-Dan

 My only guess at a diagnosis is foot position on the pedals.  But they are comfortable, stable, and the same on both sides.  So I'am somewhat apprehensive to adjust them and possibley make it worse.

 Any guess/diagnosis or relation to my experience?

I wondered if anyone might know what is causing this. Could it be the trainers? or have I injured the muscle / tendons in both feet?

Many thanks for your help...

Rachel  

Also, I know beer are mostly empty calories, but if I reduce my "food calorie" intake accordingly, will I be hurting my fitness goals? (I.E. will my muscles not develop properly if a certain percentage of my required caloric intake comes from alcohol consumption?)

So here are my questions:

1. Should I Iose the weight then start to work on my core (even though running helps with that) along with weights?

3. When I reach my goal weight what should I do to maintain it?--I'm a vegetarian.

3. Is 105 too small? I'm already  between sizes 6 and 4.

If you have any advice I'd appreciate your response.

Thanks!

 Here's my question-- right now I try to hydrate well before running but other than that I don't worry too much about food or drink.  I don't eat carbs right afterwards to replenish glycogen or bring water or gels with me on the route.  This is working fine for me so far but as I said I need to start upping my mileage soon.

 So at what point do I need to start caring about glycogen stores, etc?  Also, if I don't replenish my stores, what will happen?  Any chance I will burn fat for energy if there's no glycogen around?

Thanks!

  I have just undergone the surgery a week ago and currently convalescing during a two week post-op period where I more or less need to lay flat on my back for the entire day.  After that, I will have a post op follow up with my neurosurgeon and expect he will get me into a 6-8 week rehab/PT program.  What I am interested in the most is to get anyone's experience on how they felt during this first two weeks. I have heard some report no pain, others still feel a muted pain  but after the 6-8 week rehab they recover fully.  

 In my case, when not on painkillers, I do still feel the very recognizable pain down the back of my leg/buttocks that got me here, but it is not as severe.  It almost feels like the nerves have forgotten what it feels like not to be impeded and are finding out how to function fully again.   My doc said all results immediately after surger vary. I of course was hoping for the magic results of no pain immediately after, but know that is unrealistic given I lived with it for 10 months.  Anyway, if anyone has gone through this procedure and cares to share what their recovery was like (both the immediate 2 weeks after and the longer 6-8 week rehab) I would be interested. There seems to be a lack resources on the net with such a forum. 

 I've generally been a casual runner, running about 2 miles a day a few times a week. Lately I am becoming more interested in running longer distances though, and I'm looking for advice on how much time to wait between eating and running and also what to eat.

 I've tried running in the morning before breakfast and usually feel too weak. I need something in my system. Now I am usually running at 7:30/8 p.m. outside. I ran 3 miles today, something I haven't done in a couple years, and I felt really nauseous through the last mile. So any nutrition tips are appreciated!

 Thanks!

I note that when I log my swimming into my training log that it calculates 50% more calories burned if I sub-categorize the swimming as "speedwork" vs. "lap swimming". 

So, two questions if anyone knows:

1) Should I log my swimming as "lap swimming" or "speedwork"?: In most cases I am doing sets, pyramids, over/unders, etc.  I typically swim 2,600-3,000 yards in various sets.  I'm doing my medium sets around 1:25/100 (on 500's) and my fast sets between 1:13-1:16/100 (fastest 100s).  But, I mix sets up with IM, some kicks, sometimes some drills, warm-up/cool down, fast/slow.  So, is this workout "lap swimming" or "speedwork".  The same distance and time under the former will tell me 400 calories while the latter will tell me 600 calories.

2) Anybody have an idea on accuracy of either calculator?   Bottom line is that I find it hard to believe when I do 2,700 yards that I'm only burning 300-400 calories.  That's about the same the calculator tells me for an easy 2.5 mile run... 

Thanks

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I have recently turned 15, 16th march was the day if your interested, and i would like to know if i am to young to be training for a 10 mile race. I recently ran my first 10km in 51 minutes 13 seconds with my dad. I would like to run a 10 mile when i'm 16 and many more 10km over the next year. I'm not sure if i am to young to be doing 3-6 runs a week doing anything from 3 miles onwards a time. I believe i am nearing my adulthood heigh as i'm 5"8 at the moment, my brother is 6 foot and so is my dad. I am not sure if running like i would like to be would cause my knees and joints damage at my age!!! Can anyone tell me if doing the training i would like to do would cause me damage.

Thanks everyone, hope to get a few replys to help me.

p.s. i would also like to point out that someones when i run i get very tight calfs... they don't seem to lossen up like all my other muscles... i don't stretch or do a warmup, i just get running.

 I'm getting back into my training, but when I do a track/sprint session where I'm up on my toes, my calves really tighten up.  I've been told this is because my foot strength is poor, and my calves have to work harder to keep stability in my foot.

 Does anyone know some general foot strength exercises that might help before I go see a podiatrist?

Thanks

Clint.

 I spend most of the year sprinting playing rugby as a sprinter, I am now off for 4 months and have decided to train for a half marathon in July. I would be fairly fit anyway as I play a lot of sports and so wouldnt have too put in too much effort to get up to the race distance. I understand that sprinting develops/uses fast twitch muscles in the legs  while jogging uses slow twitch muscles.

My question is that if I spend 3 months running 3 times a week training for the half marathon, will this greatly affect my sprinting speed when I go back rugby training a month later?If so could this be permanent or is it something that will dissappear as I do more sprint type work in training?

Thanks for any advice,

John

thank,
Sherry

 Chip

 I'm not new to running in any sense but have never really maintained a muscle building program.  I'm pretty scrawny, 6'2'', 155 lbs.  My apt complex is very limited to machines and don't have that much but the basics.  Anyone have a good every day/every other day weight training schedule to help me out (that can still be performed on the equipment i got, free weights included).  I would love to build my upper body a lot more so my arms and chest don't feel as weak during a run.  Thanks for the help!

Just wondering if any of you wonderfully knowledgeable running types (or for that matter cyclists - I am not narrow minded!) would care to share their opinions on rehydration fluids. Specifically, my question is: Is there any difference between regular 'medical' rehydration/electrolyte fluids and 'sports' fluid/electrolyte replacements?

Cheers

Lex