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I think raw means you don't eat anything cooked, but then again, that means you don't eat meat or eggs or things like that. Nothing cooked, so you just don't eat cooked items. That's just what I gather.
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That's ridiculous. I'm eating chicken and fish. I'm eating potatoes. Eff that. I have no problem eating my raw veggies and stuff.....but I'm not eating raw beans, ect.
I don't think I'm gonna run today. I got the stomach virus my wife and daughter had earlier this week. So far (and thankfully) everything has stayed down, but once I get off work at noon, I plan on staying in bed till the tummy stops churning.
I'll get my third day in tomorrow before church if I feel better.
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Although I have heard of eating raw meat, that's not really what I was talking about. I was just thinking more veggies, fruits, nuts, etc. Be as natural as possible about your food intake, which you already knew as well. I'm just gonna back off because I am speaking about obvious things. haha.
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Alright I ran yesterday. Finished the first week of C25K. Took longer than a week because of illness, but onto week 2 tomorrow!
My calfs were KILILNG me yesterday. I barely got through the workout. I need to learn some good stretches. Seriously, I haven't ran in like, a year and the first day I started this program my calfs didn't hurt that much. Yesterday was brutal.
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Don't bind yourself into a week timetable. Don't worry about if you miss a day. Just keep doing it.
For calves, I THINK standing with the front half of your foot on the stairs, and then lowering and raising your body on that one foot (or possibly both) will help. Maybe. I'm totally horrible at stretching.
I think i pulled a little muscle this morning. Oops.
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That happened to me too Andy when I started to run. First, it was my calves...then my thighs. Stretching definitely helps. I found stretching after a run when I first began was usually adequate but now I stretch after a warm-up before I run and after.
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Meghan, although it might just be overworrying, "they" actually recommend not doing the bouncing on the stairs, especially for people who are just beginning to move into exercising. Instead, do any stretch for the calves that is static. Usually, when I stretch my calves, I either sit down and just pull my toes towards me, or I stand at a wall, and use the wall as a brace to stretch my calves.
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AH. Gotcha. I didn't really mean bouncing, but I could see that my description could be interpreted as that. I basically meant that move (standing at the wall), but you can do it on a stair, too.
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For the first time I ever I ran a 30 mile week. Actually, two tenths short of 30 miles, but I'd consider it pretty darn close. My hip hurts, but I'm going to keep icing it today and find some stretches to help.
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I was away all weekend Meghan! I was helping on a youth retreat at our church. I spent the weekend chasing around jr and sr highers. Um yeah. I didn't do my running routine....but I ran A LOT! That was probably the most exercise I've gotten in a weekend for a long time.
Tomorrow is back to the running routine. I will keep you posted. Thanks for the accountability!
I played soccer year-round till I was 18, then stopped most forms of exercise other than walking/biking (which I did quite a bit of while living in college towns). Then I moved to Indianapolis...
Anyways, I started playing indoor soccer last year, and decided I should get back in shape. Eventually, I dropped the soccer and joined a nice gym with an indoor track. After a year-plus of running; I have lately been doing 4 miles in ~29 minutes, then some sprints. 30 miles in a week is impressive, Meghan!
I am trying to run the Indy Mini-Marathon, but didn't get signed up in time, as I had a nagging knee injury for about 2 months, thus I didn't want to sign up till I was positive about what was going on with my injury. Right now I am running 3 or 4 times a week, and will probably increase back to 4 - 5 once Spring hits. Having an indoor track is amazing...I can't take treadmills. Pretty much the reason why I joined a gym, since running outside (where I live at least) is nearly impossible through much of the winter.
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Andy - you know I'm going to be watching you!
Drew - 4 miles in 29 minutes? GEEZ. I go for quantity of miles rather than quickness, that's for dang sure.
I'm glad you like the indoor track. I tried to run at a track at a high school once (while staying in San Diego) and I hated it. I didn't get very much done. But last year, while living in Ensenada, I had to run at the gym, and I finally got used to a treadmill.
Over Christmas vacation, I did 11 miles on a treadmill. That was ridiculous and completely and utterly boring.
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quote:Originally posted by Meghan: Andy - you know I'm going to be watching you!
Drew - 4 miles in 29 minutes? GEEZ. I go for quantity of miles rather than quickness, that's for dang sure.
I'm glad you like the indoor track. I tried to run at a track at a high school once (while staying in San Diego) and I hated it. I didn't get very much done. But last year, while living in Ensenada, I had to run at the gym, and I finally got used to a treadmill.
Over Christmas vacation, I did 11 miles on a treadmill. That was ridiculous and completely and utterly boring.
Yeah..that would be terribly boring. I'd been running the past 12 months outside in my general neighborhood. However, the winter combination of terrible weather, ice, and I work until dark (and refuse to run after dark...not a place you'd want to do that in)...thus, I had to join a gym. So at least on the track, I still get the physical feeling of going somewhere, which I really like.
As far as quickness...going back to the soccer thing, I have always been a really competitive person. So I think timing myself is my motivational factor for getting out and running as much as possible in that I always want to improve my times. Also...my Dad was a track coach for 35 years, so maybe that plays into it, too.
Regardless, I hope to work up to 11 miles at some point...any tips for how you got there? I am thinking of just going in on my day off, and purposefully running much slower so I can get in a longer run. I don't wear headphones, so I guess I'll get to clear my brain more than usual.
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I couldn't bring myself to get on a treadmill today. Sorry Meghan. You know how treadmill running is.
I did go out for 30 minutes and walked my dog, up hills mostly. I recorded that on myfitnesspal.com and I feel okay about that. I burned about 300 calories and ended the day under my allotted calorie intake for the second day in a row.
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Most runners do a "long run" once a week, and I just follow that plan. I'll run 4-6 miles on weekdays (M-Th), and then a long run on the weekend, which happened to be 10 miles this last Saturday. Long runs are always at that slow, easy pace, and you just work up to more miles.
I don't know what you're doing now, normally, but say you were running 4 miles a few times a week, then maybe on your first Saturday you slow it down and try to do 5 miles. Then the next week, try 6 miles, then 7. You just work up to it. The biggest thing is making sure it's slower, an "easy" run. Also, a lot of people say to take the day before and the day after OFF from running, but some people say it's okay to also do easier runs on those days, just not trying to be fast or anything.
Last week looked like this for me: M~4.3 easy T~5.3 easy W~4 Tempo (running 30 seconds to 1:00 faster per mile) Th~6 easy F~off S~10.2 easy Su~off
And I'm just trying to gradually increase my mileage by tacking on a little here and a little there during the week, and then more to my long run. During the week I have very little time between when the sun comes up and when I have to be present at breakfast (7:30), so it's kinda dependent on that, unfortunately.
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Meghan, I know you were giving all this advice to Andy, but this is helpful for me too. I'm a runner, but not committed fully, I just do it when I have time, which is about 2 times a week.
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