Health and Fitness (Page 5 of 11)

yeah, there was only about 250 people running our race. it was a small event for a small charity.
Looking into what other 10ks and what half marathons are coming up... Is this an addiction?

i can set up a small parcours out here 'round the local church if you'd like.. 

thats how quickly I will digest a bag of chips throughout the run. The trick is to get the balance between race time and digestion time... or you shite yourself.

cool man, that sounds like some heavy duty stuff that you've done!

that terrain event sounds brutal - good luck with it!

how did you feel at the end of your marathon? my dad done one in about 3 hours 45 and said he was ill after it

i've made the decision that i'm going to start training for a half marathon after i come back from my holiday on september the 26th. i'm going to follow a training schedule that aims to get you to run it in around 1 hour 50 minutes. then if i get on ok with that, i've got another schedule that attempts to get you into the 1 and a half hour time zone.

@jacderida: I felt a bit ill too after my marathon. At first I was totally exhausted of course but after relaxing for half an hour or so I decided I needed something to eat. A 200 gram cheeseburger with fries seemed like a good idea, since I desperately needed to refill my energy levels. But to my surprise I couldn't even eat half of it even if I forced myself. I had the same feeling as when you are sick, you might feel hungry but as soon as you take some food in your mouth, your body somehow objects.
Instead I got into my car and drove home. That was an interesting experience, driving 100km with my legs in pain after the race. The road I drove is very good, perhaps the best in Sweden (the new E4 between Gävle and Stockholm) so all I needed to do was keeping my right foot on the pedal, but even that was too hard to do so I drove quite a bit with my left foot on the pedal which felt really strange.

Good luck with your half marathon training. That distance is a good one since most people can make it with some training but at the same time it's long enough to be challenging. Bear in mind though that going from 1:50 to 1:30 is a big step.

The race I'm up to isn't extremely tough, it's not like running in the alps and the surface is pretty smooth. But all the ups and downs for 30km still make it a tough race. And my feet, calves, thighs and ankles will for sure be hurting at the end of the race.

i decided to kick my smoking habit, now haven't had a fag since thursday night.

man, it is unreal the difference that it makes. ran a wee 4k on saturday, then a 10k tonight to sweat out my hangover, and the difference in general energy levels is just unreal, both during and after the run (and i was only smoking 4 or 5 a day).

good riddance to it!

@ jacderida: Great, enjoy your new lifestyle!

With the risk of sounding like a boring healt freak I use other methods to stay alert today, compared to the past.

Earlier I used to drink about 4 cups of coffee a day to stay awake.
I needed my first as soon as I entered the office in the morning.

I quit drinking coffee about five ears ago.
It took some hard weeks to adapt, then I realised I don't need coffee anymore.

Earlier, I was thinking: "I ought to go out for a run, but I'm too tired"
Now, it's more like: "I'm tired, I need to go out for a run!"

The excersise doesn't consume energy, it gives energy. At least mentally.

Yesterday, I ran my first long run since May 1st.
It was a test to see how I would manage, important information before my 30km race in two weeks (as mentioned earlier).

I signed up in the last minute for a 20km run in the forests surrounding a small village north of Stockholm and it went pretty well.
I had no ambitions to do a great result, just finish the race in a comfortable pace.
We were about 20 runners in the 20km group and I think I finished third from the end, at 1 hour 50 minutes.

But now I know I can run 20km's in rather hilly terrain without problem.
And I know what pace to aim for in my next race.

Now I just have to perform some more good practice runs this week, sleep well and try to avoid getting sick, and everything will hopefully go well at my race.

i started drinking coffee couple of months ago, since i started working....i just cant keep up with training in the evening and staying awake the next morning at work....

the thing i hate about the training of any kind is the time when your on a brake...i get 2 months of brake every year, from july till september....and when i get back to training, thats when the horror starts....i get pain all over the body, my legs are burning, stomach, arms....and the lack of endurance....thats what gets me the most....so the next month and a half are gonna be hell....

i don't have a gym membership and not planning on ever getting one (especially since usually my workout is only running) but now i am beginning to take my exercise beyond running and doing some ghetto workouts. do you guys do ghetto workouts? what kind of exercises do you do?

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the way some employees are, im luck i even get the coffee...and dont have to pay for it

i train capoeira.....had another training last night. again in pain.

I don't do too well when you turn me upside down, but capoeira is pretty fun to watch at least .  Burned almost 900 calories on the elliptical today... my health and fitness is taken care of for the week