marathon training advice needed for older runners
I'm 71 and due to run my first marathon in April. I run quite slowly and have been managing just under 12 minute miles on my long runs. I have allowed 24 days between my longest scheduled training run and Marathon day itself. If I attempt 22 miles for my longest run it will take me well over 4 hrs...
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My menstruation is delayed, but I don't have a boyfriend and I'm not pregnant
hi, i'm karla, 27 yrs. of age, i am now 2 months delayed on my period (i don't have a boyfriend so basically i'm not pregnant). this is the first time that my period is delayed. my side belly becomes bigger, i am irritated most of the time, have headaches sometimes, and i think i gained so much...
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20 weeks pregnant and having uncomfortable feeling on my right butt check every time I sat down
I am 20 weeks pregnant and just the other week I noticed an uncomfortable feeling on my right butt check every time I sat down. I didn't think much of it. But now entering into my second week it has become more uncomfortable, it is painful to sit down and walking as well, it is just...
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I'm 15 and I had a bump very close to my anus and on the 3rd day it popped
I have the same problem , I'm 15 & I had a bump very close to my anus it was the zise of a pea & it hurt badly & on the 3rd day it popped & blood only came out not sure from inside my anus or from the bump , should I be wotried ???
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Ive dropped 30lbs now that i started smoking again???
Im 37. I smoked pot for 19 years (never having to quit once), I stopped smoking on January 2012 for 3 years 9 months witch put me at September 2015. I gained an astonishing 80lbs. while i quit smoking. I went from 175 to 255. Just 6 months ago (September 2015) I started smoking again...
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Took plan b 4 weeks ago and still bleeding
I took the plan b pill 4 weeks ago about 24 hours after unprotected sex. I started bleeding exactly a week later and have been bleeding for 3 weeks. I took the pill before ovulation. I'm really concerned about this and I have been bleeding heavy at times like my normal period but have had a constant...
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Book Review: Ultramarathon Man
Dean Karnazes is an amazing athlete. He is a winner of the 2004 Badwater 135 Ultramarathon (The World's Toughest Footrace, 135 miles through Death Valley), and has completed the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run as well as running the first South Pole Marathon. He has also run a 199 mile Relay...
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I'm freaking out because I haven't been on the pill this month, and the condom broke
Earlier this year I got pregnant (while on the same birth control I have been on for the past 3 years). When I found out I was really freaked out but began to except it. Unfortunately in my 8th week I miscarried. Im 19 and in college as well. I know that after your first you are a lot more fertile,...
Ella Ann
Does my dog need to be layered when running outside?
As some of you know, I have a Dalmation (used to be my avatar). She runs with me quite consistantly during my weekday runs (about 3 miles or so). On Tuesday we ran when it was about 30 degrees out. She seemed to do fine but when she got inside about 1/2 hour later she was shivering really badly. I...
mickeyvw98
Running 2.4km in under 11 minutes
First off Hi all! Recently got back into running properly after a 4 year gap and have unsurprisingly discovered I have turned into a tub of lard. Anyhow I was hoping some of the fitter/better/best looking/fastest/sexiest etc runners on here might be able to help with suggestions for the amount of...
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