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200+ Pound Club!

guest — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:45:28 GMT

Weight still dropping, blood pressure dropping. Cholesterol dropping. Confidence rising!

Get out there people.

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guest — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:58:00 GMT

Woke up at 5:30AM this morning and went for a run throught the thick humidity. It is the kids first day of school so I wanted to up and out early so that I have time to get showered and dressed before the morning excitement. Luckily they are still at an age where they look forward to seeing their friends they haven't seen in a while.

Happy back to school day everyone:)

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guest — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:28:18 GMT

Shame to see this thread slow down. Happy to know it will never die. It is an inspirational thread.

Hope all is going well with everyone.

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guest — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:36:39 GMT

Juicy, don't worry about it. If your legs were burning, it means you were going too fast or you weren't warmed up. It never hurts to slow down or to walk....just make sure you are moving forward. I and many others started with 30 second runs so take your time.

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guest — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:19:45 GMT

Completed week 5 day 1, now on to longer runs.

I stetch very little before runs, 10 seconds on my hamstrings and 10 seconds on my thighs. I perform much better when I stretch a little bit. Walking to cool down is better than stretching for me.

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guest — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:16:11 GMT

Quick check-in...continued with week 4 of C25K this morning. Lower temperatures help so much. Will start week 5 on Thursday.

Glad to see new posters. Keep it up and keep reporting.

Having some issues with running time, any tips?

guest — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 01:04:27 GMT

It took me until I was 35 to understand how to run for more than a few minutes at a time. I always thought runners ran as fast as they could all the time. When i learned and understood pacing yourself as a runner, running for distance was easy.

Slow down.

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guest — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:04:12 GMT

I had a very active day yesterday and burned tons of calaories. Started off with a run followed by baseball and lots of swimming. I was able to enjoy the rest of my indulgances guilt-free. Today was a difficult day to wake up but in a good way since I was still tired from all my prvious day activity. Back to running tomorrow in the heat.

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guest — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:23:18 GMT

Running barefoot on the beach sounds cool. That might be a nice introduction to barefoot running, even if it only .25 of a mile at a time. Your post made me look up my totals, 50.7 miles in 2011, 72.4 so far this year. Yuo are kickin some butt this year.

Ran at 8:30am this morning, about 80 degrees and humid. Ran week3 of c25k. going to do week 4 on Friday and 20 minutes straight on Sunday and go from there.

Happy 4th everyone.

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guest — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:40:26 GMT

I am back. Kept active by playing various sports and running on occassion. Lost weight a bit slower than I wanted but still losing which is all that cuonts. Now I am back to running to finish my first short term goal, running 5 miles non-stop at the boardwalk during sunrise next month. I can't wait.

I look forward to catching up on posts from the last few months that I was out.