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Not a woman so unable to answer with experience other than my girfriend wears a 30G and swears by the Shock Absorber ones as recommended above. They even do one that has the HRM strap built into it.

agreed about the bigger guys comment but not about the bike. Yes the bike portion is important but you still have 26.2miles to complete once you get off it and you will feel every single one of them!!! 3 ironmans, 1 half, 2 marathons, lost count of my Half Mara's and an extremely boring 6hr ultra marathon and not one of…

Yep multiple ironmans and marathons here. down about 120lb so far with about 20-30 to go I rekon.

Well in that case.

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Firstly thanks for the comments. Glad to know I'm not alone. It took me really by surprise as it is not something I ever thought about having to do. It was kind of funny at the time as of the group I was sat with a couple kept very quiet and seemed almost a little uncomfortable with the way the topic was going. I know I…

Personally I just try and switch off while listening to music and every half mile or so check my watch to see how fast i'm going as I have a tendency to let my speed creep up if I don't keep on top of it. The ability to cope with the long stuff comes from nothing more than practice and the way you are wired. I did a half…

Multi storey car park? if it has the circular ramps they work really well Personally to aid my running speed I do a selection of workouts. Hill repeats are pretty self explanatory tbh, find a hill, 1minute up it, jog down turn round and repeat 10 times or so. Gym sessions tend to be treadmill focussed but my run coach…

As others have said I would disregard that as being your red zone. Personally that seems like a pretty normal HR trace for me if I was doing a 10k run even maybe a touch low towards from the end.

15 miles run in 2hr13mins.

Maybe look at pairs suitable for sickles wearing as they tend to be a lot softer lined. I used to have a pair of K-Swiss ones which basically had a sock on the inside. they were lovely just didn't last very long

Would elastic laces help? Generally used by triathletes but would allow a bit of give in them

That was this morning, this evening 7x Yasso800's at a potential athletics club for me to join. Thats 800m in your ideal marathon time as minutes/secs so for me I did them in 3min30secs with the same time as rest. Hard work but enjoyable.

Assuming you are female then Victoria's secret do a sports bra with a HR strap built into it. Might be worth a look?

90 mins out at the local cycle track for a brisk 30 miles on the TT bike as it's such a nice day.

Unfortunately you are one lf the few who have found a pair of shoes comfortable and suitable in the shop and on the treadmill but in the real world they just don't work. I know it's tough as they are expensive but just suck it up and get Fitted again for something different. I've been lucky in the the ones I started with…

Seriously!! How do you decide which ear is going to get cold? Haha

If you are a cereal person then I can say with 99% certainty you are underestimating how much you are putting in a bowl compared to the recommended amount. Pre MFP I used to eat heathy cereal but would end up with about 100g of it which is 2.5 times the portion size. I'm down to 1.5 times now but I still think it's only…

Same here. GTS's for the road and cascadias for trail then I race in Racer ST5's which are basically stability lightweights with the same here to toe drop as the GTS's

@davis_em if your target is to complete then your actual pace isn't an issue but running the shorter runs faster as I suggested will help with your overall pace for the longer runs. Try mixing in some Fartlek runs for the shorter runs. They are random paced runs where you just put in random bursts of speed and constantly…

Firstly don't worry. you're worries are pretty normal. Yes as a general rule you will under estimate your calorie intake because you will eat stuff you don't qualify properly. A bowl if cereal is the prime example of this problem. you pour a small bowl full then weigh it a realise you have actually got a double portion!…

Also to add, any pain and stop as you don't want to injure yourself again and the general rule of thumb with running when increasing mileage is no more than 10% per week. I wold assume the same would apply here

Anything non impact i'm guessing would be your friend while recovering your atrophied muscles. Cycling and a cross trainer seem like the most obvious choices. Also you could try aqua jogging. it looks ridiculous but supposed to be very good.

@davis_em Are you varying the paces with the different runs? Shorter runs should be hard, medium ones at maybe your 10k pace+ 10-20secs then long runs at your target HM pace+20secs/mile

As my run coach says, 'it never gets easier you just get faster!' if you are not exhausted probably not a lot of point doing it! Recovery wise make sure you are hydrated, and eat something

Rest day today so just the 1 hour Club swim session. Got a lovely evening of Yasso 800's tomorrow at the track. dreading it!

From a symmetry point of view bilateral breathing is a great idea as just doing it to one side can make your stroke uneven which while not a massive issue in a pool(plenty of olympic swimmers do it) becomes a real problem out in the open water as you will naturally swim in circles without a black line to follow on the…

Like I said above. you get trail shoes and full on cross country shoes and everything in between. you need to decide what you really need them for. just running on a playing field then just normal ones will be fine, but if you are likely to be running through ditches, swampy bits and everything you would consider pretty…

Trail shoes are generally the same as another shoe in the range but with a more aggressive sole. you can varying degree's of trail shoes from what are basically road shoes with a grippier sole such as the Brooks adrenaline ASR's or Cascada's right through proper cross country type shoes you can screw studs into. I have…

Just to add if you do decide to buy multiple pairs(I understand its quite an investment to have more than one pair) then get the same ones but in a different colour or change the laces as it just makes life so much easier to stop you mixing them up