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A new runner!!! WOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!! Congratulations not just on 3 miles, but on 3 miles and wanting to do it again. That's the spirit! So what do you want to do? Do you want to go fast? Or do you want to go far? Or do you simply want to see where it all takes you? If you're doing 3M then you're already at a 5K (3.1M) race…

I used to be in the same boat with sodas and diet sodas. Switching from regular to diet reduced my calorie intake, but it did nothing toward ending the cravings. What I found, after trying everything you've tried, is that it wasn't the actual soda I craved, it was the "reward" of getting it. I reached for the soda whenever…

I highly recommend getting a fluid trainer vs/ a mag trainer. Mag trainers don't reflect true outdoor cycling as much as fluid trainers do. If you get a mag trainer, you'll be zipping along all winter doing 30-40 MPH (or faster), thinking you're the next great thing. Then, come spring time, you'll struggle to maintain half…

One day our triathlon club was having a social outing at a baseball game. The seats were in nosebleed, up near the highest rows. As we were climbing up there, this guy next me says, "This is killing me and I do ironman races." Dude can log a 140+ mile race, but struggled to climb stairs. Why? Because it's what you're used…

I didn't like them, my GF daughter didn't like them, my other 2 daughters didn't like them, and my wife refused to try them. Total fail. We'll stick with the quinoa pasta. That's a hit with the entire family.

I do triathlons. And I used to do half and full marathons. Until... Over the last 4-5 years my left knee has been getting progressively worse. Last year I decided to do my final full ironman, retire from the distance, and stick with halves, sprints and oly's. Then, August, 2013, I had a horrific bike accident, 5 weeks…

Men. They say the kindest things in the rottenest ways.

The Flesh Dog. Clearly, I'm the super villain.

Tenderloins are terrible in the crock pot. If you slice it and marinade it in the morning, come suppertime those slices can be sautéed in about 5 minutes. 10, if you bake them in the oven. Lots of marinades of seasonings. Asian marinades are great, and go well with steamed rice. I've got this German spice rub that makes…

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If I were in your shoes - and I'm not, as my wife has nipped n+1 in the bud in our house - I'd get the CX bike first. Yes, I said it - FIRST. As I see it, CX riding and racing is just huge around these parts, so I'd suppose it's a big thing where you are, also. Although that may be a big assumption... I DO know your need…

http://ommile.myshopify.com/pages/shop-by-slogans These are some of my favorites. I have a few of their shirts, including the one that says, "Does this shirt make my butt look fast?". Some friends and I each got one, then wore it to a half marathon that we walked as a group.

First: Congratulations!!! You're a STUD!!! Second: 2 rest days are great, but I'm not sure I'd do 2 rest days in a row. Try making one of your rest days something like a Wednesday. Third: I think it's killer that you're so excited you want to keep running. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that you're doing just fine,…

A great bike should NOT be a reward for great cycling. A great bike should be A PART of your great cycling. Buy the bike, put it to use, "pay it forward". (Or whatever other cliche you might want.) Just get the bike, then use it. If it's as great a bike as you're saying, then it's virtually guaranteed to make you train…

Garmin watches get their elevation information from linking with the satellites. They base their elevation info by how far away the watch is from certain satellites at any given time. Which is kind of cool to stop and ponder. The problem is, as the satellites move, the corrections made by your watch don't come quick…

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It sounds to me like your friend needs serious help. And the only one who can give him that help is him. Your caring and concern are admirable. But you can't cure him of his depression. The problem with depression, especially in men, is you can't really point to it like you can a broken bone or cut or something, and say…

There's nothing in life better than fresh cherries. One Christmas, my wife bought me this super-fancy cherry pitter. Now, at the height of the season, I'll pit pounds upon pounds. Pit them all, and put in ziplock baggies, 1/2 pound per baggie. Then freeze them. I pull them out all year long. I think Raineers are my…

I know this is off topic, but the idea of "shoving a double espresso up your ***" reminds me of beer chicken. Now I have this image of somebody doing some sort of bizarre sweat detox all while flavoring his/her innards with a starbucks venti mocha latte.

Star Trek III: The Search For Bacon

I've never had sarcastic wine. Red wine, white wine, and sparkling wine. But never sarcastic wine. Is it really sour?

Check inside the battery compartment of the chest strap. Sometimes sweat can get in there and gunk things up pretty badly. You may have to clean that out. If it's too rusted, then you simply need to replace the chest strap.

First off: Changing 10 diapers in the course of 1 day is ****ing great day. Just because there's no boss or coworkers patting you on the back doesn't mean it was a wasted day. There's a baby, right in front of you, who if he/she could, he/she would tell you all day long how great you're doing. Second off: Dump your old…

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So this was your first time cross training on your bike? If you were a cyclist, and you cross trained for the first time by going for a run, would you expect to be able to run a 10K race pace? Or would you instead remind yourself that that was your first run, and it takes time to get the hang of things. Like any activity…

Have you tried the yellow pages? They should be pretty helpful.

Peas in salsa. Eggs poached in salsa. Pumpkin and dark chocolate.

I looked this up to see what you were asking about and after reading his chart, I too, didn't know. My guess is, based on the way he puts the chart out there, that his pace is a total inclusion pace, since as the pace slows, the ratio of time running decreases. Sorry I'm not more help. Good luck with your training.

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Pigs in a blanket. I take a standard crepe recipe and substitute chocolate almond milk and my favorite GF pancake mix - Andrea's. Mix up the batter, give it it's hour rest in the fridge, then whip up a batch of chocolate crepes. While that's going on, I cook up some sausage links. Into each crepe I put a sausage link and a…