Sat, Mar-19-16, 17:01
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Posts: 6,378
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Plan: Atkins72/Paleo/NoGrain/IF
Stats: 285/220/200
BF:
Progress: 76%
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Originally Posted by khrussva
I'll do my best. I was talking to a neighbor about this the other day. She has run that race twice. She said that once you are out there you tend to push yourself a little harder as you are in the presence of so many other competitors. The course is a straight up and back on Monument Avenue. The first half will be slightly up hill and the last half all slightly down hill. That should help, too.
I was somewhere around 200 pounds when I last jogged. That was just before I got married. When I was running 4 to 6 miles daily I was in the 180's. I feel the extra weight I'm carrying now. It should get better as I get stronger. I just don't know if the 3 weeks I have left is enough time. What ever the case, finishing the race will happen that that is enough of an accomplishment for me. I'll always have the T-shirt.
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You will do fine and you will get a lot faster. I run 5.2MPH and you'd be surprised how many skinny, fit people don't do much better than that. Your muscle memory seems to be kicking in - once you jog or run, the body never really forgets.
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