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  • 1/9: 7.5 miles (treadmill 62:28) 2/9: 3.75 miles (outdoors) 3/9: 7 miles (treadmill 60:14) 4/9 Rest day 5/9 Walked up Snowdon 6-8/9 Dodgy calves 9/9 10 miles (treadmill 89:29) 10/9 Rest day 11/9 10 miles (treadmill 88:26) 12/9 Rest day 13/9 10 miles (treadmill 87:24) 14/9 3.8 miles (outdoors) 15/9 10 miles (treadmill…
  • Hi, I often run 10k+ and have never used a trainer. I've gone from being completely out of shape (and over 80lbs heavier than I am now), to being able to run 5k in around 24 minutes and 10k in around 50 minutes (and I still have about 40lbs to lose), so I know it is possible without a trainer. There are also many training…
  • 1/9: 7.5 miles (treadmill 62:28) 2/9: 3.75 miles (outdoors) 3/9: 7 miles (treadmill 60:14) 4/9 Rest day 5/9 Walked up Snowdon 6-8/9 Dodgy calves 9/9 10 miles (treadmill 89:29) 10/9 Rest day 11/9 10 miles (treadmill 88:26) 12/9 Rest day 13/9 10 miles (treadmill 87:24) 14/9 3.8 miles (outdoors) 15/9 10 miles (treadmill…
  • 1/9: 7.5 miles (treadmill 62:28) 2/9: 3.75 miles (outdoors) 3/9: 7 miles (treadmill 60:14) 4/9 Rest day 5/9 Walked up Snowdon 6-8/9 Dodgy calves 9/9 10 miles (treadmill 89:29) 10/9 Rest day 11/9 10 miles (treadmill 88:26) 12/9 Rest day 13/9 10 miles (treadmill 87:24) 14/9 3.8 miles (outdoors) 15/9 10 miles (treadmill…
  • 1/9: 7.5 miles (treadmill 62:28) 2/9: 3.75 miles (outdoors) 3/9: 7 miles (treadmill 60:14) 4/9 Rest day 5/9 Walked up Snowdon 6-8/9 Dodgy calves 9/9 10 miles (treadmill 89:29) 10/9 Rest day 11/9 10 miles (treadmill 88:26) 12/9 Rest day 13/9 10 miles (treadmill 87:24) 14/9 3.8 miles (outdoors) 15/9 10 miles (treadmill…
  • I did a 5k in June when I was just recovering from a case of achilles tendinitis so ended up speed walking most of that, I didn't finish last or feel particularly self concious of walking it. Others walked some of the race too and the same is true for people doing a 10k, I'd only suggest that if your speed oscillates…
  • 1/9: 7.5 miles (treadmill 62:28) 2/9: 3.75 miles (outdoors) 3/9: 7 miles (treadmill 60:14) 4/9 Rest day 5/9 Walked up Snowdon 6-8/9 Dodgy calves 9/9 10 miles (treadmill 89:29) 10/9 Rest day 11/9 10 miles (treadmill 88:26) 12/9 Rest day 13/9 10 miles (treadmill 87:24) 14/9 3.8 miles (outdoors) 15/9 10 miles (treadmill…
  • 1/9: 7.5 miles (treadmill 62:28) 2/9: 3.75 miles (outdoors) 3/9: 7 miles (treadmill 60:14) 4/9 Rest day 5/9 Walked up Snowdon 6-8/9 Dodgy calves 9/9 10 miles (treadmill 89:29) 10/9 Rest day 11/9 10 miles (treadmill 88:26) 12/9 Rest day 13/9 10 miles (treadmill 87:24) 14/9 3.8 miles (outdoors) 15/9 10 miles (treadmill…
  • 1/9: 7.5 miles (treadmill 62:28) 2/9: 3.75 miles (outdoors) 3/9: 7 miles (treadmill 60:14) 4/9 Rest day 5/9 Walked up Snowdon 6-8/9 Dodgy calves 9/9 10 miles (treadmill 89:29) 10/9 Rest day 11/9 10 miles (treadmill 88:26) 12/9 Rest day 13/9 10 miles (treadmill 87:24) 14/9 3.8 miles (outdoors) 15/9 10 miles (treadmill…
  • 1/9: 7.5 miles (treadmill 62:28) 2/9: 3.75 miles (outdoors) 3/9: 7 miles (treadmill 60:14) 4/9 Rest day 5/9 Walked up Snowdon 6-8/9 Dodgy calves 9/9 10 miles (treadmill 89:29) 10/9 Rest day 11/9 10 miles (treadmill 88:26) 12/9 Rest day 13/9 10 miles (treadmill 87:24) 14/9 3.8 miles (outdoors) 15/9 10 miles (treadmill…
  • 1/9: 7.5 miles (treadmill 62:28) 2/9: 3.75 miles (outdoors) 3/9: 7 miles (treadmill 60:14) 4/9 Rest day 5/9 Walked up Snowdon 6-8/9 Dodgy calves 9/9 10 miles (treadmill 89:29) 10/9 Rest day 11/9 10 miles (treadmill 88:26) 12/9 Rest day 13/9 10 miles (treadmill 87:24) 14/9 3.8 miles (outdoors) 15/9 10 miles (treadmill…
  • 1/9: 7.5 miles (treadmill 62:28) 2/9: 3.75 miles (outdoors) 3/9: 7 miles (treadmill 60:14) 4/9 Rest day 5/9 Walked up Snowdon 6-8/9 Dodgy calves 9/9 10 miles (treadmill 89:29) 10/9 Rest day 11/9 10 miles (treadmill 88:26) 13/9 10 miles (treadmill 87:24) 14/9 3.8 miles (outdoors) 15/9 10 miles (treadmill 89:39)
  • 1/9: 7.5 miles (treadmill 62:28) 2/9: 3.75 miles (outdoors) 3/9: 7 miles (treadmill 60:14) 4/9 Rest day 5/9 Walked up Snowdon 6-8/9 Dodgy calves 9/9 10 miles (treadmill 89:29) 10/9 Rest day 11/9 10 miles (treadmill 88:26) 13/9 10 miles (treadmill 87:24) 14/9 3.8 miles (outdoors)
  • 1/9: 7.5 miles (treadmill 62:28) 2/9: 3.75 miles (outdoors) 3/9: 7 miles (treadmill 60:14) 4/9 Rest day 5/9 Walked up Snowdon 6-8/9 Dodgy calves 9/9 10 miles (treadmill 89:29) 10/9 Rest day 11/9 10 miles (treadmill 88:26) 13/9 10 miles (treadmill 87:24)
  • 1/9: 7.5 miles (treadmill 62:28) 2/9: 3.75 miles (outdoors) 3/9: 7 miles (treadmill 60:14) 4/9 Rest day 5/9 Walked up Snowdon 6-8/9 Dodgy calves 9/9 10 miles (treadmill 89:29) 10/9 Rest day 11/9 10 miles (treadmill 88:26)
  • 1/9: 7.5 miles (treadmill 62:28) 2/9: 3.75 miles (outdoors) 3/9: 7 miles (treadmill 60:14) 4/9 Rest day 5/9 Walked up Snowdon 6-8/9 Dodgy calves 9/9 10 miles (treadmill 89:29)
  • 1/9: 7.5 miles (treadmill 62:28) 2/9: 3.75 miles (outdoors) 3/9: 7 miles (treadmill 60:14)
  • 1/9: 7.5 miles (treadmill 62:28) 2/9: 3.75 miles (outdoors)
  • Cardio workout improves you ability to do cardio exercises, while fat burn focusses on burning fat based on your current cardio ability. So fat burn will give you about 60% of the energy used to run/walk as fat being burnt. With cardio that percentage will be lower and more of your glucose stores will be used up to keep…
  • 1/9: 7.5 miles (treadmill 62:28)
  • I'm doing a 10K next month and have been training for it by running further than the 10k required (currently 11-12k a run) so that I'll have the stamina required on the day to post a decent time. I personally find that, when I'm not used to it, an extra km added to a run is draining, but if you can go from 8 to 9k without…
  • As others have said, log everything you eat (including any fruit you have as snacks) and weigh it, not just estimate it. You also have to do the same with what you drink. If you're eating back exercise calories then only eat back half of them at most as they are usually overestimated. Be completely honest with yourself on…
  • I'm in for my first try this month - will go for 120 miles.
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  • I only snore when I'm very overweight and have stopped since I began losing weight back in January, so it might work for you. Think a friend of mine has also stopped snoring (or at least isn't as bad) since he dropped some weight. If your snoring only started when you gained weight then I guess there is a good chance you…
  • As the poster above said, go find something in your cupboard or fridge that weighs 2lbs (or 1 kilo) to get a real world idea of what you have lost. Losing 2lbs takes a deficit of 7000 calories to your diet which is around 3 days worth of food you'd eat if you was maintaining. I'm guessing you have a false image of how…
  • I finished university last year and am still working on losing the lbs I gained during my 4 years so good on you for avoiding the mistakes I made :) I also have a sweet tooth and the only advice I can give for this that has worked since January for me is to remove all sweets from where you live and don't buy any. After a…
  • Hi all, I'm Martin, a 38 year old male from the UK who would be happy to have some friends on this weight loss journey. I currently weight just over 17 stone and am aiming for around the 12 stone mark (so a loss of around 70lbs to go). I have already lost a little over 3.5 stone since New Year, but that weight loss had…
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