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I had a bowl of bran flakes about an hour before I went for what ended up a short run. After 2 miles it felt as if all my energy had drained away and I was running on fumes. Another half a mile later those feelings went away and I finished comfortably but had already shortened my route so only managed 4.75 miles as a…

I consciously go for a brisk walk up to 3 times a day at work, these I log. Sometimes I walk before and after a run to warm up/cool down, these I log. Normal day to day walking I don't log as this is normal daily activity.

I was given a fitbit one for Christmas. I have been using it daily and it is linked to MFP which in turn links to Runkeeper. I get a lot of negative calorie adjustments and if I forget to take it off when I run I get a huge step count :). I'll have to see if it helps me lose weight but it is still early days.

Most of my workouts are in the evening so i'll normally have had breakfast and lunch. Weekends I go running in the mornings without eating first, recently I had breakfast while waiting for the rain to ease off and my run was hard work with me feeling lethargic so I'd prefer not to eat first.

I did mostly cardio for a few months and shed loads of weight. As my fitness improved I added resistance so now I regularly do both to mix it up.

I work out most days for no more than 1 hour 20 mins which includes my warm up, cool down and stretching except on my weekly long run day when I sometimes do more. That's more than enough for me and I have maintained my effort for most of 2013.

Trust your FT7 it is working out your burn

yep, short quick 3 mile run @ 8:35 pace, lots of people around visiting and of course the bleary eyed early risers (due to excited kids waking early), out walking the dog - Merry Christmas everyone

I am still overweight albeit a lot lighter than this time last year so no I won't be taking a break. Exercising and eating better are a way of life now so it shouldn't be too difficult to keep on track especially as I have just come off a 3 month plateau.

Exactly

I think the online calculator is designed to give people a boost as most fitness ages seem to be lower than actual age

At the beginning of this year I was very over weight and running was hard work so I started off run walking and when I could run for 30 mins I barely covered 2.25 miles. I stuck to it and as of last week I have run 20x5k parkruns with a pb of 26:01 and 1 competetive 10k race in 55:15. It has worked for me and I am 3 stone…

2000 Honda Deauville 650 2004 Honda CBF 600

I use runkeeper on my iphone and a garmin forerunner and both calorie counts were in the same ball park, at last saturday's 5k Parkrun I burnt 440 calories

At 183 lbs I burnt 885 calories in 55 mins during a 5k race

There is plenty of good advice contained in the IPOARM threads, search and read it should answer your questions ETA: IPOARM = in place of a road map

not likely without losing a limb

I've used all different types with no ill effects

Just slip your schedule one day rather than run 3 days in a row. 1 day shouldn't affect your programme much and you need recovery time.

I have a reebok step some hand weights, 1, 2 and 3kg, a swiss ball and an exercise mat. With google I have some varied routines to keep exercise interesting

my weight has stayed the same for 8 weeks, with only minor change to measurements, however, my 5k time has dropped to 26:01 and my BP is well into the normal range. The NSVs keep me going and I'm sure the scale will start to move again soon

There are running plans available on runkeeper

I'm 56 anf my RHR is 35-40

I have 2 hondas, a 650 Deauville and a cbf600, don't ride as much as I would like though

I started regular running in January and couldn't run a whole 5k, I kept going along with losing weight and started parkrunning in June 28:02 for 5k and 2 weeks ago pb'd at 26:01 with still more to come hopefully.

Yep just set it up, strap it on and off you go, it did give me a reduced calorie count for everything other than running (I use my garmin for that)

You can be proud of your achievements well done

I work out evenings and have got into a routine where I get home from work and change into exercise gear then I feel obliged to do it. Weekends I dress for exercise when I wake up.

I have my own routine which basically rotates resistance training, circuit type training, long slow runs 9:30-10:00 min pace, and shorter quicker paced runs with faster intervals (speed up between lampposts). I class my parkrun as a quicker paced training run too. I am considering moving up to 10k and may follow one of the…

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