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Active Moms = Active Kids
This came from Runners World via the LDR group. Mothers who run may not only improve their own health, but the health of their children. A recent study finds that mothers who are physically active are likely to have children who are also active. The study, conducted by researchers from Cambridge and Southhampton…
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Water Diet - Please help
For the next week, I will be floating in my pool and only consuming the food items that can be drifted over to me. I think most fruits and vegetables will work, and meat is pretty buoyant: it'll float just under the surface as long as its not overcooked. Icecream, of course, would form miniature butter-pecan ice burgs. My…
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March Goals
What are your March Goals?
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How to Get the Body You Deserve
...make the choices that will get you there. MFP is an excellent resource to figure out what these choices should be. Great job getting started!
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Internet Communication Protocols
As we learn on the MFP Forums every day, each of us has personal guidelines on appropriate ways of framing a message on MFP. For fun, let's document them here. I'll kick off: 1- Don't argue with Sarauk 2- Sarcasm is allowed after the fourth page of a thread because anything valuable has already been said in the first three…
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Stretching
Every single one of you needs to drop what you're doing and check out this website immediately: http://www.katysays.com/ Especially this part: http://www.katysays.com/a-users-guide-to-hamstrings/ I've been resting my upper body on my dining room table (my favorite piece of training equipment, husband's protests to the…
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Hey, Fat Girl
http://flintland.blogspot.com/2012/05/hey-fat-girl.html I think it's time to post this again :)
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February Goals
What are your February Goals?
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Runner's Spreadsheet
This figures out all the information for Be a Better Runner, figures all of your target paces and helps you figure out the level of training intensity so that you can balance your runs and your weekly training. Note that there are two pages in the Excel workbook. http://www.electricblues.com/html/runpro.html
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Convict Conditioning Progress
Hey. I'm working through the Convict Conditioning progressions. http://www.amazon.com/Convict-Conditioning-Weakness-Using-Survival-Strength-ebook/dp/B004XIZN5M/ I'd find it helpful to post/get feedback on my progress. Currently I track my current state using the CC iPhone app.…
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January Goals
What are your goals for January?
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Pushup Question
I've been doing incline (dining table) pushups with the goal of doing full pushups from the floor. I just read the "Convict Conditioning" section to see what they recommend. They define a full pushup as one where your chest would touch a baseball that the lowest point of the movement. I've been trying to do them so that my…
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iphone coach app for half marathon and marathon (and more)
List of interesting apps http://mashable.com/2010/02/23/iphone-apps-runners/ Run Coach Pro (running plans - however they do charge for any plan you want to use) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/run-coach/id349532797?mt=8
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Treadmill Running Tips by Varda
1. Suck it up - Coach Laura 2. Watch a movie - I watched Netflix cartoons about Turbo (the racing snail). This was awesome because the crux of the story was always a race and they'd play things like "Eye of the Tiger." Also, racing snails....I can really relate. 3. Go first thing in the morning. Because you can't talk…
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December Goals
I just looked at Endomondo. I have 345 Endomondo miles for the year (which may or may not correspond with reality-miles, but close enough). If you add in January and February C25k and I get off my butt in December.... I could actually do 400 miles for the year. My goal next year will be to double that. 15.5 miles a week…
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Gifts for Runners
My co-worker asked me about gifts for her 13-year-old cousin who is a runner. Without blinking, I answered "A Garmin." She was like "That's that watch thing? Yeah, she showed that to me...." I suggested - Sweaty bands - Socks - A clip-on light - Road ID - Remy's "Runner's Field Guide" What other things do you think would…
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Varda's Half
I ended up wearing the running tights, long sleeved shirt with short sleeved shirt over it, baseball hat with gloves and a neck gaiter. The gloves were annoying because they felt like they were going to slip off so I tucked them in my belt. This was perfect. My clothes got sweaty so when it warmed up the temperature…
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Bs and Cs of Running
Great stuff! http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MireyGal76/view/running-my-bs-and-cs-to-breaking-through-the-wall-601006
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How to Look Like a Champion Athlete
http://asklaurenfleshman.com/2013/11/keeping-it-real/ Lauren Fleshman says "When my pics from the NY Fashion Week Oiselle Runway show were posted, a lot of people commented that it was pretty crazy to have my body change that much in three months. And yeah, it was a little crazy but in real life, people don’t walk around…
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Foot Strike
Right at 0:36, there is a image that shows a strike that starts on the ball of the foot and then moves to the heel. Mostly, they try to show a mid-foot strike, which looks a little strange to me. Zero drop doesn't happen on the ground but in the shoe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpC-nwDoTwE
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Is DOMS necessary?
I've been wondering. Is DOMS really necessary? I've running for a year now. The result is visible muscle gain and I'm obviously a lot stronger and more stable through my core, hips, legs and feet. However, until my half-marathon training long runs (and those were only once a week), there was little soreness after the…
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If you are on week 4 or 5 and struggling...
Slow down!. I'm so excited for you and know you can do it. Many people quit in week 4, it's where this starts getting real. But in just a few runs, you will be through week 5 and that's a major milestone. You are so capable of this...if you just let yourself slow down, relax, enjoy the experience of becoming a runner.…
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Good "How to get faster on a long run" advice
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1135930-i-need-to-beat-sonicdeathmonkey80-doug
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Free subway ticket for 30 squats
http://www.digitaltrends.com/international/subway-ticket-machine-in-moscow-offers-free-rides-for-30-squats/
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Virtual Race: Commorative C25k 3.1K (2 mile race)
If you remember, I suggested a commemorative 3.1k (2 mile race). This is the thread for us to post our times. The rules are - run two miles on ONE of the following days: 6th, 7th or 8th of November. Then post your time here.
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The Runner's Rule Book
I just got Mark Remy's "The Runner's Rule Book" http://www.amazon.com/Runners-Rule-Book-Everything-Know--ebook/dp/B0039MH4M8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1383838354&sr=8-3&keywords=rules+for+running It was an unexpectedly practical little compendium of how not to make a fool of yourself as a new runner. I wouldn't necessarily…
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Why you should lift if you don't already
Running economy is a measure of how efficiently you use the oxygen you take in while running. All other things being equal, if you improve your running economy, you should be able to run faster at the same effort level as you previously did at a slower pace (or you should be able to run the same pace with less effort). In…
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Remembering our beginnings
From the first posts, it appears that this group - one of the largest groups in MFP - was started on or around November 7, 2011. What would you say to a commemorative virtual 3.1k race (about 2 miles) on the 6th, 7th or 8th of November? (Meaning you run 2 miles on ONE of those days and post your time here.)
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Running Hills
http://www.runnersworld.com/workouts/how-form-changes-when-you-run-uphill Great article about the mechanical changes, but the real gold is the video where Scott Jurek demos how to run uphill.
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Are you a penguin?
John Bingham said “At age 43, when I decided to run again, I realized that the images used to describe runners didn't fit me. I wasn't a rabbit. I wasn't a gazelle or a cheetah or any of the other animals that run fast and free. But I wasn't a turtle or a snail either. I wasn't content anymore to move slowly through my…