Comments on: Post Marathon http://www.runningmyassoff.com/post-marathon.html Making Progress Every Day Tue, 06 May 2008 16:21:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: MattEvers http://www.runningmyassoff.com/post-marathon.html#comment-64 MattEvers Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:12:25 +0000 http://www.runningmyassoff.com/post-marathon.html#comment-64 Thanks for your reply! I hope to keep at it and maybe run a half marathon in February and a full one by the middle of next year. Thanks for sharing your experience; running the marathon is a daunting task, but you have made it easier to tackle. Cheers! Thanks for your reply!

I hope to keep at it and maybe run a half marathon in February and a full one by the middle of next year. Thanks for sharing your experience; running the marathon is a daunting task, but you have made it easier to tackle.

Cheers!

]]> By: J http://www.runningmyassoff.com/post-marathon.html#comment-63 J Sun, 18 Nov 2007 18:43:54 +0000 http://www.runningmyassoff.com/post-marathon.html#comment-63 Matt-I lost maybe 5 pounds the whole time. Interestingly, my experience is not unique. Nova had a recent special where 16, normal, couch potato people trained for a marathon and only one, who did extreme dieting plus weight lifting during the 40 (FORTY!) weeks of training, lost any weight. My husband,a flabby guy, starting lifting about the same time I started running. His body really changed. Weight training builds muscle which burns more calories, even when you are at rest. Running burns calories while you run. My legs got a little trimmer and my calves pumped up but everything else was and is about the same. Running makes your body more efficient at pumping blood and delivering oxygen to muscles. So the heart, the vessels, the muscles themselves become better and more efficient at their jobs. Our great friend (and ONE BUFF dude) says that the only way to loose fat and change your body shape is to lift and follow and low fat, high protein diet. He recommends the Body for Life plan. I will tell you that I felt strong, looked better and felt awesome while I was training. I also had a clear goal, just run the marathon, so that kept me motivated. Because of the defined runs, schedule of runs and plan, I had a tangible and detailed plan to stick with. When I have exercised just for "improving my body" I never stuck with it, lost motivation and gave up. So in that way, marathon training drove me to be in better shape. One runner in the book I used (The Non-Runner's Marathon Trainer) said she lost 20 pounds during training but I have not talked to other runners who lost any signifigant weight while training. I will say that if I do another marathon, I will want to loose about 20 before I run it as I think being on the heavy side slowed me down. J. Matt-I lost maybe 5 pounds the whole time. Interestingly, my experience is not unique. Nova had a recent special where 16, normal, couch potato people trained for a marathon and only one, who did extreme dieting plus weight lifting during the 40 (FORTY!) weeks of training, lost any weight.

My husband,a flabby guy, starting lifting about the same time I started running. His body really changed. Weight training builds muscle which burns more calories, even when you are at rest. Running burns calories while you run. My legs got a little trimmer and my calves pumped up but everything else was and is about the same.

Running makes your body more efficient at pumping blood and delivering oxygen to muscles. So the heart, the vessels, the muscles themselves become better and more efficient at their jobs.

Our great friend (and ONE BUFF dude) says that the only way to loose fat and change your body shape is to lift and follow and low fat, high protein diet. He recommends the Body for Life plan.

I will tell you that I felt strong, looked better and felt awesome while I was training. I also had a clear goal, just run the marathon, so that kept me motivated. Because of the defined runs, schedule of runs and plan, I had a tangible and detailed plan to stick with. When I have exercised just for “improving my body” I never stuck with it, lost motivation and gave up. So in that way, marathon training drove me to be in better shape.

One runner in the book I used (The Non-Runner’s Marathon Trainer) said she lost 20 pounds during training but I have not talked to other runners who lost any signifigant weight while training. I will say that if I do another marathon, I will want to loose about 20 before I run it as I think being on the heavy side slowed me down.

J.

]]> By: MattEvers http://www.runningmyassoff.com/post-marathon.html#comment-62 MattEvers Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:13:10 +0000 http://www.runningmyassoff.com/post-marathon.html#comment-62 I have started training for the marathon. I've been running 2-5 miles 4 times weekley. I think I am going to kick it up next week. You are an inspiration. Thanks for sharing your experience. How has your body changed during the traning?(If you don't mind me asking).. Have you gained a lot of muscle? Lost a lot of body fat (if you had any... I don't know)? I'm a big guy (6'4" and 250 pounds) and lift weights religiously. I want to lose the fat I have, but am scared I will lose all the muscle I've worked so hard to get. I'd love to lose about 20 pounds during the process, but don't really know what to expect. I've been running the 2-5 miles 4 times a week for about a month now and have only lost about 5 pounds, though I haven't dieted any. Do you have an insight into how the body changes during the process? I have started training for the marathon. I’ve been running 2-5 miles 4 times weekley. I think I am going to kick it up next week. You are an inspiration. Thanks for sharing your experience.

How has your body changed during the traning?(If you don’t mind me asking).. Have you gained a lot of muscle? Lost a lot of body fat (if you had any… I don’t know)?

I’m a big guy (6′4″ and 250 pounds) and lift weights religiously. I want to lose the fat I have, but am scared I will lose all the muscle I’ve worked so hard to get. I’d love to lose about 20 pounds during the process, but don’t really know what to expect. I’ve been running the 2-5 miles 4 times a week for about a month now and have only lost about 5 pounds, though I haven’t dieted any. Do you have an insight into how the body changes during the process?

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