<p>kmcmom:</p>
<p>I really struggle on the Airdyne in the summer. I prefer it with a fan in an open window. Also, summer has so many good outdoor cardio options and I’ve been doing so much hiking that I need to hit the weights when I can. </p>
<p>Having said that, I really “enjoyed” my little ride on the Airdyne yesterday. Hey, and I lost 1.4 pounds this morning, so it much has really worked! :)</p>
<p>I was in a sandwich shop this morning where my brother works. His boss was talking about all the time she spends doing cardio at the gym (90 minutes a day) and how she had gained 10 pounds.</p>
<p>I spelled it out for her… T-A-B-A-T-A</p>
<p>The runners among us should appreciate this:</p>
<p>[Canadian</a> half-marathoner misses turn, runs full marathon, wins race anyway](<a href=“Canadian half-marathoner misses turn, runs full marathon, wins race anyway”>Canadian half-marathoner misses turn, runs full marathon, wins race anyway)</p>
<p>Omg, that’s amazing!</p>
<p>Hikers who sail past their trail junction in the mountains often end up triggering night time search and rescue efforts! I’ve learned to pay close attention to turnoffs!</p>
<p>She said she was “in the zone” and didn’t realize she’d run over 20 miles instead of 13. I would like to be in that zone…just…one…time…in my life!</p>
<p>Yeah, really. I don’t think I’ve ever not realized I had gone one step more than I had expected…</p>
<p>My Garmin did say that I ran 26.34 miles during my last marathon, but that’s because I was passing people and weaving around to avoid puddles and mud, and I knew I was going to run a teeny-tiny bit more than a marathon. But an extra few miles or so - even without Garmin I would have noticed! 
She must have been in a deep trance!</p>
<p>I did once missed a turn during a ski race in HS… doubled my distance! I got DQ’d for finishing a race that I was not entered in.</p>
<p>I’ll admit sometimes I don’t notice when a minute or even a few minutes have gone by on the treadmill, but those are usually times when I’m paying attention to distance (changing at each hundredth of a mile) instead. ;)</p>
<p>I ran a marathon in the early 80s that wound up being 28 miles. They had to change the course because there was some flooding (in North Texas, if you can believe it…). This was before Garmins. We knew it was going to be long, but it was all pretty painful. I won overall female, though, so there’s that! Other item of significance is that the race holds the crown, to this day, of Worst Race Shirt. It was a white shirt with CONVERSE across the front- nothing else at all. Lovely.</p>
<p>I still am in awe because I feel my paltry 3 miles are hard fought! Given that a year ago I couldn’t have run for one minute without gasping for breath …</p>
<p>Gave myself a rest day today - tomorrow I do pilates and the crossfit (don’t worry, I promise I’ll drop out if it’s too hard for me - which is a distinct possibility!), then Saturday I have weight training and swim lessons, and then Sunday my 5k and then leave straight for the airport for a business trip. Well, once I shower and get the color off me that is!</p>
<p>MOWC, maybe instead of a sponsor name, it was actually advice on how to get through the extra miles. :eek:</p>
<p>No danger of an accidental marathon here. 4.5 slow treadmill miles today. My hip is still really bothering me. I need to really work on stretching it. Started tracking food yet again. I’m either losing or gaining. Haven’t figured out the perfect maintenance formula yet.</p>
<p>Sabaray, have you tried pigeon pose? (My H did it for years after a hip injury, but it’s more chic to call it by its yoga name, haha). There’s also a pilates standing lunge on a reformer which stretches the hip. Hope it feels better!</p>
<p>I had to look pigeon pose up. Thanks for the suggestion! I will definitely try it. I also found a yoga routine on the Runner’s World site that I may try just in general. Better flexibility can’t hurt. </p>
<p>[Rebecca</a> Pacheco Presents Essential Yoga For Runners | Runner’s World](<a href=“Yoga Pilates”>Yoga Pilates)</p>
<p>Also found a few suggestions on this video when I was self-diagnosing. </p>
<p>[Inside</a> the Doctor’s Office: How to Beat Hip Pain | Runner’s World](<a href=“Inside the Doctor’s Office: Hip Pain | Runner's World”>Inside the Doctor’s Office: Hip Pain | Runner's World)</p>
<p>Deborah- yeah, that could be it!</p>
<p>Pigeon pose is excellent.</p>
<p>My bib for this Sat women’s half marathon is bigger than some of my lulu skirts. I need to cut it down. I’m supposed to do 5 miles with my daughter before the half, which starts at. 7am. Won’t that be fun? Not. It’s going to be warm, too. This is our last women’s half of 4 in a row. No more Competitor Group races for many of us. We don’t like their approach and philosophy. They do the Rock n Roll. Too. They’ve abandoned the pro runners even after committing to them for this year’s race series. The entry fees are really high and they do other really crappy things- like not allowing anyone else to lick up your packet for you- even with a photo ID.</p>
<p>My home workout, which ran long tonight.</p>
<p>Thanks, Sabaray.</p>
<p>That hip video was interesting. I get the outside of the hip soreness (mild) hiking downhill.</p>
<p>I start off every warmup with the hip flexor stretch shown at the end of the video. I had been doing it with the rear foot elevated, but I think that was too aggressive, resulting in the front of the hip soreness one day.</p>
<p>I’ve been doing these in every warmup for a while, too. </p>
<p>[Band</a> assisted leg lowering - YouTube](<a href=“Band assisted leg lowering - YouTube”>Band assisted leg lowering - YouTube)</p>
<p>The idea is to slowly try to increase the range of motion, ideally getting both legs to full vertical.</p>
<p>And, my all time favorite glute activation (“strong butt”) exercise. Being on the elbows locks everything but the hip out of the equation. The idea is to be able to get full extension – leg rotated up high – using the glute of the working leg, and then hold it for a couple of seconds. At first, everyone uses their hamstring instead and it will usually feel like an instant hamstring leg cramp for the first few weeks. Firing the glutes comes around over weeks and months. This is a good one to do several times a week.</p>
<p>[Quadruped</a> Hip Extension on Elbows - YouTube](<a href=“Quadruped Hip Extension on Elbows - YouTube”>Quadruped Hip Extension on Elbows - YouTube)</p>
<p>Lol re the marathon gal. My home peeps do the most guileless things sometimes :)</p>
<p>Idad, that curry paste tip saved me from naughtiness again after a late night at work! It’s my new fast go-to meal when blind with hunger from staying too late. So when are you going to publish the IDad’s Quick N Easy but not Sleazy Cookbook? Because I’m in :)</p>
<p>On the weight front I’ve now made it down to -43, just in time for a night out at Artprize followed by hosting a birthday party for McSon who’s headed to town tomorrow. I suspect I’ll either have to hermitize till the end of the year or get intimate with the Airdyne to make it to the -50 by the new year, but since I started the year with a goal of -30, I’ll take whatever I manage to achieve.</p>
<p>I am starting the “year 2” goal of body composition, and am starting to notice the plank & kettlebell effect after just a few short weeks, so maybe the year two goal will take care of the year one revised goal anyway :)</p>
<p>The scales frustrate me. This morning they say I’m over a pound more than last week this time. I haven’t done any crazy food binges and have exercised as normal.</p>
<p>7 mile hike on Sunday, 3 mile run(plus push-ups ,planks, resistance bands,squats) on Tues, On Thurs. a 6 mile morning run (plus squats, dips, jumping jacks) and 2.5 mile walk after dinner. </p>
<p>Yesterday’s lunch was carrots/hummus, some nuts, Greek yogurt and an apple. Dinner was 10 shrimp (cooked in oven w/ a little butter and lemon juice),a kale salad, one half of a pear and half a cup of plain fat free Greek yogurt? So what’s up? So aggravating to feel like I’m doing the right things but the scales go up!</p>