I just thought I would drop a line here an say hello. Just registered with the site, and so on. My real name is Brian, from New Zealand. Just got back into running after a very long hiatus from it.

Be seeing you!

Bu-Chan

With all the sporty people in here, I figure you're the best group to ask. I always have really hot feet, and as soon as it's 50° outside I can't stand wearing shoes unless I have to.

I have a pair of Birkenstocks that I've been wearing for years. This year when I started wearing them I became aware that they are smelly. Feet-smelly. I've been happy not to have that problem with them in the past (cuz my feet can smell), but no more.

Can anyone recommend a good sandal for someone with FLAT FEET (i.e., arch support important) that don't take on odors and don't break the bank? If I didn't have to use a bunch of velcro, I'd love that, and I can make sacrifices

Thanks much.

Jay 

I used a beginner's 5K training program from Runner's World, and tried my best to stick with it. Being in Minnesota, the treadmill was my friend, but it still wasn't easy.

In early March, I discovered this site - and it was a great morale booster for me! Being able to track my progress so easily, and see that, yes, there was progress. Being able to map out a route and know how far I'm going...and reading the forums to see the issues and advice from others. It was just what I needed.

I'm happy to say that I ran my 5K over the weekend with a goal of 27:00...and finished in 24:29! I felt great, and was comfortable and focused the entire time.

Thanks in part to this site and everyone here, I'm excited about continuing to run, and I'm already looking forward to registering for another race!

 Dave

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I'm also doing my first triathlon and I have a diver's wetsuit.  Has anyone done the swim portion in a diver's wetsuit?  I swam 2km in the pool in the wetsuit and while it's cramped up in the shoulders, I could still do it.

Want to save myself $300 by reusing my diver's wetsuit. 

Thanks!

Steven.

 Adam

Thanks,

Eric

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I am looking for a little advice. I have been working out on my norditrack treadmill for almost 3 months now. I do the walk/jog routine. I will usually walk for 3 min. at 4.0 then jog for 3 min at 5.0 (I am new to running and this is what I can comfortable tolerate at this point) I do this routine for 30-45 min a day. My questions:

1)When I log my training on map my run. It doesn't give me the option of cardio-treadmill under the walking category, so I log it under gym, then cardio treadmill, is that okay? 

2)After my workout,the treadmill, my heart rate monitor and map my run never corelate on my calories burned. For example: after 45 min on the treadmill, my distance was 3.27 miles. The treamill reads 270 calories burned, the heart rate monitor reads 189 calories burned and map my run says 421 calories burned. I am so confused. Which should I go by?

Thank you.

What is it withthe mentality of dog owners that they think they own every patch of open space, and that it is there for the enjoyment of their hound (and for it to c**p on , when no-one else is around to see it?)

Without wishing to seem too intolerant, I have had at least 3 incidents over the past 6 months with dogs snapping at my ankles; the latest occuring today, when only a mile and a half into my run I encountered a 'pack' of 4 women with their hounds.  As i passed them, I heard the sound of one of the dogs approaching, snarling and bearing it's teeth at me - not wishing to lose out on my running for a week or two through injury, I did my best to toe punt the beast into the next county.  After the introduction of shoe leather - the animal departed, but I was then treated to a barrage of abuse from the doggy people , with comments like 'It's only being friendly' - I've seen on the news how 'friendly' dogs like to play with smal children. It's the dog people I hate, the dog has an excuse , being a dumb animal.

Is this strictly a UK issue, or do people elswhere on the planet have the 'Doggy can do no wrong' mentality - I'm for banning dogs from ALL public places - they're a bloody menace.

To my surprise, I weighed myself after the 3 weeks expecting to see weight gain. However, I lost 5 lbs. !?

Does anyone else experience this? It seems for me historically that weight loss occurs when I am least active and seem to eat the most?!

I'd love to hear any comments...

I'm open to all suggestions.

thanks,

Bridget

ps.  I'm 24, 130 lbs, 5'1" with a BMI of 24.9.

I've noticed that your calorie calculators use ranges to calculate calories.  For instance, if I walk for 4 miles in an hour, it gives me a value of say 350 calories.  If I do this in 1 hour and 1 minute, the calories burned falls to something around 270 (these are examples, but a true example of what happens).  It seems that you prescribe one value for calories/hour at 4mph-4.49 mph, a totally different one at 4.5, etc.  Can you fix this so it's more on a sliding scale.  I know one minute does not make a ~100 calories burned difference in my workout.  Just a suggestion, but one that would be helpful and not make me misreport the time I took doing something ;)

Cheers.

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I frequent this site to map my runs.  I see you are running the R66Half next weekend.  I think you live in my neighborhood.  I wanted to congratulate you on your running and training and plowing throught it .

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I will be there running the full.  I hope to see you finish in record time!!! You Rock!

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I have been working on a better diet and exercise program for almost 3 weeks.I found my hardest thing to give up was pop I was a mountain dew fan and 3 large pops a day was the normal along with my fast food meal. 

 In order to get away from the pop I looked for alternatives and some guys at work introduced me to powderdrink packets. These are the packets you add to your 20 oz water bottle and shake for an intsant flavored drink.

 So far I have tried the following packets and wonder what you guys think about using them to cut calories and still have flavor.

Target  stocks Market Pantry brand comes in strawberry lemonade,strawberry orange,banana and a few others. Advertised as sugar free and states 0 calories, 0 fat, sodium,carbs sugars or protein.

Meijer Fitness drink mix. I have only tryed Kiwi-strawberry and black cherry both wonderful. 0 calories , 0 fat, 35mg sodium, 0 sugars, protein and carbs. 10 % vitamin C,Vit E,Vit B6 25 % , Vit B1210%, Panthotheic acid 5% (anybody know what that is?.  Meijer has 3 catogories of drinks, sport,fitness and energy.

Crystal light on the go drink mix. I have only tryed the lemonade , orange with green tea,Rasberry with green tea, Regular Rasberry  and I like them all. 0 fat, 75 mg sodium,30 potassium , carb 0 ,sugar 0 ,protein 0. Vit A 10%, Vit E 10%, Viamin C 100% Ribflavin 10%,Niacin 10%,Vit B6 10%, Calories 5. No caffenine.

Crystal light immunity antioxidants drink mix. Only tryed the Cherry Pomegranate and it was a bit strong in 20 oz. I found mixing this one with 25-30 ounce was better for taste for me this one has an acquired taste. Fat 0,Sodium 10 total carb 1g,sugar 0 ,protein 0, Vit A(as beta Carotene) 20 %, Vit C 20 %, Vit E 20%. 5 Calories. No caffeine low sodium.

Power aid brand, Grape and cherry and I don't have the specs on them as I just ran out.

My question is are they as good for you as advertised? I have been drinking a mixture of these different packs about 2 or 3 of them a day. My wife thinks they are better then pop but has anybody hear any side effects or other studies on these drink mixes?

D I V O R C E

No further explanation needed.

A friend from work gave me a link to mapmywalk, last night I checked it out and decided to take a walk Sunday morning.  This suits me much better than waiting for the Y to open up at noon, by then I normally talk my self out of my work out and do something else, anything immobile.  Early morning works best for me; life is too fast and gets in the way most everyday. 

I made sure and hit the ladies room before I headed out the door.  I’m regular like nobodies business.  I’m almost to the park entrance, and I’ve got to go again.  I haven’t eaten anything yet, but had plenty of water.  Food, water or exercise will push anything out my backdoor.

D A M N

Where the fucks the bathroom?  Which building is it?  They all look like mini shelters.  I’m one fart away from sharting my pants.  Its 7:45am, there’s enough people for lack of privacy but that doesn’t stop me.  The first building off to the left furthest away from humanity becomes my desperate destination.  I duck behind the building drop my pants, instant bowel evacuation.

R E L I E F

Had I pinched my cheeks for another block, I would have run across the restroom, duly noted.

I love this time of year, the leaves on the trees have a secret to tell, you can be sure it will be colorful.

Down the path, maybe a quarter of the way through and two deer appear.  They stopped right in front of the dusty limestone path like they were at a crosswalk.  After they looked both ways, they pranced off.

Oh and I saw a little bunny too, it let me get real close before it jack knifed into the meadow near the hardwood forest.

People were running, jogging, walking faster than me and biking.  I felt like a speed bump.

I did it, I walked 9 miles in 3 hours, it would have been shorter but nature called!

~d~

 I ran a 5K today. What did YOU do?

I'm new to running (well, new to paying attention to my running and racing) and I did my second ever 5K this past weekend in 34:16.  Not the greatest time, but it was 2 minutes  better than my pre-baby time!  I've signed up for another 5K in mid-October and one mid-Nov.  Is it reasonable to think that I can shave 4 minutes off by Oct and maybe get close to 25 minutes by Nov?  At the moment I teach middle school full time and have a 17 month old, so all of my running will likely be at about 4:30 in the morning!

Thanks for any help

Lis

 But, I recently replaced said GPS, and have found that the new unit (Garmin Etrex Legend) records shorter distances on my runs than the mapping function at MMR. I've gotta guess that the GPS is correct, and that the Google maps functionality which I have supposed MMR uses is somewhat, um, squishy,or inexact? So, my questions is: To what degree have other users noticed errors in their MMR logged runs vs. GPS readings? 

So far I've seen .5 difference in a 6 mile run (GPS reads 5.97 and MMR reads 6.45) and .25 or so in a 10 mile run (GPS reads 10.0 while MMR reads 10.24). Once I've found the correct cable for the GPS I'll download my run logs and compare them directly to my point and click MMR logs, and see if it's possible that the difference lies there.

 Thanks.

 Steve

 Just wanted to post a testimonial to Map My Run for your great site. I have been using this site as a training tool for my first race: The Lewis & Clark Half Marathon in St. Charles, MO. What a great resource! Keep up the good work and let me know what I can do to help spread the word about this great site.

 Ryan Moore, Realtor (and now, Runner)

Here's the rules (quite simple) - If you do an activity that you have set aside as exercise, training, or a workout - it's a streak day.  To be considered a "Streak Day" the activity should be no less than 20 minutes.  As long as you complete one of these sessions in 24 hours, it counts.  It doesn't matter if you walk, run, cycle, or crawl.  But it must be an activity you set aside purposely for exercise (no - not mowing the lawn).

To get started, just respond to this post.  I'll keep track of all the "streakers" every few days.  My next post is an example of what you can do.  You can say as much as as little as you like.  Unfortunately, if you BUST, you must admit it and go back to "0".  A BUST is when you miss a day.  To be fair to those who already have long streaks already going, the streak date begins September 1st.  To get started, count the number days in a row you have done an activity 20 minutes or more since September 1st, 2007.  For example, mine is 13.