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Re: recovering from long runs

guest — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:31:31 GMT

I'm letting this thread drop right now.

Re: recovering from long runs

guest — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:24:44 GMT

staving off decrepitude wrote:
The scale I bought sucks. I weighed myself (nekkid), went for a 7 mile run, (drinking 1.6 lbs of gatorade along the way), weighed myself again (nekkid) and had gained 1/2 lb. Hmm. maybe I'm overhydrating. But I was feeling thirsty toward the end of the run. I'm thinking maybe I should go pee and re-weigh because the urine is basically liquid that is lost to my body anyway. (You don't reabsorb it from the bladder do you?) So I go take the scale into the bathroom and re-weigh (before peeing) and I've lost a pound in the time it took to get to the bathroom! The scale said that uneven or carpeted floors may skew the readings, so I'm thinking, maybe it's the difference between the wooden bathroom floor and the concrete kitchen floor. I take the scale back to the kitchen, the same spot I had it on for my 1st weighing, and I've lost another 1/2 pound! So I go pee and my urine is yellow, but kinda dark yellow. So I don't think the 1st reading where I gained weight was right or my pee would be lighter, dontcha think? Anyway I think this scale is a piece of junk despite all the accuracy claims all over the box. I think I'll take it back to Target.

Jimmy D Jarhead wrote:

Lee was running around her house nekkid. In case anyone missed that Lee was running around her house nekkid.
Ha Ha...I thought she went for a 7 mile run (nekkid).
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Re: recovering from long runs

guest — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:46:55 GMT

staving off decrepitude wrote:

Jimmy D Jarhead wrote:
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staving off decrepitude wrote:
The scale I bought sucks. I weighed myself (nekkid), went for a 7 mile run, (drinking 1.6 lbs of gatorade along the way), weighed myself again (nekkid) and had gained 1/2 lb. Hmm. maybe I'm overhydrating. But I was feeling thirsty toward the end of the run. I'm thinking maybe I should go pee and re-weigh because the urine is basically liquid that is lost to my body anyway. (You don't reabsorb it from the bladder do you?) So I go take the scale into the bathroom and re-weigh (before peeing) and I've lost a pound in the time it took to get to the bathroom! The scale said that uneven or carpeted floors may skew the readings, so I'm thinking, maybe it's the difference between the wooden bathroom floor and the concrete kitchen floor. I take the scale back to the kitchen, the same spot I had it on for my 1st weighing, and I've lost another 1/2 pound! So I go pee and my urine is yellow, but kinda dark yellow. So I don't think the 1st reading where I gained weight was right or my pee would be lighter, dontcha think? Anyway I think this scale is a piece of junk despite all the accuracy claims all over the box. I think I'll take it back to Target.Lee was running around her house nekkid. In case anyone missed that Lee was running around her house nekkid.

At least I didn't have the pink fly swatter this time.

What color was it?LOL

Re: recovering from long runs

guest — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:07:20 GMT

Jimmy D Jarhead wrote:
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staving off decrepitude wrote:
The scale I bought sucks. I weighed myself (nekkid), went for a 7 mile run, (drinking 1.6 lbs of gatorade along the way), weighed myself again (nekkid) and had gained 1/2 lb. Hmm. maybe I'm overhydrating. But I was feeling thirsty toward the end of the run. I'm thinking maybe I should go pee and re-weigh because the urine is basically liquid that is lost to my body anyway. (You don't reabsorb it from the bladder do you?) So I go take the scale into the bathroom and re-weigh (before peeing) and I've lost a pound in the time it took to get to the bathroom! The scale said that uneven or carpeted floors may skew the readings, so I'm thinking, maybe it's the difference between the wooden bathroom floor and the concrete kitchen floor. I take the scale back to the kitchen, the same spot I had it on for my 1st weighing, and I've lost another 1/2 pound! So I go pee and my urine is yellow, but kinda dark yellow. So I don't think the 1st reading where I gained weight was right or my pee would be lighter, dontcha think? Anyway I think this scale is a piece of junk despite all the accuracy claims all over the box. I think I'll take it back to Target.

Lee was running around her house nekkid. In case anyone missed that Lee was running around her house nekkid.

At least I didn't have the pink fly swatter this time.

Re: recovering from long runs

guest — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:24:25 GMT

I use the NYC basic marathon training plan. I used it for both NYC and the MCM and it's done fine for me. I do hills (when I kind of feel like, every couple of weeks and I do tempo runs the other week.) It's kind of a my own making training with the NYC mileage. So, you're not behind, you're right on schedule according to my plan. I hope we're going to have lots of fun in Chicago, and looking at who's running that should be a breeze.

Re: recovering from long runs

guest — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:26:07 GMT

staving off decrepitude wrote:
The scale I bought sucks. I weighed myself (nekkid), went for a 7 mile run, (drinking 1.6 lbs of gatorade along the way), weighed myself again (nekkid) and had gained 1/2 lb. Hmm. maybe I'm overhydrating. But I was feeling thirsty toward the end of the run. I'm thinking maybe I should go pee and re-weigh because the urine is basically liquid that is lost to my body anyway. (You don't reabsorb it from the bladder do you?) So I go take the scale into the bathroom and re-weigh (before peeing) and I've lost a pound in the time it took to get to the bathroom! The scale said that uneven or carpeted floors may skew the readings, so I'm thinking, maybe it's the difference between the wooden bathroom floor and the concrete kitchen floor. I take the scale back to the kitchen, the same spot I had it on for my 1st weighing, and I've lost another 1/2 pound! So I go pee and my urine is yellow, but kinda dark yellow. So I don't think the 1st reading where I gained weight was right or my pee would be lighter, dontcha think? Anyway I think this scale is a piece of junk despite all the accuracy claims all over the box. I think I'll take it back to Target.

Lee was running around her house nekkid. In case anyone missed that Lee was running around her house nekkid.

Re: recovering from long runs

guest — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:30:58 GMT

Exactly!!

Re: recovering from long runs

guest — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:38:13 GMT

Holly, you are running Chicago too, right? So, I am not behind, but somewhere in the middle

Re: recovering from long runs

guest — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:36:09 GMT

HA! I only got 12 this weekend!

Re: recovering from long runs

guest — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:33:30 GMT

Omi, what training plan are you using? We're both headed for Chicago. I'm only doing 16 this weekend...I'm a bit worried that I am behind?