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Orangetheory goers - How accurate is that calorie burn estimate for you?
So I recently joined an Orangetheory near my place and I've been keeping an eye on the estimated calorie burn and I'm wondering how accurate you've found it to be. I have my own HRM I use with my Garmin when I run and I usually have a hard time getting anywhere close to 600 cals/hour when I'm running (usually it's in the…
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RR: Half marathon annnndd... Meeting DEENA KASTOR!
This morning I ran a half marathon as part of the Women's Fitness Festival and had been planning on a PR. Unfortunately, it was also supposed to hit 105 today, and even at 6 am, it was already well into the low 60s. Not good. Anyway, we started around 7:!5 and it was hot easily by mile 3 or so. I mean, everyone was just…
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Training & Nutrition Resources?
So it's become clear to me (or more abundantly clear, I should say) that I don't really have a whole lot of knowledge when it comes to marathon training and nutrition. I was wondering if you guys had any good recommendations on books or websites that I can read through. I'm interested in improving my performance and how to…
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Marathon training burnout
Hi happy runners! I know I can't be the only one suffering from this, so I thought I'd ask you knowledgeable, friendly people your advice. I ran my second marathon this past December and had been initially planning on running another in April, but I've been suffering from major mental training burnout. I know physically…
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Tapering between two marathon training plans?
Hello happy marathoners! I have a quick question for you veterans out there. I'm running a marathon in early December, then another in April, so I have a couple of weeks in between the two 18 week training programs I've been using. I was wondering how you guys taper or adjust your training in between marathon training…
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Marthon training & losing too much weight
Hi runners! I have a question for some of you more veteran marathon runners. I'm currently training for my second marathon and this time, I'm actually training appropriately, following a good schedule and training with a group. Training is going pretty well, but I seem to keep losing weight. I know this seems like a…
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Running Long and NRLFW
Hi MFP! I was just wondering if any long distance runners here are also doing the New Rules of Lifting for Women. I currently run 5-6 days a week, my mileage is roughly 30 miles or so, but increasing since I'm in marathon training. I currently do moderate strength training two days a week with a little bit of core work…
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Too many races in 2 months?
So I may be just completely insane (or over caffinated this morning), but I'm seriously considering running a marathon, a 50km and another marathon in about two and a half month's time. The first race is at the end of July, the 50 km is mid-September, and the last marathon is mid-October (assuming I get in via the…
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Protein Powder - What's your favorite brand & flavor?
Hi everyone! After spending an ungodly amount of money on two huge tubs of protein powder yesterday at GNC, I thought I'd ask people what kind of powder they like to use (brand, type, flavor). I'm looking for something that's a protein isolate, good with just plain water and also good in shakes. I usually only go for 1…
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Favorite Marathons? Dream Marathons?
Hello fellow Marathon Runners! I'm currently shopping around for marathon races :) Do you have any you just LOVED running? Or have a dream marathon race? I ran the Nike Women's Marathon in SF in October which was awesome, and my dream is to run one in Paris, France and one in Athens, Greece. Oh, and the Big Sur Marathon. I…
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How would you grade your food diary?
If you were to give yourself a grade for your food diary, what would it be? Let's say.. A = absolute clean eating 90% of the time B = clean eating 80% C = clean eating 70% D = semi clean eating, 60% F = epic fail, I don't know why I even bother logging because it depresses me whenever I look at it. I'd say I'm a solid B+…
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What's your favorite texture?
So this sounds weird, I know, but I definitely prefer some food textures over others. For example, when I want a "comfort" food, I really like soft, chewy things so I'll tend to make a whole wheat peanut butter (and sometimes banana) sandwich for myself. Other times I really want something crunchy and I'll go to a Kashi Go…
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When did you decide to become a Runner?
I was reading a book by Dean Karnazes and ran across this quote: "Every devout runner has an awakening. We know the place, the time and the reason we accepted running into our life." This is totally true for me. I decided on August 2, 2010, while I was sitting at my desk at work. I did it to see if I could run a half…
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Weight Training: All over body days versus targeted muscle d
Hey fellow weight lifters! I've been contemplating this for awhile now... is it better to do weight lifting where you do a circuit or routine that covers all the muscles each time or is it better to have "leg/back" and "abs/arm" days? I hit the weights pretty hard 3 days a week and generally like to do an all-over routine…
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Workout Plans Derailed! The Culprit? Snuggling!
Honestly, some people are just SO unsupportive. Yesterday my morning workout plans were positively derailed by the boyfriend, who demanded snuggling time. Who wants to snuggle at 5 am when I want to hit the gym? Doesn't he know that I need to burn 660 calories a day to keep myself on track so that I can be hot and sexy so…
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My HRM just shat on all my calorie burning dreams...
Okay, so I decided to hit the gym for a last minute weekend workout and I took my HRM with me (Garmin Forerunner 110) to see how it works. I've only really used it before this to GPS my runs outdoors. Anyway, so there I am, barreling away on a 15% incline on the treadmill as usual and I can see my HR is in between fat burn…
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Calorie intake and "starvation mode"
Okay, so I've talked to a lot of people about this and I've heard all sorts of different answers, so I'll just go ahead and ask it here and see what people here think about this. As I understand it, your caloric intake should be whatever your goal is everyday, let's say, 1200 calories. If you also exercise and burn off…
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Best books for motivating you to get healthy?
Hi everyone! Just wondering what books you've found to be really motivating or inspiring to get healthy, be more active, pick up a new sport,e tc. Mine is: Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. It's a great story about ultramarthon runners in Mexico and really inspired me to start running long races. What's yours?
