-
Nike 15K Training Plan
Has anyone here completed the plan? (https://www.nike.com/us/en_us/c/running/nike-run-club/training-plans/15k) I'm on the third week and feel like I'm making progress, but I wondered if anyone out there had worked through it. (I have a 15K trail run scheduled for Sept.; I'm training so I don't die in the attempt...)
-
Do "cooling" shirts work?
I'm looking at Arctic Zero, Colombia's Omni-Freeze, Duluth Trading's Armachillo Cooling Tank, and a couple of other companies for t-shirts to wear during midday summer runs. I know how they work (e.g., special weaves, airflow), but anyone who owns these shirts find they make a difference?
-
Go home, Strava, you're drunk...
I've been using Map My Run for several months now to log my runs. Considering the general rule of thumb that a person burns (roughly) 100 calories/mile, that's been fairly true-to-form when MMR calculates my calories. After Map My Run crashed on my phone (it was a phone thing), I installed Strava to compare. Beloved,…
-
Kids Sizes of Running Shoes for Adults
So, I had an epiphany: Asics is my favorite running shoe, and their kid's size 6 *should* fit my size 7.5 feet. (I do this at Payless all the time with good results.) The savings would be significant--has anyone tried this trick for running shoes? I mean, they *are* Asics, so I would hope they would be of the same quality,…
-
Maintenance vs. Training
I've been in maintenance mode since June; my weight fluctuates between 123 - 128 lbs., which is good for me. I also started running around that time, and I would only eat back 1/2 of the calories, which seemed to stabilize things and allowed my CW to be 125 rather than 130--also good for me. Recently, however, I've been…
-
I Want to Support My Local Shop, but Jeez...
Does anyone else struggle with the moral dilemma of wanting to buy local, but having a hard time justifying spending $69.99 on a shirt I can get for $49.99 on Amazon? I can get specialty items at this run shop (like 856 South Jersey Run shirts and stuff like that), but who out there just eats the mark-up?
-
So many calories...!
I'm finding it hard, on a psychological level, to totally eat my maintenance calories (1500), even working out 3x week. I'm just so nervous about weight creeping up. Anyone else feeling like this?
-
Oatmega Ain't Bad
Howdy All, I just tried Oatmega's Brownie Crisp and Lemon Chia Crisp bars over the last couple of days, They're on the expensive side ($5.00-ish for four bars in my area) but they have 14g protein and 5g sugar for 190 calories (organic sugar and monk fruit are the sweeteners). The Brownie Crisp is a solid "good;" I think…
-
Wait...your toenails can fall off if you run regularly?
I was reading a thread about running in cold weather the other day, and folks were talking about losing toenails. Is this really a thing? How does this happen, exactly?
