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I love the pain! Whenever I am pushing the pace, I think to myself how great is to be alive and how lucky I am to be able to run! :smile:

good ideas! I like the lock laces a lot. Personally, I would grab a bunch of body glide and some more lock laces. :o)

My marathon training schedule is: Monday - off Tuesday - intervals Wednesday - cross training (cycling or rowing) plus body weight strength routine per Brain Training for Runners Thursday - tempo run Friday - cross training (cycling or rowing) plus body weight strength routine per Brain Training for Runners Saturday - off…

my (admittedly inexperienced) opinion is that obsessing over a number is very much less important than paying attention to running form. By doing so, our cadence will naturally increase. Peter Larson has a really good handle on communicating this: http://runblogger.com/2010/08/on-running-form-ii-where-should.html If you…

Check out "Brain training for Runners" . There is an excellent runner - specific strength program included with the author's training programs. Incorporating strength into the running has been a real challenge for me. I have done the stronglift program in the past (before I started running avidly) and my sense is that it…

I just discovered the rowing machine and i love it! there is pretty good amount of form to learn, but it's quite a workout. Check the concept2 site for lot's of good info and some videos: http://www.concept2.com/indoor-rowers/training/technique-videos I also bike a lot. This time of year that puts me on the trainer or at…

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The bro's and bro'ettes were angry that day...like and old man trying to take soup back at a deli! :mad: I kid, of course... I'm out, good luck all! :flowerforyou:

Added the Eastern States 20 mile, NH, USA on March 30th to the schedule. I have a 20 miler scheduled for that day anyway, so I will treat it like a training run with a goal pace of 9:14. My birthday is the following day, so my wife and I are ditching our son with my parents and spending the weekend there. Looking forward…

This thread is a perfect example of why they market themselves the way they do. Personally, I am glad all the "serious" folks are somewhere else. :o)

yeppers!

SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: "OP: this thread is a trainwreck of garbage advice. Head over to the long distance runners group and ask there. " Please do this. Forum land is a silly place. to the OP: If you have a reasonable base, running 90 minutes shouldn't require much extra in the way of water or fuel, if any at all. The…

I have read that if you always run at night or the afteroon and your race is in the morning, then you would do well to devote a few training runs to that time slot. I don't know about always, though.

I highly recommend this: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-new-rules-of-marathon-and-half-marathon-nutrition-matt-fitzgerald/1111561376?ean=9780738216454 And I would second what the others have said: make sure you practice your strategy, including what you do from the time you wake up. I use a few Sunday long runs to do…

I rest completely two days a week, but I think a least one is highly recommended. Recovery days are when you actually gain something for your efforts. It does depend on the intensity of the exercise bouts, though.

I'll just throw this out there. It is generally agreed that our bodies cardiovascular capability improves faster than our bodies ability to withstand the rigors of running. Our tendons, ligaments and even bones take many months, even years to catch up. This is why we often hear the advice to slow down. I think we have been…

this may help: http://www.kinetic-revolution.com/tibialis-posterior-strengthening-exercises/ I am not a fan of artificial supports, but that's just me. I realize some folks swear by them. I would make sure you ice your feet after every run...especially as you start to stretch out the distances. It really helps. Just stick…

PF is plain and simply not a gym for free weights. They are laughable inadequate for lifting. If I were to go back to free weights (instead of endurance running), I would have to go elsewhere. They are saying that in black and white with no room for error. It's okay. The market will determine if it will be successful or…

I agree that it is my preference. I disagree that anyone is being "preyed" on. But, we have had this discussion before and will just talk past each other. Better to agree to disagree.

Hi folks, First of all, I would like to apologize for the name calling I engaged in earlier. There was no call for that. PF has clearly identified a need and set a price point that works. The gyms I go to are generally busy, so while the marketing may be offensive to some, their customers seem to appreciate what is being…

This isn't about some kind of magnanimous caring about the "noobs", It's just the usual looking down at people who aren't "real" gym users. It's tedious and boring. I don't miss the "lunks" even a little bit and I am grateful to have a convenient place to work out at a decent price. If folks start to become more advanced,…

again, who cares what they do? it's a free country, don't go there. done. hang out with your brothers and sisters in iron at golds. everyone is happy. :o)

so, it appears we are both being judgemental. For the record, I completely agree with your point. PF advertises themselves in very judgemental way. That's unfortunate. But, it does get the message across and I appreciate the atmosphere that is created as a result.

I don't disagree in the least...but the point of the thread is to make fun of PF, is it not? It's thirteen or so pages of being judgemental. Trust me, the folks I see on a regular basis at PF are not missing a squat rack. They are folks who would never walk into a "real" gym. Personally, I think they have hit a on an…

nope, I didn't say that..but whining about pf removing squat racks is just silly. If you don't like it, don't go there. And yes, I am being judgmental. I have no problem with that. That's the point of the thread, isn't it? I think PF's free weight arrangements are a joke. But they are not there for the folks who pick…

I have a black card here in CT. I I use 4 locations and only one has a squat rack. I am okay with that. Having been a member of many different gyms over the years, I don't miss the meat heads at all. PF fills a specific niche, which is people who just want to get a workout in without all the bs attitudes displayed in this…

I rotate different models, from very minimalist (Merrel vapors) to very cushioned (Altra torins). Most of my running is in Saucony Virratas (3 pair), which I also rotate. I just throw in the others for a change, once in a while.

There is a ton of good info about this topic here: http://runblogger.com/2011/02/stride-rate-stride-length-speed.html

Agree about the wind. For me the question about whether to run outside is directly related to what I am trying to accomplish with the run. If I have a tempo run, then it doesn't make sense to go outside and slip and slide all over the place while trying to maintain a pace. Most of my interval work is done a TM, because the…

I don't notice a difference. One thing I always do is to set it with a 1 or 2 percent incline. Supposedly, this makes the effort similar to road running and it definitely feels more natural to me. I also run outside when I can. But, given the choice of the risk of falling and injury (and losing training time!) and the…