<p>First time running with the boys track team today. Coach told them i was a transfer student. Told the boys to study hard or they would end up like me — a 56 year old sophomore. Mile warmup. Dynamic stretching and strides. Ran with the sprinters today. 3 x 200s with 30 seconds rest. 5 x 150s with a minute in between. Wasn’t the fastest - wasn’t the slowest. Mile warmdown. Tomorrow run with the distance crew.</p>
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<p>5 pound party time for BC! That’s pretty impressive weight loss in three months!</p>
<p>Pretty cool running with the college students. And being competitive.</p>
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<p>Well, I’m not sure if it’s five pounds lost or a five in the units column but my feeling is that most of the folks around here know how to lose weight and it would be straightforward to do so without the responsibilities of work, family and household duties and with the resources (clubs, space, clothes, home equipment) to do what we want to and, of course, avoiding injuries.</p>
<p>That’s the nice thing about this thread: if you’re on it long enough, you know the science, IT and technique and methods - it’s motivation (already discussed) and resources to do it. It is nice not having to wonder how to lose weight - in general we know the answer.</p>
<p>My eyeballs are burning, BB. Ouch! That was scary. I should have known not to look! 
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<p>We’ve got a whole nation of running converts here; I am liking the C25K as it keeps me from doing more than I should. I still think of myself as a 21 year old college runner- unfortunately, my muscles don’t remember as well as the mind does. Today I just went to the gym for a round of climbing Kiliminjaro. We have a winter weather advisory tonight of all things but it is supposed to get up to 60 tomorrow, so will be a good day for running. </p>
<p>Great job on the weight loss, BC! We had crab cakes (healthy ones) for dinner and a nice salad of greens, lentils, roasted beets, goat cheese and vinaigrette.</p>
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<p>I thought all crab cakes were healthy ones!</p>
<p>I’ve got 2-inch thick pork chops on the grill. Going to drizzle them with leftover chimmichuri sauce from my rib eye steak the other day.</p>
<p>I don’t know why I don’t lose weight…</p>
<p>BCE - HS not college!</p>
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<p>I thought that you were happy with your weight</p>
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<p>That makes a big difference.</p>
<p>Age and wisdom can overcome youth. At least at the HS level. It’s a lot tougher at the college level.</p>
<p>Unless you are Rodney Dangerfield.</p>
<p>Congrats BCE! You’ve done great.
Good run/jog, iDad. I’ll be looking over my shoulder!</p>
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<p>I was happy with it yesterday. Today, not so much… :)</p>
<p>You were able to be out running in the Brooks tights today. The number on the scale couldn’t have been that bad.</p>
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<p>New Hampshire hikers are lucky to have some great hiking books (and blogs). It’s a great resource to be able to find good trails and read detailed descriptions beforehand. </p>
<p>You can even get up to the minute [reports</a> of trail conditions](<a href=“http://www.newenglandtrailconditions.com/nh/]reports”>New Hampshire - NewEnglandTrailConditions.com) from people constantly hiking many of them. They got a ton of new snow up in the White Mountains this week.</p>
<p>Three miles of walking today. Very good nutrition for the day. Seeing downward trend to get back to previous weight…thank heavens! </p>
<p>Gee, sabaray…I am lucky to get 10 flights of stairs in during my day! ;)</p>
<p>3.6 miles on the dreadmill. Grilled halibut and made beet salad for dinner - I really lucked out because the grill ran out of propane the moment the fish was done I always keep a spare tank ready to be deployed, but it is a pain in the behind to change tanks in the middle of grilling.</p>
<p>I came in early this morning and saw two pairs of people running in the dark. The first pair had reflective stuff on their upper bodies. The second pair had one person with a headlamp but both had reflective stuff on. The first pair was very hard to see, even with the reflective stuff on. The speed limit on the road was 40 MPH and there wasn’t a breakdown lane (it’s lane, then curb). It looks to be a little challenging for runner and driver alike. </p>
<p>I tried bicycling on this road many years ago and didn’t feel comfortable not having a small lane between the curb and the driving lanes.</p>
<p>The road in front of my house is like that. I am about 15 min outside my city, aka “sorta country” along a river. Eg. You have to have 2.5 acres to build here. But my road is also the main way to get to one of the largest area employers from a populated area north of me. So you have the mix of winding road with virtually no shoulder and deep ditch and lots of blind spots. For some reason this is also a favorite running/cycling route (its pretty, and its on the local iron route, which means people like to train on it before the event) and I can’t quite figure how folks aren’t completely terrified of the traffic, which while its not dense, is FAST.</p>
<p>My whole year of not walking was spawned by not being comfortable walking along that road when I moved here.</p>
<p>Idad, there must be something slightly contagious from the runners…on the more level trail yesterday I tried a few experimental jogging moments – not elegant with Nordic poles, but viable to kick it up a bit 
My gf-the-trainer thinks somehow if I overcome the fear of jogging I’ll take to the open road. What I can’t ake her understand is that if I’m to nervous to walk that road, why on earth would I feel better jogging it? :)</p>
<p>I think that runners and bicyclists have to trust drivers and I’m inherently not a trusting person (I look at how things can fail as well as how things can succeed).</p>
<p>We also have a Budweiser plant along that road and many other businesses with trucks and there are a lot of 18-wheelers that speed along this road. In some areas, there is a small shoulder and there are even some sidewalks on one side of the road where there has been new construction but I’d be wary overall running on that road.</p>
<p>I can run around my neighborhood but it’s lots of curves and small hills and it’s generally slow running. If I want to run faster, then I need to go out on long, straight roads. I have the choice between the long road with the 40 MPH speed limit and running on the road for a while and then there are sidewalks for about a mile or running on another busy road where the speed limit is 30 MPH and there’s a Turnpike off-ramp and tons of traffic though there are some sidewalks. The area is very convenient for getting anywhere if you’re in a car but it’s awful for bicycles and pedestrians. There aren’t any walk signals for pedestrians and commuters are typically pretty harried in trying to get to where they are getting. </p>
<p>I just looked up our Walkability Score and it’s 49. The Walkability Score at my son’s apartment is 100 and it’s a great place for running from what I’ve seen (there are lots of runners in the area). BTW, this does give me an interesting idea for a website.</p>
<p>I really think that runners need to develop an overly defensive attitude about running on the road. Philosophically I think runners have road rights but it doesn’t matter against indifferent or absent minded drivers. Runners with the attitude that cars should get out of their way are asking for trouble.</p>
<p>I was driving in the near-dark yesterday morning and saw a peculiar set of blinking lights on the road. It was a very sensible biker with 3 blinking red lights on the back and 2 headlights on the front (one light was on his helmet.) Impossible to miss, anyway!</p>
<p>I had a good week of doing stretches and near-pullups, then last night I pulled a muscle turning over in bed! I hate when that happens. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>We have a large business park nearby that has a dedicated bike/walking/jogging section (about 4 ft) on each side of the road throughout the park. The road (speed limit 35 mph) carries a good bit of traffic but the road is pretty wide so we don’t feel endangered. I am always amazed at how many people use the business park for walking,biking,running. There is even a group of handicapped bikers on recumbant bikes out there every weekend.</p>