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Endo works great for me, except it's missing a few features from other apps (like good heartrate data support w/o an annual subscription , for example). What it's missing Runtastic has, what Runtastic is missing Endomondo has. I wish I could combine the two, frankly. What I have a devil of a time with is getting endomondo…

About those weight limits...yeah, they are actual limits. Not guidelines, as I mistakenly thought about 2 years ago when I bought my first elliptical. At 310 lbs and a 250 lb weight limit, it only lasted about 2 months before it....well...broke spectacularly. It did a good job of giving me a base, however. And rather than…

Only advise I would give you for your first half marathon is: just have a goal of finishing, dont worry so much about your time. Start working on your time on your 2nd or 3rd!

Depends. All you really need to lose weight is a smaller plate. All you really need to do cardio is a pair of properly fitted shoes. All you really need to strength train is a spot of floor big enough lay down on, and a towel. But not everyone is going to enjoy workouts like that. Some people enjoy going to the gym, or…

Yeah I'm thinking it's me, too.

Nope, that wasnt it. Of course, I cant get runtastic to sync either...so it's got to be user error but I'll be damned if I can figure out what it is.

ah. maybe i'm supposed to check the 'auto post to myfitnesspal' toggle =P

3 workouts for me yesterday after he made that post, and one this morning. Still nothing. I guess it could be user error (I.E. me screwing something up). All I've done is 'link' the accounts, and both endomondo and mfp show them as being linked when I check. Other than that I just use the app. The workouts are all posted…

I've done 8 workouts in the last 4 days, none have synced. Going to try runtastic or whatever it is tomorrow, maybe it will work

skinny fat means you need to add strength training. You arent fat, you are not defined....at least I hope thats what it means, because otherwise it just makes no sense at all. Also: 90% of 'why am I not losing weight!' complaints can be attributed to user error. I.E. you are eating more calories than you think you are, or…

My thoughts are: if I'm losing weight on my own, I'm not taking anything.

I hate the belts. However, one of the bottle hand straps is fine. Particularly in the summer. I'm in Alabama so it gets hotter than hell down here in the summer months. Freezing a water bottle and holding it while you run does a surprisingly good job of cooling you down. The course I run on is 3 miles one way, with a water…

I'll 2nd the Adidas miCoach recommendation. I did my first half in February, @ 2:35. Did another half in April and finished right around 2:40. Started using the Adidas app sometime in June or July, and just followed it mostly (though I did a few more miles per week than it recommended). Finished a half last sunday @…

That for me, too. I buy new running shoes every 3 months or so...but that's more because I run ~35 miles a week now and just wear them out than because I'm giving myself a reward. At this point my reward is that with every 10 pounds or so, I can run a little faster and a little further...so my obsessing over numerical…

my next half is on 10/21, too (in Appalachicola Florida). Good luck!

I use a Go-Belt for longer runs, for my phone, keys, ID and a $10 bill. On even longer runs I'll tuck a GU or two in the side loops. I absolutely despise carrying fluids on a belt, though. Just way uncomfortable for me. I find it is much easier to carry a water bottle in my hand w/ a hand strap*. BTW: if you live in a hot…

Yep, I have the exact same problem. For me, it was shoes (as evidenced by the 20 pairs in my closet I cant run in). There are two types of shoes I can run in w/o either pain in my foot or pain in my lower back: Asics Gel Strikes, and Reebok Zig Flys. Also: apparently I have a really goofy foot, and an even goofier gait.

Be very careful w/ knee pain. My running partner had the same problem about 6 months ago, but he's kinda a moron and just decided to 'run it off'. Ended up he had a torn MCL and a fairly significant stress fracture...neither of which would have been anywhere near as severe had he gone to the ortho quickly rather than just…

What he said, I've come to the same conclusion. I stopped listening to music entirely when I run about 2 months ago, and havent looked back. I'm shocked at how much I'm enjoying it.

Personally, I run for fitness moreso than competitiveness. I'm running half marathons lately to give myself some sort of goal to work towards, as if I dont have some kind of a goal I'm incapable of accomplishing anything. I dont have to plot it all out obsessively, but I have to have a vague idea. So for my .02, do what…

May be hard to keep up with a paleo diet and running distances, but I'm not sure as I'm far from an expert on Paleo (or primal, or atkins, or any other diet). The more you run, the more carbs you are going to need though....and the further you start running, you are eventually going to start eating energy jels, energy…

You are not alone, I've actually been biten by two different dogs in the last year of running...dogs that their owners are running/walking with I mean, not 'loose' dogs. I'm actually about this >< close to taking a gun with me when I run. Next freaking doberman that bites my hand because his owner isnt keeping him in…

First half marathon was Mercedes on 2/12. Kept my pace right at 10m/mi (or within :30) for the first 11, then did the last two right at 9. Finished just under 2:15, about 15 minutes faster than I'd planned. As a result, I figured out my max heart rate is actually higher than the 183 I thought it was... Going to drive down…

This. Besides, the diuretic effects of tea are overstated anyway. The water in the tea compensates for any diuretic effect, I dont think it's possible to brew tea with enough caffeine for it not to do so (and if you did it would be absolutely disgusting). It's a good idea to limit your caffeine intake, sure...but you dont…

I'm using Runner's world smartcoach, too...though I've been altering the schedule (meaning: days off) to accommodate weather. Also, the recommended paces seem to be a bit too slow, maybe :30 or so per mile. I'm probably going to taper the last week a bit more than it recommends, too.

About eating those 'exercise calories'.... Make sure they are right. If you are trusting the estimates on this site, they are not. Buy a heart rate monitor. If you think you burned 1000 calories walking 3 miles, when you in fact only burned 300, and eat those calories back? Guess what...you will think you are on a plateau!

After a year of dieting and 95 pounds, what I've found about plateaus: They are mostly due to inaccurate 'guestimates' in my calorie counting, or due to retaining water (too much sodium, muscles repairing after particularly stressful workouts/runs, etc). Frankly, I was able to associate every single 'plateau' I had with…

Shoes are soooooo much more important than I had ever considered when I first started running. Now I have like 5 different pairs that I rotate. BTW, out of all these expensive pairs of shoes I have that are good for heel-striking underpronators like myself...the most comfortable pair is still the Gel Strike 2's I bought on…

32 this week, 44 last week (because for some reason I decided to run 13 miles on an off day...still dont know why I did that). My half is in 3 weeks, though.

Dont really have one thing, to be honest. I love me some Cliff Builder's, though....will generally eat one of those before I take a long run, and if it's more than ~5-6 miles or so I'll generally suck down a GU. Do those for lunch quite a bit, too...though that's more just because it's easier than trying to bring a…