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Completed my first 5K !!
Decided that 2013 was going to be my year. The year I actually stuck to New Year Resolutions. So I hired a treadmill and started Couch to 5k. I'll never forget that first day. W1D1 - I honestly thought I'd have a heart attack. By the time I finished, I couldn't actually get off the treadmill because I thought I was going…
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Sore Foot & 1st 5K run on Sat!!
Hi all Hoping I can get some pointers here. I've been doing C25K for the last 7 weeks. I'm now running 20 mins. But my first 20 min run was last Wed. On a treadmill - which is how I've completed it so far. While mid way through the run, my water bottle fell and I grabbed it, but did something to my left foot. I kept…
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Horse Plans for Xmas
Whats everyone up to with their horses over the next few weeks of Xmas!! This weekend is the final of our Dressage and ShowJuming Leagues. Dressage Final on Saturday, with a new judge coming to test our paces!! :embarassed: ShowJumping Leage Final on Sunday. I'm only in the mini's (60cm / about 2 ft) so its not about the…
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How did us 60's / 70's kids survive!!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,…
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You know you are a Child of the 70's when....
•You know the profound meaning of “Wax On Wax Off”. •You know that another name for a keyboard is a “Synthesizer”. •You can name at least half of the members of the BRAT Pack. •You wanted to be a Goonie. •You know who Max Headroom is. •You wore Fluorescent, neon clothing. •You could breakdance or wish you could. •You…
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Getting Up Earlier! How do you train yourself to less sleep
Hi all Having real problems trying to fit in my fitness plan with my life!! A normal day for me is Up at 7am Work by 8am. Finish work at 5.30pm (two 15 mins breaks and a 30 min lunch) Home by 6pm. Eat dinner and change for yard and try to be in the yard by 7.30pm (yard 30 km from home) Catch horse, ride horse and feed and…
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Craving Salt??
Hi All I'm seeing on some threads that sodium intake needs to be monitored as much as anything else.. My problem is I crave salt.. I absolutely crave it. I would have no problem giving up chocolate - but I have a huge problem giving up crisps etc.. And I know its not the crisps - its the salt I crave.. My diet isn't brill,…
