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Really ? People don't care when I say I'm vegan.

Best of luck! Let us know how it went

Thanks for the link, inspiring to say the least.

Hi everyone, A couple of weeks ago I took a shock in the left knee - namely landing heavily on my left leg after running up some stairs, just for the fun of it " title="Applause" /> I spent the day limping but was fine the day after and I could resume training as usual. My last long run yesterday went well, but since I've been stranded at home with symptoms similar to the runner's knees'. I'm planning to take a week off running and I've got 4 long run sessions left before my first marathon. My longest run so fars has been 18 miles, should I still try to have a 22 miler as I had planned, assuming I recover well? Or should I stick to shorter runs like a half marathon, and then start tapering? Any advice or feedback is welcome Thanks for reading!

Harsh! Hope you recover soon!

Why do you even care? Be more mature than he is and ignore him

Not sure of what you level is, but I switched from 3 days of weights to 2 days 3 months ago, and apparently not losing anything, while training for a marathon. So I reckon there's not much risk to try, plus that gives you the time to do the other activities you enjoy. If you're exhausted, it's probably safe to take a few days off to rest and re-think your training. Other solutions could be for instance: keep the 3 day schedule, but do less sets, or drop supersets for a while as it's an efficient but demanding technique , or try to eat more, or work or sleep /nutrition, etc. Good luck!

Best of luck and welcome Tybear, have you got any objective time-wise? Experienced with myprotein energy gels for yesterday's long run, 28k in 2h37, had 5 of them, giving 50g carbs/h. Worked quite well, no problem with digestion, fatigue was delayed and had some energy left at the end Also completing the marathon within 4h seems to be within reach!

Pea, soy, rice, hemp, powder proteins. You will find examples here: http://www.mensfitness.com/training/build-muscle/best-protein-powders-for-vegetarians-and-vegans Edit: also vegan only proteins here: http://www.myprotein.com/protein/non-dairy.list

Well... Maybe try to lift 2 days/week only and add some cardio 2-3 times a week, then see how it goes. Edit: love peanut butter and sweet potato too. You might want to have a cheat day so you can have more of these, or have a high carb day twice a week

Looks awesome!

Had a 25k yesterday - brought banana and trail mix. I don't know how people do it but I don't like chewing stuff too much while running, kind of interfere with my breathing ahah Brown sugar is nice as you can just let it melt in your mouth. I also ordered gels tonight, I'll give them a go next Saturday

If you've got your training and your nutrition checked, then it's just a matter or patience I guess. Have you tried to cycle carbs? Helped me gaining some definition within weeks. No one would guess English is your third language!

Cheers. I'm doing some progress in that regards, I know I'll feel like shit at training if I don't make an effort to eat and sleep better ahah

You don't count calories which is fine, but maybe you could keep a record of what you eat for a couple of weeks? You might realise you eat bit too much for your goals and you'll have a better ideas of your macros, which would allow to tweak them if necessary. Then again, I would not worry too much. You look just fine

I think you look great too.

@edemdemise: thank you very much! I actually feel like crap when I eat normally (about 2500kcal) several days in a row. I've had eating disorders and somehow I'm not really out of it yet. That's something I want to work on next as I'm planning to bulk up a bit when I'm done with races in April. @mrbear: you bet ahah, I posted the link somewhere already but here's my band if you like. It's a two guy band between Metallica, Pantera, Faith No more, and more extreme metal. We did a brutal version of Paint it Black on the last album. Enjoy mate https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Naked-Show/184930478306656?id=184930478306656&sk=app_2405167945

Thanks, I'll experiment with Pocket Fuel, they look delicious I'll also try banana tomorrow, and trail mix for the next long run after that.

Unless I'm mistaken, I didn't see any topic about nutrition so I'll ask you here if you don't mind : what do you eat /drink during your long runs? I've been toying with gels / gummy bears with mixed results, best so far are cubes of brown sugar. Any tips or advice would be great. Thanks!

I saw your mullet already on another topic Nice one!

Upon popular demand, a before/after special hair http://i42.tinypic.com/k1x3bm.jpg

I've been into metal for nearly 20 years, yeah I'm that old Haven't touch my guitars for 6 months now as I'm more into games and training, but recently found out about a couple of awesome bands that made me want to play again: Woods of Ypres (doom-black Canada) Agalloch (US) Also check out my personal project The Naked Show (heavy-trash / UK) https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Naked-Show/184930478306656?ref=hl

No one here believes me when I say I prefer living in the UK! Being my first marathon I don't want to bother with a time target, and will simply focus on finishing the race. That said, based on my half-marathon times, it should be somewhere between 3.45 and 4.00

Fuck it, registrations for Paris are closed already ahah. Plan B: just registered for the one in Manchester instead! I'm living in East Cheshire, posh countryside really nice for long runs Been in the UK for almost 5 years, so I don't feel really French anymore!

Thanks a lot, that's very kind! I love lifting weight, but also love running and can't really enough (first world pb), so I'm aware I'm a bit killing my efforts at the gym. Tired of skinny arms though so I think I'll focus more on weigths when done with a couples of races I have in mind. I'll post more pics then. You should see my dreads in the back they are huge