Ok, I'm in. So far no cigarettes today and I went without my usual large Mocha and whole milk. If it doesn't rain tomorrow, I'll be biking to work.I think I'll abstain from beer tonight at rehearsal as well.

Ptommydski wrote:Is brown rice okay?Word.

MrFood wrote:Sit-ups and push-ups, people. You need a bit of carpet and five minutes. That's all it takes.Had been doing this religiously for a couple of months and it made a noticeable difference in my chest and arms. Didn't do much for the encroaching dough around my middle, since laying off the beer just isn't in the cards for me.All it took was my wife being out of town for this past week and all my quasi-healthy habits went right out the window.

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I found a fitness blog written by a guy who seems to know what he's talking about, this is a particularly interesting article.What I Have Learned in Health and Fitness

MrFood wrote:B\_M\_L wrote: So any way... I think you should have fun and leave the weighing and diets alone.Fine advice except for the bolded part. If someone is really only eating crap - that can't go unchecked forever. It really can't.Exactly. And plenty of non-crap food tastes delicious. I daresay that most of it does.

MrFood wrote:Is this stuff ok or not? I drink about a bottle a week. I tell myself it's much better than coke or whatever, but still it's sugary syrup mixed with water. I can't work out how much is too much with this stuff...I skimmed around online, and these products seem to be very low in calories. Juice is generally garbage, but one bottle of 50-calorie juice per week doesn't seem like a problem if you're otherwise eating healthfully.

dontfeartheringo wrote:I've been thinking about this post in the C/NC.I wonder if any PRF folk would be interested in "organizing" an 18 mile run along the lakefront? Sort of our own pseudo-marathon? We'd have to find volunteers to hose us off afterward (I mean before heading to Hopleaf of course), but that might be just as much fun.I hate to even bring it up, but it's got me thinking.Kind of like the Iron Man.... but the Aluminum Man.The PRF Aluminum Man 18 Mile Speed-Waddle.just putting that in my pipe and smoking it right now.I was intrigued by this as well. I'm nowhere near ready to attempt an 18-miler this summer, but it might be a goal for next summer.

dontfeartheringo wrote:Wood Goblin wrote:dontfeartheringo wrote:I've been thinking about this post in the C/NC.I wonder if any PRF folk would be interested in "organizing" an 18 mile run along the lakefront? Sort of our own pseudo-marathon? We'd have to find volunteers to hose us off afterward (I mean before heading to Hopleaf of course), but that might be just as much fun.I hate to even bring it up, but it's got me thinking.Kind of like the Iron Man.... but the Aluminum Man.The PRF Aluminum Man 18 Mile Speed-Waddle.just putting that in my pipe and smoking it right now.I was intrigued by this as well. I'm nowhere near ready to attempt an 18-miler this summer, but it might be a goal for next summer.This summer is too soon, as is fall, probably. Winter is right out, since we're talking Chicago here.Spring 2011? May 1st maybe?Problem with May 1st is that we Chicagoans would have to do some hardcore training during the winter. If a PRFer or two plans to run the marathon in autumn, perhaps the 18-mile run could coincide with their training schedule.

dontfeartheringo wrote:The 2011 Chicago Marathon is Columbus Day weekend, October 9th, 2011.http://www.marathontraining.com/marathon/m\_longr.htmlYou should have one last long run before a marathon, then take a week off. I think. Someone help me out here....When I trained several years ago (before getting injured three fucking weeks before the thing), my regimen required gradually increasing the distance of the long run every other week, with shorter runs on the "off" weeks, sort of like this:Week one: 12 milesWeek two: 8 milesWeek three: 14 milesWeek four: 8 milesWeek five: 16 mileset cetera, et cetera.My longest runs consisted of two 20-mile runs, the last of which was three weeks before the marathon. The length of the long runs tapered. I believe the last three weeks were like this:Week one: 20 milesWeek two: 13 milesWeek three: 8 milesWeek four: marathon.Something like that. Does that gel with your experience?(The second 20-miler was likely the one whut got me. Would I train again, I would only do one 20-miler.)