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Wondering how much faster you got from losing weight. I know this is not an independent variable, since running probably went along with the weight loss, but I haven't seen the data on this anywhere. Just curious, my current pace is 15 mm and I'd like to get down to 4mm in the next month or two. Thanks!
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What was the secret, they wanted to know; in a thousand different ways they wanted to know The Secret. And not one of them was prepared, truly prepared to believe that it had not so much to do with chemicals and zippy mental tricks as with that most unprofound and sometimes heart-rending process of removing, molecule by molecule, the very tough rubber that comprised the bottoms of his training shoes. The Trial of Miles, Miles of Trials. How could they be expected to understand that? -John Parker
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funny how every time there's a thread on losing weight someone comes along and starts the "don't lose weight its bad for you" cry. or perhaps the "how dare you talk about losing weight - you'll force some poor child to become anorexic" version. provided you do it in a healthy fashion and don't starve yourself losing weight will make you quicker until you get to the point where you can't healthily lose any more weight. most of us are nowhere near that point. from an aesthetic viewpoint most of us would never want to get close to it.
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Precisely. I want to lose 15-20#s. I could probably lose at least 5 more than that and still be healthy, but I don't think it would make me significantly faster at that point...and I'm realistic...I struggle to lose 5, so 20 may even be out of the question. Losing weight while running is hard. I wonder how people do it well. For me it's a delicate balance...eat enough to run well and I don't lose. Have enough of a calorie deficit to lose and I don't run well and am hungry all the time. If I just ran an easy pace all the time and didn't "train" I could probably do it, but I'm not just running for fitness, so it really makes it tough.
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"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
yeah..as soon as I hit 35-40 hours a week my appetite goes through the roof.
i'm so hoping you meant miles....
When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
I thought my goal weight might be 120#, but I realized today that with my current lean mass that would put me at a lower bfp than I am comfortable with. Not that I have ever been that low, but I see no need to go that low considering my very very non-elite status.
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