-
First exercise for some years.
I have recently come back to MFP to try again. So yesterday I tried my first exercise for some years, I am 72 and am clinically obese. I also suffer from severe Sciatica and am in a lot of pain. My doctor wants me to move so I did. I attempted to walk (shuffle) about a distance of .85 of a mile. So I walked a bit, then…
-
Wrist watch HR sensor v Chest strap
I lost weight and became a runner a few years ago, then due to health issues gained it all back and returned to the couch. Now I am back in harness and have dug out my old kit. When I move I am using a garmin Forerunner 610 with a chest strap for HR. Question 1, I see that the more modern watches can read heart rate…
-
Easter Calories
Is it true that any calories you eat or drink on Easter Day don't count? Especially the ones in chocolate?
-
What is my PR (PB) for 5K?
Last Saturday I ran a small 5k race 600 runners. There was no chip timing and the start was on a narrow path. about 2 yards wide. As I was aiming to set a new PR of sub 25mins. (old PR 26:16) I lined up towards the middle of the pack. I could not hear the gun but I started my Polar when I saw the heads at the front start…
-
Going Over to the Dark Side
Hi I hope the photo works In the past I have had a lot of good advice and info from you folks, here's hoping for some more. I am targeting a 10k race on the 30th Nov for a PR, a nice flat coastal course that if the on shore wind is OK should be good. Training is going well, I ran five and a half today @ 8:42 so am well on…
-
My second running anniversary
Hi folks it is two years to the day since I got up off the couch and started to run, well I called it running more of a slow jog really. I ran for just 1.56 miles, which took me 23 minutes at 14:25 pace. But I was delighted with this. I ached and hurt for days afterward. Since that day I have moved on, I have now run 213…
-
Ultra distance event.
Hi all I'm looking for some tapering advice. I am entered for a 100km (62.5 miles) event on the 12/13th of April. It is an off road, track and trail event with 10000+ ft of climb. You can run or walk or do both. There is a time limit of 26hrs I am aiming to walk most of it finishing in about 22hrs. In training I have been…
-
This makes me ashamed to be British
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/10747779/Marathon-runners-continue-despite-race-being-cancelled-due-to-lack-of-water.html What a shambles, Health and safety gone mad. It is perfectly feasible to run a half without water in Yorkshire in April, the sun wasn't even shining.
-
100 lbs Lost, Pic heavy, Not wearing a bra.
Where do I start? Ah well I suppose at the beginning. Unlike many others on MFP I was always as thin as a rake in my youth. In fact in my early 20s I was so thin my nickname in the Royal Navy was “spindle”. In 1982 at the age of 33 I looked like this, maybe 160lbs and 6’2”. I ate what I liked and drank as much as I wanted…
-
Race report.
Yesterday I ran in my local 10k here in Exeter UK. I was so looking forward to this race as it was my first race last year after I started running. Last year I managed to finish the race, on my last legs, in 1:16:44 I was last but one, but absolutely delighted to have run 10k. This year I was aiming to actually race not…
-
My first full calendar year of "Moving My *kitten*"
This is the last day of my first full calendar year of Moving My *kitten*, so what have I achieved? In the year I have run for 630.83 miles and walked for 301.5 miles. So my target for 2014 is quite easy, I will do 1000 miles. Last January I was running at 13 min/mile pace. Today I ran 5.6 miles in 46:59 which is sub 8:30…
-
Holy Crap It's real
http://holycrap.ca/about-corin-mullins-and-brian-mullins-co-founders-holy-crap-cereal/ Holy Crap cereal. One of my friends had this for her breakfast yesterday, and I just had to google it to find out what what it was. I was amazed to find it was a real Canadian product. This is not an advert I just wanted to share with…
-
Am I the only idiot?
Hi all My training plan said five miles fast 9:30-8:35 min miles, (that is fast for me) so when I got up it was blowing a gale and the rain was coming in horizontal. I looked out and decided to be sensible, after all there's always another day. I had some breakfast and settled down in my armchair. I couldn't do it. Ten…
-
Foot Pain.
I just got up to get ready for my Long Run and I can't put my foot on the floor. I have no idea what I have done to it. Yesterday I ran a steady 5k trail run with no problems and felt really good. In the afternoon and evening I watched a lot of sport on the TV. Late evening I had a bit of an ache in the foot as though I…
-
Thanks for your help
Thank you to everyone who supported me in my attempt to win a place in this year's London Marathon, unfortunately, or should it be fortunately, I was unsuccessful. I will now concentrate on getting under 2 hours for my half in March and under 1 hour for my 10k in January.
-
The London Marathon Blogg Contest
Hi all I have a huge favour to ask you all, I have entered a contest to become a blogger for the London Marathon next April and have made the final shortlist. The winning 4 people will gain entrance to the Marathon and write a blog about their experiences in training. For me to win I have to get people to Vote for me,…
-
London Marathon Blog
Hi all A couple of weeks ago I was browsing a running site when I came across an article about the 2014 London Marathon. One of the main sponsors "Lucozade" are putting in a team of 5 who will blog about their experiences leading up to and including the race. To enter you had to send off a summery of why you should be part…
-
How do you do what you do?
I was going to post this to the Health & Fitness section of the general forum till I saw all the nasty comments flying round at the moment on a similar post. Yesterday I received a message from a fellow sexagenarian this is the answer is sent him, I thought it may be of interest to others so I am posting it to the forum.…
-
Can I run a Sub 2 half in March?
Hi I have another question for the experienced runners out there. a couple of days ago I ran my second half marathon in 2:06:17, according to many of the other runners this was a pretty hilly course. My first was last June which I ran in 2:27:58 also a quite hilly course. In the euphoria of finishing this one under my…
-
Double "Onederland" Where Next?
A few weeks ago I reached the stage where I had lost 100lbs. needless to say I was absolutely delighted and posted my story here. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1059026-100-lbs-lost-pic-heavy-not-wearing-a-bra?hl=100+lbs+lost&page=3#posts-16270095 This morning at my weekly weigh in I reached the wonderful…
-
Half marathon followed by 30 mile challenge walk
Hi I am not sure I have done the right thing but I am trying to train for 2 different types event at the same time as I am committed to doing both. In 7 weeks I run my second half marathon of the year and 7 days later I have a 30 mile in 10hrs off road, hilly challenge walk. The half marathon will be my first race with my…
-
Running Shoes, advice needed.
Hi all, I am fairly new at running long distances so am looking for some advice. When I started running last winter I was running in ordinary store bought trainers. I had a lot of problems with joint pain as you might expect. I read here on MFP that I needed to get to a specialist shop which I did. They were great. I was…
-
An Old Man's NSV
I started out on this new me last October and as part of losing 100+lbs I tried some "running". A few hundred yards and I was done. But I kept on plodding. At last I could run 1 mile. OK it was a 15min mile, but I ran it non stop I was delighted. Through out November and December I plodded on Milestones were passed. 14 min…
-
I am not ill, I am fat.
Just read this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/23011804 American doctors have classified obesity as a disease. Luckily I live in England so I am not Ill.
-
Do you think I will be allowed back into the country?
I spend half my time in France and half in the UK so last April when I last returned to the UK I had trouble with the Border Control Person. I handed over mine and the wife's passports and he looked at my picture. He looked again, then stared at me. He looked at the wife stared at me again and started questioning me. Where…
-
The picture they said couldn't be posted
10 months ago i was quietly working in my garage, doing my usual routine 2 minutes work, 5 minutes sitting down to recover. I did not see my wife and the camera until it was too late. Of course I deleted the pic when I saw it, but modern technology can not be defeated that easily. (She had saved it in multiple places.)…
-
Help, advice on treadmills needed urgently
Hi all OK let's get the Big Issue out of the way first. I run out door, I love it. I will run in all weathers. So please don't tell me I don't need a treadmill. My wife is losing weight on here with me. This is great but she will not go out in public to exercise. No way, never full stop. She needs the exercise, she is…
-
Advice needed on long run training
Hi all I am attempting my first half marathon, two weeks on Sunday and am hoping to get near 2hrs 30. As I am new to running, I started last November, I have been making it up as go along as far as training is concerned. Recently I have been doing a long run on Sundays and shorter runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Last…
-
The five step way to lose a kilo overnight
Step 1 weigh your self in the morning. Step 2 make a home made turkey curry with some dodgy turkey breast Step 3 eat it and enjoy Step 4 spend the night in close proximity to the the toilet. Step 5 weigh yourself next morning. You should find that you weigh at least 1kilo less. Well I did
