cut my run about a mile short-my fingers started to hurt and then went numb. It was cold and rainy and I was kind of starting to worry about frostbite. Fortunately my in-laws live about a mile down the road and my father-in-law was able to drive me home. I was doing good until I took off my gloves at a break and got…

Not a lot this week. Hopefully 11-12 miles tomorrow and 23 the day after. Maybe if I'm lucky and the weather holds out I'll get a second 11 mile run in on Friday, but its been pretty nasty lately, and I have final papers/projects due in both of my classes next week.

I'm on the fence about an 11 mile today. On one hand I've put in 42 miles since last Monday, which is about 8 more than I've ever put in before, its raining and I have a ton of things to do today. On the other hand, I would love to break 50 miles in a week, and I won't have a free day to run again until Tuesday.