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Road to trail running
So one of my running partners has got me into trail running and I really enjoy it, but my pace is at least a 1-2 minutes slower! Is that normal? I feel so much better after trails than pavement. For example, ran 13 miles road then couple weeks later 12 mile trail run, I ached so much more from road, but really had more…
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NSV - 10 miler DONE!
So my friend thinks I could be inspirational to others and wants me to share "my story" with others. I promised I'd share once I finished my race Saturday so here it goes...... I've always been a bit "chunky" growing up. In fact, my father had no problem telling me I had fat feet and at seventeen I was voluptuous in my…
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Um yeah, my tummy doesn't agree with running, HELP!
Ok I'm sure this has been asked somewhere and TRUST me I've tried researching this, but seriously this SUCKS I have recovered from tendinitis and slowly started increasing my mileage again, was up to 6.5 miles now at 3.5 but the last several times I've run it seems I have to stop to well you know, go. I've read to not eat…
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Yak tracks or ice-spikes??
I've heard of both not sure which is better. If I use ice spikes are my shoes gonna be ruined come spring? Do yak tracks fall off easily? Any opinions?? I did the treadmill for the first time today and can't see myself doing the treadmill very often-I hated it!
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Heel pain
Okay so I've been running for about 4 months, started with c25k and graduated to 5to10k and have pretty much completed it. I have run three 5k and one 10 k since starting. I've suffered from shin splints and got the right shoes and finally those feel pretty good, so last night I went for a 6 mile run ( which I've been…
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6 months and 42 pounds, feeling proud!
(Img) [/ Hoping pics turn out! I'm pretty proud of this so far, I'm nowhere near goal but far from where I was! I was having a hard time seeing it until I saw pics others have taken. I chose to make this change after a VERY stressful pregnancy with gestational diabetes and starting to go into HELLP syndrome, luckily my…
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Hot chocolate Chicago
Okay so I ran my first 5k last Saturday, it was a color run and my only goal was to not walk. I did it! Even more surprisingly, I liked it!! So now I'm registering for the hot chocolate race in Chicago and wondering if any newbies to running are out there and gonna be running this race??
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Running-am I doing this right???
Okay so I've been running ( or what some of you would consider jogging 12min mile) since mid-July. I completed the c25k program the first week of October and ran my first 5k on October 5th. My goal for that race wAs to not walk and I did it! So a friend said keep signing up for races so you won't stop running. So I have…
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NSC
Ran my first 5 k today!!! Two months ago I couldn't run 60 seconds but I actually ran the entire color run in southbend!!! Feeling amazingly proud, especially since I'm a mom of five and the youngest is only four months old and I have NEVER been a runner!! TODAY I CAN SAY IM A RUNNER!!!!!!:smile:
