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I can't imagine NOT having my Garmin now - the thought of running without it (which I do, very very occasionally) is awful. Mine is very basic, a used FR10, it doesn't hook up to a HRM but when I upload activities to GarminConnect I get lots more interesting data. My only regret is not getting my own one sooner and just…

that's fascinating, thanks I could look at stuff like this all day :blushing:

I LOVED marathon woman, has probably done more for my obsession with/love of running than anything else even my Garmin and even my trusty guru friend. Currently reading RUN - the mind/body method of running by feel by Matt Fitzgerald, is taking ages so not much of a page turner but interesting enough

mmmmmm

I do if I'm out for a couple of hours or more, I've got a camelbak thing that carries over 3 pints of water which is lots lots more than even I can drink on the move and I drink a lot more than the average person for various reasons. I've also got a little bottle that slips over my hand so it doesn't have to be held but I…

thanks that's for a very small group of young women, running very long distances and existing on a large calorie deficit over a period of time - the problem for them is not eating enough to support their running, it's not that running itself is making them osteoporotic! in general running (as with most weight bearing…

what do you mean? how can something be more or less ideal - ideal is ideal, how can it be compared?

OP please tell me more about the risks associated with bone density and running

yeah, 30 - 40 years ago things were very different! I don't think you could even buy running shoes or clothes for women. Kathrine Switzer's book Marathon Woman is a fantastic read about the prejudices women faced in the struggle to establish a women's distance event. it's strange that in so short a time, and especially…

true! but when you hand over so much money you can't help but wish they were not the fugliest shoes you ever saw in your life! having said that, just took them out for a sneaky couple of miles and oh the JOY of not feeling my blisters! my back is also enjoying not having loose straps rubbing it

I didn't need an appointment, it shows how things have changed since I last did this in 2006! It was more like a trip to the physio than the running shop, have never had pressure analysis before. I don't pronate or anything weird so that is ok, but I do run almost entirely on my toes and my left heel never ever touches the…

no, I've never used anything, always been a bit amused/horrified at people protecting their nipples and crotches from chafing but it didn't feel like something that would ever happen to me! I've lost weight since the bra was new, definitely, about 10kg or more (maybe 20 lbs?) gaining a bit at the moment but don't want to…

I do want a road pair at some point very soon but these are grid TR something, and supposed to be exactly the same (they are a sort of entry level shoe I think) but the toe box must be completely different inside - this is probably the point at which I discover they still have paper stuffed in them! I'll try them for one…

thanks Brian I'll try covering the ones that hurt the most (how can tiny blisters be so painful!) and yes I think it's a fit issue, for whatever reason they don't fit anything like as well as my old ones despite being same model and size don't have a lot of choice with shops, am in the middle of nowhere, I am sure I could…

think I will have to make an appointment anyway at the running shop, which can take ages, but on balance which is worse: 1. running with blisters 2. not running ?

my saucony wintry tights have a zip near the ankle, what is that even for? they are nice but unusually for saucony come up a bit big, I wondered if I got man ones by accident but label definitely says womens they have nice orange bits on them and some reflective detail and are from the 'vizipro' range and are WARM, I love…

(although am sure you can be a bit overweight and be perfectly healthy in real life!)

25 has never been healthy, it was always the start of being overweight

one of the best things about running is leaving the phone at home, and the mental freedom of not knowing or caring who is trying to talk to you! (cannot help but notice that my One day of Not Running is the first dry, sunny day for ages grrrrr)

haha LOVE it ok, it's on my Christmas list :)

I thought this was about the 'new BMI' calculator http://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/trefethen/bmi_calc.html

it's between 18.5 - 24.9 for women and men, so not anything below 25 and not just for women!

another bump

I dreamed about that last night, there was so much water I had to swim the rest of the way! This is because almost every run this week has taken place in quite heavy rain, I don't mind it at the time except when it is hitting my face and it's all sharp and it stings :( the hard part is warming up again when it's over, even…

are you from 1952?

am a newer runner, used to run a bit with a friend in about 2006 (I think?) and we did 5 and 10k events and I sort of enjoyed it but not enough to keep up with it when we stopped being friends, I don't know why I didn't think then about trying longer distances anyway got more focused on it this summer, getting my own…

am just bumping for something to drool over later

I'm so stupid I've never even thought of warming up (beyond a bit of a walk beforehand), unless it's an organised race and there is a proper session before you start :blushing: feel quite optimistic about Project Consistency anyway, I think I should at least improve my half marathon time in March even if the full distance…

voted for you, great vid! (wishing the others good luck too though, some inspiring people there)