trijoe Member

If you have a good base, you'll do just fine. 16 weeks is the perfect amount of time to build yourself up to marathon readiness. The more you enjoy your training, the more you'll enjoy race day. Good training, good racing, have lots of fun!

I've got a Reebox RX4000. It's heavy duty. I bought it used off Craig's List for $250. We've had it for about 6 years now, and I use it pretty regularly during winter. My daughters use it a lot, also. The owners before us said they used it every day. I had to change out the padding on the ramp once. It was a 2-day project,…

This was really fun. Plus, it kept me going for a few weeks when all I wanted to do was sit in a corner whining about things. Thanks again for an exciting time! To our coach! HIP HIP HOORAH!!! To our team! HIP HIP HOORAH!!!

Ran a 5K with my 8yo daughter. Her first. It was magic. She had the time of her life. Such a special time. Ran a different 5K with my 10yo daughter. Not her first, but her first without health issues. She's struggled the past 3 or so years with stomach and GI issues. Every time a race would come along that she'd want to…

12/21/12 1549 calories trainering and a quick walk with doggie.

Wed 12/19/12 TAD: Morning trainer ride, afternoon swim 1343 calories.

Tues 12/18 1003 calories on trainer.

I have runner's knee from time to time. I swim and bike through it. Mostly bike. Sometimes swimming can aggravate it, if my form goes to hell in a bucket. A pull buoy helps with that. Good luck. Getting over runner's knee is a real booger. KT tape helps me.

Congratulations!!! You ROCKED IT!!! My first 5K was almost 60 minutes. You're a stud!

12/15/12 Christmas Crawl 10mile run 1:58:00 1239 calories. Aleve, where art thou?

RESULTS: 10.02M 1:58:00 (118min) A smidge under 12:00m/m Woot!!! I'm a happy boy! Now where the ***** is my Aleve?

12/14/12 Morning run 575 calories.

I have 3 daughters, no sons. So maybe my answer isn't worthy. Still: My daughters are or have been into trains, dinosaurs, hockey, frogs, and dogs. They can't stand cheerleading. One's favorite color is pink, but the rest are into blue. They run 5K races (they're 10, 8, 8) and my oldest has a shirt that says, "Some girls…

12/13/12 40min swimming, 525 calories. Woop woop.

I must join in with many others. Calories burned has nothing to do with how "great" my workout was. Come to think of it, your definition of "great" seems deeply entrenched in "average", or "everyday". Every workout isn't great. Few are. Most workouts are, you know, workouts. "Great" ones need a reason for that designation.…

I have 3 daughters - 10, 8, 8. The 10yo has always been a handful when she gets a burr up her butt. I despair every time I think about her teenage years. I've tried my best to build buffers against the carnage. I tell my daughters endlessly how much I love them. Through good times and bad. Even at my most angry, I tell…

12/12/12 Morning trainer ride, 850calories.

Tues 12/11 60 minutes on the bike trainer 804 calories. Woot.

12/10 TAD Morning ride 1057 Afternoon run 430 Total calories: 1487 WOOT! We've got teams galore choking on our jet fuel! WOOT WOOT!!! You guys are great!

My TT bike, my cross bike, my indoor bike trainer, my trail shoes, my running shoes, my swim goggles, my hand weights, and my garmin. And, come to think of it, my workout clothes. I think that's enough to keep me happy for a while.

Saturday 12/8 TAD Morning trainer intervals 60min 847cals Santa's North Pole Dash 5K 43min 356cals Total 1203 cals

12/7: TAD Pre-dawn run 61min 640 calories late morning swim 42min 504 calories Total cals: 1144

12/5: 62 minutes bike trainer 776 calories.

12/4: 72 minutes strength training 283 calories

First and foremost rule: Enjoy yourself. Have fun. Lots and lots of fun. If you find new and exciting ways to enjoy your training, you'll never worry or wonder. Half marathons are great fun. The people who race them show up ready to enjoy their race and their day. If you make sure you have fun training, you'll be sure to…

HRM's have a hard time surviving in the water. Most say things like "good for 50 meters depth" or something to that extent. What they don't tell you is, that's all about water pressure, not about actually getting wet. It doesn't take much before a HRM is ruined. And I've ruined both the watch and the strap swimming. So…

12/3: 60 minute trainer ride 687 calories

YES!!! I was going to say, "If you count your chocolate chips." 16 chips, 1 serving!!! I do it all the time!!!

Sunday, 12/2: 20min trainer ride 5min planks 50min hill run 5min cool down 843 calories. In case you're paying attention, YES I took the MissFit plank challenge. YES I'm completely nuts. And YES it made the hill run afterwards more painful than usual. I've spent the morning with body parts from my ankles to my shoulders…

Saturday Dec 1: 120 minute trainer ride 1654 calories I need some coffee. And a breakfast burrito. Or 3.