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Backstory: I lost about 25 lbs slowly during 2010 and 2011 through low cal dieting, but I was still pretty much a lazy gently caress until around April of this year, when my friend got me into rock climbing. I started running in August and 8 weeks ago I started doing sean10mm's modified Starting Strength writeup. Stats: Gender: F Age: 24 Weight: 145 lbs Height: 5'6" 5k time: 38 minutes (on a track) Working weights: Deadlift 145 lbs, Squat 115 lbs, Overhead Press 60 lbs, Bench Press 70 lbs. Goals: -  video proof -   - :nottoxx: Get to 20% BF. When I measure with my calipers I get around 22-23% now. I think this will be a natural side effect of the first two goals though, in combination with not eating like a fatass. Plan: - Log all of my food on MyFitnessPal, eat as many calories as I burn (no more, maybe a little less), and get at least 1g of protein per pound of lean body mass every day (about 112g). - Drink tons of water, stop drinking so much alcohol. - Continue to do sean10mm's modified Starting Strength workout 3x per week. - Run or do run/walks 2-4 times per week, slowly building up to 5 miles. Pics: I already posted this in the incremental progress thread but whatever I think it's still relevant. 
T. J. Eckleburg fucked around with this message at Feb 22, 2013 around 20:56 |
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| # ? May 21, 2013 13:28 |
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Nice work, I'm currently doing a low cal diet with little exercise and so far it's going well. How are you liking myfitnesspal?
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| # ? Nov 23, 2012 23:58 |
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Great, I'm glad your diet is going well. I think I would have lost weight faster if I had dieted and exercised instead of just dieting, but for whatever reason the motivation to exercise wasn't there for me until recently. Good luck! I really like myfitnesspal. The calorie counter is easy to use, free on my iphone (unlike livestrong), and according to my results seems pretty accurate. The community is okay too, though there are a lot of people into super low calorie dieting (aka anorexia) where they eat like 800 calories a day. I don't really think that's healthy so I don't listen to them! Didn't exercise at all today because I'm sick, but my fever just broke so I'm looking forward to a lifting session tomorrow morning if I still feel well! Maybe I will go for a short run in the afternoon too if I'm fully recovered. This has been the fastest virus ever... who knew that drinking like 2 gallons of water and sleeping 12+ hours in a 24 hour period could really aid recovery. 
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| # ? Nov 24, 2012 03:13 |
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Holy smokes, great progress! I want your figure. 
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| # ? Nov 24, 2012 03:28 |
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Sup Triangle buddy. If you can run 5k now, you should have no problem running 5 miles in February. Are you going to eat any Krispy Kremes at all during the race?
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| # ? Nov 24, 2012 03:33 |
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Whaaat? Eat the donuts.
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| # ? Nov 24, 2012 03:51 |
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You have almost identical stats to me (height, weights, lifts, running skills, the works), so I'll definitely be following this log. I think you'll sail through your toxx.
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| # ? Nov 24, 2012 04:06 |
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Some of my friends and I have been wanting to do a Jenna Marbles-esque doughnut run, but we never got around to it since planning is apparently hard. And I'm terrified of eating a dozen doughnuts too.
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| # ? Nov 24, 2012 04:19 |
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stabbity posted:Some of my friends and I have been wanting to do a Jenna Marbles-esque doughnut run, but we never got around to it since planning is apparently hard. And I'm terrified of eating a dozen doughnuts too. Come on guys, this is what excited me the most about the challenge. I hope everyone can eat 12 donuts in their donut-run endeavors.
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| # ? Nov 24, 2012 04:42 |
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I don't even think I could eat 12 doughnuts in a whole day.  Fitness is impossible.
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| # ? Nov 24, 2012 06:01 |
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To everyone saying eat the doughnuts... I'm with slinkimalinki, I don't think I could eat 12 doughnuts in a whole day. If I don't drink any alcohol I have trouble eating my maintenance calories for one day (1770+exercise calories) sometimes, and 12 doughnuts is 2400 calories! Besides the challenge is to run 5 miles and eat the doughnuts in under an hour, and right now at my 5k pace I'd have trouble just doing the running in that time, much less the eating. So no, I still don't really intend to eat any doughnuts. Thank you everyone for the encouragement. Zugswang, have you done the K2C before? If you do it this year maybe I will see you there! I lifted weights today! I don't really feel 100% over my virus though, and it showed in my workout. I tried to up my squats by 5 lbs and I fell. We're having to use the small weight room available at our rock gym since the school gym, where we usually lift, is closed for the Thanksgiving holiday, and the rock gym doesn't have a proper squat rack with safeties and all. So, when I fell, it was pretty bad as the weight kind of fell on me. Fortunately my boyfriend doubles as a workout buddy and he was able to kind of catch it and lift it off me. On the other hand, I did complete 3x5 bench press with 70 lbs, which I didn't quite finish last time! I'm not going to run today though, because squatting and running in the same day sucks even when I am completely well, so I imagine it would be extra terrible while I am still coughing up stuff. Tomorrow I will go to the rock gym or run or both though. e: I guess I am supposed to be more specific or something? Squat: 5 x 45 lbs 3 x 95 lbs 2.5 x 120 lbs (fell) 5 x 115 lbs 4 x 115 lbs Bench Press: 5 x 45 lbs 3 x 55 lbs 5 x 70 lbs 5 x 70 lbs 5 x 70 lbs Deadlift: 5 x 95 lbs 1 x 150 lbs (oh god so weak gently caress this virus) 5 x 135 lbs Assisted Dips: 2 x 8 with my feet on the floor because there's no proper assisted dip machine at this lovely gym Weighted Incline Situps: 5 x 5 lbs 5 x 5 lbs 3 x 5 lbs (got dizzy) Supermans: 3 x 8 bodyweight Now that I write this all out I feel way worse about it. 
T. J. Eckleburg fucked around with this message at Nov 24, 2012 around 22:41 |
| # ? Nov 24, 2012 21:46 |
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T. J. Eckleburg posted:Zugswang, have you done the K2C before? If you do it this year maybe I will see you there!
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| # ? Nov 24, 2012 23:21 |
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I tried out week 4, run 1 of Ease into 10k today. I felt like Bridge to 10k was too hard and Ease into 10k started too easy so I'm splitting the difference. Since I am so slow I like that it is timed based, not distance based, because I think I will be running about 5 miles by the end goal of running for an hour. Which happens to be the distance for the KKC! So basically, this is the program I'd be doing: Week 1, Days 1-3: Run 8 min/walk 1 min, 4 times Week 2, Days 1-3: Run 9 min/walk 1 min, 4 times Week 3, Days 1-3: Run 10 min/walk 1 min, 4 times Week 4, Days 1-3: Run 15 min/walk 1 min, 3 times Week 5, Days 1-3: Run 17 min/walk 1 min, 3 times Week 6, Days 1-3: Run 18 min/walk 1 min, 3 times Week 7: Day 1: Run 22 min/walk 1 min/run 22 min Day 2: Run 25 min/walk 1 min/run 25 min Day 3: Run 30 min/walk 1 min/run 30 min Week 8-10: Idk keep up running for about an hour three times a week or maybe taper off or something? I don't really know how running works please advise. Week 11: Run the Krispy Kreme Challenge! I'm not sure if I'm going to commit to this program, but today was okay. It was a hard run, I kept getting side stitches and stuff, but it didn't totally kill me or seem too easy either.
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| # ? Nov 25, 2012 22:32 |
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Just popping in to say that (a) running and (b) not cutting are the best things to ever happen to my mouth
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 06:44 |
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Thought about making Krispy Kreme my first 5k.. but I think I'm going for Run for the Oaks.. kick butt!
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| # ? Nov 27, 2012 20:44 |
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Weight lifting day! With bonus food pictures. Was going to run today or yesterday, but my knees are pretty hosed up. I think my mistake was running on the sidewalk, instead of staying inside my neighborhood where I can run on asphalt instead. Or maybe my mistake was running too many miles. Either way, I am foam rolling and stretching like mad and I hope to run either tomorrow night or Thursday afternoon. I'm very happy to have actually finished my 3x5s of military press at 60 lbs! Especially because when I picked up the 60 lbs weight this random sexist old guy was like "maybe you should use a lighter weight!" I kind of ignored him, unless you count lifting like a boss as a response.  Back Squat: 45 lbs x 5 95 lbs x 3 115 lbs x 5 115 lbs x 2 (why are my squats still sucking so much?) 105 lbs x 5 105 lbs x 5 Overhead Press: 40 lbs x 5 60 lbs x 5 60 lbs x 5 60 lbs x 5 Barbell Bent Rows: 45 lbs x 5 65 lbs x 5 65 lbs x 5 65 lbs x 5 Assisted Pull-Ups: 40 lbs x 8 35 lbs x 8 Back Raises: 3 sets of 8 Weighted Incline Sit-Ups: 10 lbs x 5 5 lbs x 5 5 lbs x 5 Eating all the birds with my delicious egg white, brie, & turkey omelette and crock pot chicken chili. Don't judge me for the keyboard in the background of my all my pictures, term papers are due this week.  
T. J. Eckleburg fucked around with this message at Nov 28, 2012 around 01:09 |
| # ? Nov 28, 2012 00:22 |
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Popped in from the Lady Weightlifter thread to cheer you on! You and I have pretty similar lifts (and goals) - can't wait to see you hit that bench toxx! Maybe then I won't be so scared of pushing that weight myself 
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| # ? Nov 28, 2012 03:42 |
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You look fantastic and eating maintenance you're gonna make those lifts no problem, so hi there same height buddy! PS: I'd eat the dozen doughnuts
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| # ? Nov 28, 2012 03:59 |
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Congrats, you're in great shape and you have good goals. Your OHP is great.
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| # ? Nov 28, 2012 04:20 |
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I'm not going to lie, I sort of wish there was an athletic competition near me that included eating copious amounts of doughnuts. Anyways, our lifts are sort of similar so I will totally be cheering you on and watching how you go
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| # ? Nov 28, 2012 05:08 |
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Seriously nice OHP! I would have no problem eating a dozen donuts I have done it on multiple occasions. But running at the same time... 
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| # ? Nov 28, 2012 06:44 |
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HookShot posted:I'm not going to lie, I sort of wish there was an athletic competition near me that included eating copious amounts of doughnuts. same haha
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| # ? Nov 28, 2012 08:29 |
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Back Squats: 45 lbs x 5 65 lbs x 5 110 lbs x 5 110 lbs x 5 110 lbs x 5 Bench Press: 45 lbs x 5 75 lbs x 4 75 lbs x 3 75 lbs x 3 Deadlift: 145 lbs x 5 Assisted Dips: 35 lbs x 8 35 lbs x 8 Weighted Incline Sit-ups: 10 lbs x 5 10 lbs x 5 5 lbs x 5 Back Raises: 3 x 8 bodyweight Workout day! I'm almost back to my pre-sickness weight on squats, and I'm back up on deadlifts. I upped bench today. That... could have gone better. Planning to run tomorrow morning. My knees have been hosed up but I've had two pain-free days, so time to get back on that. But now, after turning in a 28-page paper last night and giving a presentation on a 30-page paper that I haven't written yet this morning, all on an average of 4 hours of sleep per night for the past week... I am going to collapse for an hour or two and then drink copious amounts of delicious local beer!
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| # ? Nov 30, 2012 00:56 |
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Today I ran. It was pretty cool. In the last like 30 seconds my right arch started to hurt, but I was stopping anyway. I'm rolling a rolling pin under my arches now, though it doesn't seem to hurt at all anymore. Knees seem to be okay. I made sure to stretch really well before and after. I used Runkeeper seriously/correctly for the first time...  ...and I learned I need to slow down at the beginning of my runs! Running is complicated. So I rewarded myself afterwards with a delicious mint mocha protein shake... ...which also happened to be very healthy:  Now I'm going to go sit on my rear end and watch Life of Pi with my boyfriend! Today is a good day.
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| # ? Nov 30, 2012 21:13 |
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Lifting day: I'd say I'm fully recovered from being sick. Feels good to put 35s on the bar for squats again.  Back Squat: 45 lbs x 5 75 lbs x 5 115 lbs x 5 115 lbs x 5 115 lbs x 5 OHP: (with dumbbells, so lighter) 2x15 lbs x 5 2x25 lbs x 5 2x25 lbs x 5 2x25 lbs x 5 Bent-over Barbell Row: 45 lbs x 5 70 lbs x 5 70 lbx x 5 70 lbs x 5 Assisted Pull-ups: 35 lbs x 5 30 lbs x 3 Weighted Incline Sit-ups: 10 lbs x 5 10 lbs x 5 10 lbs x 5 Back Raises: 3x8 bodyweight Skullcrushsers: (with dumbbells) 2x15 lbs x 12 2x15 lbs x 9 Hammer Curls: 2x20 lbs x 10 2x20 lbs x 4 I also got to make fun of some guys doing crossfit, which appears to mostly involve making jokes about snatches. And then...  It's been a good day! T. J. Eckleburg fucked around with this message at Dec 2, 2012 around 04:57 |
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I feel a bit like I am logging into the void but... ran today. I paused it during a couple minutes of walking in the middle, which I didn't do last time. My splits are closer together but my overall pace was slower... not sure what that means. 
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| # ? Dec 2, 2012 22:48 |
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You're not logging into the void...I'm sure people are reading your thread, I have subscribed and read all your posts, I just don't usually have much to say!
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| # ? Dec 2, 2012 23:48 |
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The Doctor posted:You're not logging into the void...I'm sure people are reading your thread, I have subscribed and read all your posts, I just don't usually have much to say! Same. I can't really run at the moment but I like reading through some of the running threads to get a gauge of what a realistic goal/progress would be when I can start. Keep going, we're still here!
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| # ? Dec 3, 2012 00:00 |
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Don't mean a thing! Just keep running. Some days your body just don't feel like running as fast or far. It don't make a gently caress. Loggin them miles!!
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| # ? Dec 3, 2012 01:57 |
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Thanks guys. I feel better. Today while I was squatting, coming up on my first rep at my working weight, I felt a weird tingle go down the front of my right thigh. It wasn't exactly painful, maybe a little bit for a split second, it just kind of felt like a lighting bolt/spiderweb pattern nerve spasmy thing going down my leg from about mid-thigh to just above my knee. Very weird. It feels slightly warm to the touch and numb, but doesn't hurt at all. I finished my sets and it didn't seem to affect them. What the gently caress? Should I ask in the Goon Doctor? Anyway, I have to run, I will be back to log my lifts later... just wanted to throw that question out there.
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| # ? Dec 3, 2012 22:43 |
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OK, proper logging: Back Squats: 45 lbs x 5 75 lbs x 3 120 lbs x 5 120 lbs x 5 120 lbs x 5 Bench Press: 45 lbs x 5 75 lbs x 5 75 lbs x 5 75 lbs x 5 Deadlift: 150 lbs x 5 Assisted Dips: 30 lbs x 5 30 lbs x 4 Weighted Incline Situps: 15 lbs x 5 10 lbs x 5 10 lbs x 5 Back Raises: 3 x 8 bodyweight Then I ate a poo poo ton of raw fish:  MyFitnessPal says I had 200 grams of protein today. And I still got to have 2 beers! Rest day tomorrow to hopefully heal my leg...
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| # ? Dec 4, 2012 06:38 |
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That looks positively decadent. 
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| # ? Dec 4, 2012 07:03 |
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 So slow. And now I feel sick to my stomach... maybe these two are related. I did have some disgusting chinese food last night. I figured black bean chicken was a safe bet!
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| # ? Dec 5, 2012 22:01 |
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So, I went to the gym today. On my first set of back squats at 125 lbs, on the 5th rep, my thigh did that thing again and I fell and dropped the weight onto the safeties. So, I stopped squatting, and I made an appointment at the student health center to hopefully get referred to the sports medicine people. Today's workout sucked. I still did the upper body stuff but I just wasn't focused and didn't do well. Injuries are the loving worst.
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| # ? Dec 6, 2012 22:59 |
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Maybe it's a form issue?
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| # ? Dec 6, 2012 23:01 |
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What is "that thing"? Are your knees buckling much? It seems like a huge percentage of the population has weak hip muscles, and this leads to problems with squats. It also leads to running injuries, since their legs are unstable and weird limb motions take place. But hey, if you can see sports med doctors, that's perfect. They should be able to figure out whatever your problem is and then refer you to a physical therapist for corrective exercises.
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| # ? Dec 7, 2012 02:25 |
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Sorry, "that thing" is this:T. J. Eckleburg posted:Today while I was squatting, coming up on my first rep at my working weight, I felt a weird tingle go down the front of my right thigh. It wasn't exactly painful, maybe a little bit for a split second, it just kind of felt like a lighting bolt/spiderweb pattern nerve spasmy thing going down my leg from about mid-thigh to just above my knee. Very weird. It feels slightly warm to the touch and numb, but doesn't hurt at all. I saw a doctor and she wasn't 100% sure what was wrong, but said that probably I have a pinched nerve in the top of my thigh/by my hip. She recommended 3 days totally off of all physical activity, followed by a week of slowly increasing back up to my normal level of lifting/running/etc. I'm also supposed to stay on advil for a week or 2 and wear loose pants or skirts. So, I took 3 days off, then ran today:  If you guys think it might be a form issue, I will probably post in the form check thread. I am probably taking a full week away from squats/deads, but later this week I will try to take a video. I feel like my form has gotten pretty good, but it can't hurt to check!
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| # ? Dec 10, 2012 22:20 |
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I'm about where you are for speed/distance. Have you gone over 3 miles yet? I'm gonna try to hit 4 today for the first time and why can't the public run on high school tracks around here??
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 12:57 |
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I know a guy who lost 400 pounds by switching to an all donut diet.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 13:03 |
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| # ? May 21, 2013 13:28 |
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Jihad Me At Hello posted:I'm about where you are for speed/distance. Have you gone over 3 miles yet? I'm gonna try to hit 4 today for the first time and why can't the public run on high school tracks around here?? I have gone to 3.5 miles alternating running and walking but that's it. Good luck on your 4 mile run. I feel like if you normally run about 3 you can definitely run 4 once, right? In my limited experience increasing weekly mileage is a lot harder than just running longer once. Also, I have no idea. The posh high school like half a mile from my house has an awesome track with big KEEP OUT signs on it.
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