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<p>Uhhh… no thanks. I think I’ll just stick to the Airdyne intervals and call it a day…</p>
<p>Gravity colonic? … Is it similar to what Norovirus does?..</p>
<p>No thanks from me either. I’d rather do burpees and t-pushups. :)</p>
<p>Thanks, CJane, for allowing me to whine. :)</p>
<p>I cannot believe that there were only 27 g of sugar in those dates! To me, dates are 100% sugar. On Saturday I made a mistake of grabbing a bottle of apple juice from the cooler before heading into the lecture auditorium to wash down my antibiotic pill. I felt sick almost right away. Checked the contents - 64 g of sugar! Yikes. I could not believe I drank that! I eliminated a lot of sweets from my daily diet, and made a similar observation as idad - sugary things make me feel bloated and lousy.</p>
<p>The whole fat burning thing during aerobic training is an interesting subject. It is predicated on being able to burn fat. But, if you are highly insulin resistant and your insulin is chronically high, it is going to be very difficult to burn fat. Insulin moves fat into fat cells and locks it there while sending glucogen to muscle tissue to burn. It is the fat storage hormone.</p>
<p>If your body doesn’t want to burn fat because of chronically high insulin levels, then all you’ve got is the stored form of carbs (glycogen) and you’ve only got enough to power an hour or two of physical exercise.</p>
<p>If you have burned up your glycogen stores and eat carbs (or even sugar), the carbs will first be converted to glycogen to replenish the stores. However, if your glycogen is already topped up and you eat carbs, the excess is going to be converted to fat and stored (thanks to insulin). Fructose, especially, will be converted to fat (triglycerides) and sent into the bloodstream.</p>
<p>In a way, it really doesn’t matter what you are burning during exercise as far as fat loss goes. If you burn glycogen, then any carbs you subsequently eat will be converted to glycogen instead of new fat. So, you are still ahead of the game in terms of body fat.</p>
<p>For best marathon performance, you want to burn fat (unlimited stores) as much as can and save the limited tankful of glycogen so you have some left at the end.</p>
<p>For workouts under an hour or so, it doesn’t really matter. Weight lifting and high intensity intervals and sprinting burn glycogen like crazy, but you’ve got enough for an hour or so, even at high intensity.</p>
<p>Notrichenough, thanks for weighing in…it sounds a little too good to be true. I wondered if it was a bit “snake oil.” You mentioned you had back surgery – what was your experience like?</p>
<p>Idad, I share your “if it ain’t broke” wariness of surgery when I am pain free and able to do the things I’m doing, which is why I’ve never had it. Even my old surgeon told me not to have it back when i was acute, because in my case the risks were high and the chances of improvement were marginal (I have spurs in every joint group…S,L and C, so it would have been a pretty major undertaking.) That sounds strange coming from a surgeon, but it was in Canada, where there’s no economic/practice expansion incentive, and at the time I was a still a single mom and sole provider (though was dating my mch long distance.) </p>
<p>My doc was also quite old – he’d graduated Harvard in the 50s and was considered a regional expert, so he was at that “blunt” stage of his career 
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<p>At any rate, I think the impulse has passed after spending some time reading up on a mb thread. There were mixed opinions about the sport for people with back issues, but enough talk about re injury for me to give my head a shake. That coupled with the fact that my knee swelled up for no reason on a complete rest day kind of forced a reckoning with my capacity for anything much more impact full than what I’m doing I still did the hill in the morning, but shortened my stride a bit to avoid aggravating this idiot knee.</p>
<p>Said knee was planted into the dashboard of a 1956 Super Chef collector car at 125 miles an hour when I was a teenager, and has started misbehaving the last few years. I don’t take it that seriously, because compared to the back, it just isn’t that painful, but since this has happened twice in the last month, I might consider wearing something supportive on it when I walk.</p>
<p>Bunsen- I know you aren’t supposed to run on Cipro, but I did. (I didn’t know you weren’t supposed to run, but I probably would have anyway). I hope you get completely better soon, get the drugs out of your system and get back on the road. Being sick is NOT fun!</p>
<p>Bunsen - Mr. Bunsen sounds as if he has your best interests at heart. This is not something you want to fool around with (speaking from experience here). Feel better soon. </p>
<p>Miserable rainy morning today - didn’t deter sabadog in the slightest. 2 mile walk. </p>
<p>Happy Monday, all.</p>
<p>I ran on a Z-Pack and another antibiotic before my root canal - didn’t know that it wasn’t a good idea. Also played tennis and did weights.</p>
<p>4.14 miles yesterday. I felt that it was too windy (16 MPH) to head outside.</p>
<p>Bought a Runners World book “Running on Air”. Only part way through but it discusses proper breathing techniques. Recommends an inhale 3/exhale 2 for easy runs or inhale 2/exhale 1 for hills, faster runs. The idea behind it is that continually exhaling on the same side (step) creates too much stress so you want to alternate exhaling on a different side (foot).</p>
<p>It is hard for me to adjust as I have always been an in 2/out 2 breather.</p>
<p>BC, while all antibiotics are definitely not sugar pills, running while taking most of them could be ok if you are otherwise fine; Cipro (and its fluoroquinolone “cousins”) is different because it affects joints and tendons, and tendonitis and even more serious complications are not that uncommon in people taking this nasty drug. Of course, my head know this, but my legs are itching… Thank you all for your encouraging words!</p>
<p>35 minute run with average hr of 136. I only had to walk when going up biggish hills. I have noticed that my legs feel more tired when I run slower. I keep trying to find a way to make running slow feel good. Isn’t it supposed to feel easier?</p>
<p>Bunsen, I hope you feel better soon, and avoid the evil tendonitis!</p>
<p>38 min outdoor run. 45 degrees, no wind to speak of – perfect running weather. Got in my low rolling hills.</p>
<p>BB, I hope the nasty drug fights off the even worse bug. Feel better!</p>
<p>4.7 miles of mostly slow run and a little walk. Our power went out at dawn today, and rather than sit in a dark house, I went out for the exercise while it was still under (barely) 70 degrees. We’re supposed to hit a humid 90 this afternoon. Average HR 134. I let it go a bit higher today, towards the end of the workout, when I was getting hot. </p>
<p>Deborah, your running weather sounds pretty darn good; Saba, yours does not!</p>
<p>Go PlantMom! Looks like the low HR training is paying off.</p>
<p>I think I’m going to bite the bullet and sign up for the next race. As of today the weather forecast is looking better.</p>
<p>Btw, Hops, it’s been a little while. Can we get an update on how your class is going?</p>
<p>Go Deborah! I meant to reply to your post last night, but didn’t get around to it. It sounds like you’re doing just fine without a HR monitor. I, on the other hand, have needed all the help I can get to overcome the red-faced, melting down, gasping for breath manifestations of my former running attempts. I’ve enjoyed reading the Benson book, as it’s helped answer many questions, and helped me to see that perhaps my goal is to be the person who’s just happy to finish a 10K run, some day (!!!), with a smile on her face :)</p>
<p>Bombs reported near Boston Marathon finish line. I hope there aren’t too many injuries and that all my dear friends are OK!</p>
<p>What a horror. My daughter just called to say she was okay, had been at the site earlier.</p>
<p>Truly horrible events in Boston. PM, glad your D is okay. TheAnalyst’s H ran today - he had a great race so was evidently safely away from the site. Thank goodness. </p>
<p>Today was happily a rest day for me. It is cool so would be a good day to run, but I’m a little tired today. Need the recovery day.</p>
<p>No deaths reported yet, but a lot of injuries. It sounds like some are serious:</p>
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<p>Cell phone service seems to be down, I can’t reach DS who is in Cambridge (I hope he didn’t go down to the finish line!).</p>