<p>[Is</a> It Better to Walk or Run? - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/is-it-better-to-walk-or-run/]Is”>Is It Better to Walk or Run? - The New York Times)</p>
<p>“The runners also proved after exercise to have significantly higher blood levels of a hormone called peptide YY, which has been shown to suppress appetite. The walkers did not have increased peptide YY levels; their appetites remained hearty.”</p>
<p>Cool study.</p>
<p>Thanks for posting the link, Abasket. Interesting article. </p>
<p>Looks like the gal pictured has a heel strike.</p>
<p>Haha - I was reading the comments on another article earlier this week and someone commented that the pics they always use for these articles always feature heel-strikers!</p>
<p>In regards to the study offering both walkers and runners a room full of food after exercising and the runners consuming less calories - someone pointed out that runners may need to take more time to cool down/catch breath/etc so it might be more common that they aren’t going to indulge into food that fast after finishing a run. Now, put me in a room full of food an HOUR OR TWO later and the story might be completely different!!</p>
<p>I feel the same way after tennis. I can’t eat for quite some time and my body is sweating for about 40 minutes after I stop playing. If you’re in a work environment, you may not get a chance to eat a big meal if you run during lunch.</p>
<p>Both running and walking also take time away from when you can be eating unless you eat and run (or walk).</p>
<p>My daughter wins the “running route finder” award. Road tripping to Charlottesville and stopped for the night I’m Bristol, TN. She found Steele Creek Park 3 miles from our hotel. Gorgeous crushed gravel running path by a lake, complete with geese and a waterfall. 4 miles done. Lots of good hiking trails up to the ridge for iDad. The young Ironman is already in Charlottesville and rode 60 this morning on his bike and is now running. H brought his bike and will ride with him Saturday.</p>
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<p>I did 2 5K’s last year and both were 37 minutes (they were untimed 5K’s so it’s only my own watch here). I just hope to do the same in the one I’m doing in 2 weeks. So please don’t think we’re a bunch of speedsters. At least I’m not!</p>
<p>Has anyone done Bikram / Hot Yoga? I did with a girlfriend last week and OMG-I-have-never-sweat-so-much-in-my-life. Truly drenched. From places I didn’t know I had sweat glands in.</p>
<p>Have some free time on Friday and am looking to do either that or a boxing class (in addition to pilates and a run of some sort, length and intensity TBD).</p>
<p>We’re all over the place in 5K times. I started running 13 minute miles a few years ago so it can be a long-term struggle to get the time down.</p>
<p>I’ll never win the “quickie” award - it’s just not what I’m after at this point. I would say I probably enter each race hoping to beat my last race by at least 1 second but my aspirations in terms of speed just aren’t a priority. </p>
<p>I think I’d die in a hot yoga class. The heat would make me claustrophobic - so that alone would kill me!!!</p>
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<p>Yeah. I was looking at her heel… :)</p>
<p>I feel sorry for women reading running articles. They have no prayer. Every running article ever published has a photo of a 6’3" rail thin fashion model in tight running shorts as if that’s what the average woman should look like…</p>
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<p>I love how the exercise research field seems to be locked into some kind of weird paradigm where exercise consists entirely of running or entirely of walking and nothing else. The reality is that someone who just runs or somebody who just walks is not doing a very well-rounded exercise program. The sad thing about this weird research mindset is that nobody ever studies a really good fitness or weight loss program. Can imagine a pro sports trainer telling his or her team that they are just going to run or just going to walk for their training this year?</p>
<p>My personal best in my one (and only 5K) was a 41:53 on the Garmin. I can’t remember the official time and it’s easier to look up the Garmin time. I guess if I really pushed, I could probably break the 40 second barrier! :)</p>
<p>I’m so slow that they don’t even shout, “c’mon, you can do it” from sidelines. It’s “are you gonna be OK?” :)</p>
<p>I haven’t come close to matching that time on my weekly neighborhood 5K route, mostly because it wanders up and down steep hills. Makes for good exercise, but lousy stopwatch times!</p>
<p>You need to do the Mt Washington 5K.</p>
<p>(I don’t know if such a thing actually exists)</p>
<p>Based on idad’s post I just had to look at the “heel strike” photo!</p>
<p>You were worried about possible PF?</p>
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<p>Darn. I missed the deadline for this year’s lottery. The race is on June 15th. I hope the snow has melted…</p>
<p>7.39 miles up the auto road. 4500 feet of elevation gain.</p>
<p><a href=“http://mountwashingtonroadrace.com//files/2010/12/topomap.jpg[/url]”>http://mountwashingtonroadrace.com//files/2010/12/topomap.jpg</a></p>
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<p>Men’s record is just under 57 minutes. Women’s record is just under 69 minutes. The 92 year old geezer who holds the over 80 and over 90 age group records still breaks the 3 hour mark, which is pretty amazing. 7.4 miles of a constant 11.5% grade. Try that on your treadmill!</p>
<p>[Course</a> Records | Only One Hill](<a href=“http://www.mountwashingtonroadrace.com/results/course-records/]Course”>http://www.mountwashingtonroadrace.com/results/course-records/)</p>
<p>I like the results for the 90 and over category.</p>
<p>People travel from Ethiopia and New Zealand to run this thing! Maybe climb is a better word.</p>
<p>“Has anyone done Bikram / Hot Yoga?”</p>
<p>Pizzagirl, I believe MOfWC is our resident expert in that activity. :)</p>
<p>38 min hilly park run. Beautiful. I haven’t been there in a while so the first ten minutes went by in a flash. I’m glad the lot was full enough at the gym that I decided to opt for the out-of-doors instead. :)</p>
<p>I have been overwhelmed with graduation activities and making construction decisions for the past few weeks so my exercise routine has been severely lacking. So very surprised to weigh in this morning and find that 5 pounds have slipped away! I think exhaustion and not having as much time to eat is the cause. I’ll take it as I continue my quest of shedding for the wedding! :)</p>