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consistency in putting myself first! I always put my runs off for my family. we will be traveling a lot this summer for softball and baseball, and I know to feel my best thru out, I MUST get my runs on I want to build my base back to 25-30 a week when not training for a race. put 750 on the books from now to 12-31 These…

thanks! been running consistently again for several years, slowly working my way up in mileage. was a distance runner in school (2 years ago!!) never dealt with many injuries, shoot had one, stress fractures from shocker: over training. I was running about 8 consistently, working my way back after health issues with a…

I am Dee, been distance running on and off for over 30 years. ran track and XC in high school, a bit in the Navy, then got bus with kids and a marriage, and for got to take time for me. Slowly been building back into running over the course of 5 years, different issues, bone spurs, plantar fasciitis, etc have sidelined me…

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this!! 8 cortisone shots $800 in orthotics and quality running shoes later, here is what I learned: Ice, stretches, before you ever get out of bed, and when you go to bed. Get a decent pair of orthotics, IF you have high arches like me. the best runners for me, Asics, others prefer Brooks or New Balance. Write the ABC's…

thanks, I do have Polar FT4. I do the above, from storing separately to washing regularly, but did loan it to a friend who may not have done such. will be going thru and trying all the different steps again, and hope it works! yesterday I bent over to tie my shoe, my HRM was supposedly 243!

http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/workout/running/training-schedules/half-marathon-training-beginner/ this is an 8 week beginner plan, but if you are already running, I think you can easily adapt to suit where you are

Any size, long as I look good naked!! :smooched: Currently can wear anything from a 4 to a 10, an adult large to a childs medium, so I refuse to go by clothing size. when I feel comfortable in my skin, that's my ideal!

BOOM, since it was missing...:glasses:

Height 5 ft 7 Age: 43 female *oops, dont need to be older! Highest weight: 177 pounds (preg 217) Current weight 140.6 pounds Goal weight ? Around 130 pounds, or when better toned than now! Lightest weight 112, about 10 less than what would be an ugw if I didn't LOVE food ;-)

5'7" CW 140.7 GW 130, maybe 125 Hourglass 38 boobs 28 waist 38 hips 33 under boobs Really looking to tone more now, maybe lose 10-15 more... Feeling much better now that I dug out the tape measure! My mind doesn't reflect the mirror

I don't mind, hell I have worked hard to drop 37 pounds! :love: Don't mind at all, until people say, "not that I think you were that big before", or "OMG how did you have that much to lose".....:grumble: well apparently they never noticed I do carry extra weight well (luckily and not!) Don't mind until the overweight…

Asics kayano. Just ran my last real road run in my old ones, they are delagted to sloppy trail runs now, as my new 19s just came in. Love love love them, no issues with plantar fascitiis or hip issues I had with other brands...already have my new pair on order for when they are released in July!

Im in for trying, working thru post half marathon muslce soreness, so not sure I can, but I gonna try :happy:

for me it depended on the person. Husband, right away. Close friends, the first 15, which was last year. Friends, another 5-10, which was earlier this year. Now, everyone notices and comments, in part because I am not hiding under the clothes anymore. I am wearing more form fitting. Now, for me to notice, totally different…

just ove the Delaware line in Broome County, town of Sanford

NY,not the city, not upstate, not central... 3 hours west of NYC, right about where the straight line that defines the border with PA turns crooked :-) Lived all up and down the coast, FL, NC, SC, GA. Summer in Va!

In high school I ran just over 5:30 a mile. Now at 43, I run 9:45 minute a mile pace.....you did it, you did great, dont let him brin you down from that high you felt!

AWESOME!!! Loved this, read it twice :-) congrats on the hard work paying off!

I added you, am a returning runner, just did my first 5k in 25 years Saturday, my first half is May 5. My plan, finishing, even if I crawl over the finish line!! I am hoping for 12 also, tho I injured a tendon before Easter, and lost some of my distance prep, one way or another, I will finish!!

My husbands has jumped thru the roof :smokin: as I have lost the weight :laugh:

Just read an article this morning about whether you run a 15 minute mile, or a 5 minute mile, the act of running is still running, and even some of the worlds fastest runners think they run slow! :happy:

My just turned 9 year old asked me a similair question last week. She is a huge momma's girl, and wanted to exercise like mom to lose weight, because she kept hearing people comment on my loss. I have always made sure I say I am exercising because I want to be healthier. She always hears she looks just like me, and I dont…

Who? Media, friends, even parents. As a 43 year old mom of three, I still hear my stepfather saying 5 more pounds and you will be perfect. At the time I was running crosscountry, logging between 80-100 miles a week, prob weighed about 115 at 5'7 inches! had that little bit that "rolls" when you are sitting. I to this day…

would put mine on board :bigsmile: When I started back into a daily routine, and the weight started coming off, my husband sat on the couch, eating whatever. Complaining he hadnt gottenback in shape after a hip replacement. Never said a negative word about it. Slowly he started coming to the basement when I was on the…

About to hit the trail to Run for Boston with my lab!

Why can't you combine them??? Lose as you train? Long as you are properly fueling your body, and not eating back exercise calories, should all come together. I shed 24 since Jan by doing this...my first half is May 5

thank, need to remember the PR part :flowerforyou: really missing the endoprhins!!! gonna try today, see how a short run goes :happy:

Thanks :-) at this point, I am still unable to run...drs orders, just extended til Monday...I am now resolved to what is, well, is. If I walk and run, whatever, I will do the race, just not on my original terms. I will finsih the race. Then I will begin for my next! I have injured the tendon from my foot to shin, right now…

Solo. Either they irritate me, bc I want the quiet peace from my kids, or they run slower than me...and I am not fast!