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WineGlass Marathon (and Half Marathon)
Who is running WineGlass next weekend? I know a few have mentioned it. I'll be running the marathon for the first time. I'm told it is a fast course and it looks like the weather is going to be cool. Who's in? Maybe do a meet and greet at the expo on Saturday?
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Fat Loading Diet Prior to Carbo Loading for a Marathon
I am reading "The New Rules of Marathon and Half Marathon Nutrition” by Matt Fitzgerald and I am considering doing his high fat diet leading up to the carbo loading portion of my training. I am 100% anti-fad diet guru nonsense but... ;) This looks interesting to me. I am willing to give it one shot and see what happens. I…
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Winter Running Shoe Hack
With the recent snow and temps below freezing for weeks, I decided to try something new. Instead of Yak Traks or similar I found a shoe hack. I'm going to give it a go on Tuesday morning. http://blog.timesunion.com/running/diy-screw-shoes/7106/ I may have overdone it just a little... :D
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Insoles
Does anyone here use insoles that did not come with their shoes? Anyone have Superfeet insoles? I am murder on my insoles. I compress the front of my left shoe to the point where I my foot hurts and I start getting blisters. I manage to do this usually around 200 miles. I am growing tired of replacing my shoes so quickly…
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Help Me Kick Cancer's *kitten*
So last January my (step)nephew was diagnosed with Stage 3 Burkitts Lymphoma. In August he died from it. As a tribute to him and to help raise money, I started running with Team in Training (TNT). I was able to raise nearly $3000 last year and had a blast running in San Diego. TNT is fundraising program of The Leukemia &…
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Move More, Lose More
http://www.runnersworld.com/weight-loss/a-weight-loss-manifesto?cid=soc_Runner's World - RunnersWorld_FBPAGE_Runner’s World__ Looking back at the past year for me, I lost over 50 pounds with a combination of a better diet and exercise. I'm sure I could have lost the same amount without the exercise but the challenge would…
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One Year with MFP and my Withings Scale
It has been over a year since I started getting serious about running (again). After the first couple weeks I realized I had to make some changes to my diet so I started using MFP. Soon after I got my Withings Scale and had it auto sync each week. Here it is one year later and 50 pounds off. I will lose another 10 before…
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Sleep
This isn't directly related to running but I started thinking more about it when I started wearing my new Garmin Forerunner. The Forerunner has a feature to track your sleep. Just to try it out one night I decided to wear it to bed. I have been tracking my sleep ever since. Sleep is not something I thought much about…
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Laundering Running Gear
How do you wash your clothes? I have had issues with running shirts becoming smellier and smellier over multiple runs/washes. I finally decided to look up what was happening and I discovered I am doing almost everything wrong. I never allow my clothes to completely dry after a run (they just go in the basket until I wash…
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Ugly Sweater
Had to share... I just ran 3.67 miles in this awesome suit and won the Ugly Sweater contest ($50 gift certificate good on any Brooks item). B)
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Rain & Winter Gear
So it looks like I will be running another HM in 2 weeks (it wasn't planned, I just sorta got 'nominated' at work ;) ). Since I now have 2 weeks before the race I'm going to have to get out tomorrow and run 12... In the rain.. And the cold... I'm not ready for this weather. I stopped by a local running store tonight and…
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MFP Owes Me... :-)
I spent 2 hours and over $400 today at Macy's getting new clothes for fall. You see it seems that all my old clothes no longer fit. And MFP is to blame. :wink: Original goal achieved this week. Since January I'm down 50+ pounds. My waist went from 38" (and growing) to 33" (and still shrinking). All my XL shirts and…
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"Mandatory Info"
I got my RnR San Diego Half Marathon Packet Pickup Confirmation Sheet today. On it I have to fill out the "mandatory info" including how I got to San Diego, how many are with me, what hotel I am staying at, and where I rented my car. I can understand them needing some information, but what the hell does my car rental have…
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First HM
Hey Kids, First let me say that I am NOT a runner. I have been running on and off for the past 27 years or so (short 5k races only) and now I am training for a HM at the end of May. So I guess I can officially join the club. :) After a few years of doing almost nothing (fall baseball doesn't really count), I decided to get…
