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Definitely learned a couple of things. I drank about 3 pints of water the 3 hours leading up to the race. When I got to the start half an hour early I thought I'd have time to pee but the queues were horrendous so I ran the first 4km with a full bladder. One of the advantages of being male is that bushes can become very convenient. ;)

I got water at every station but find it difficult to drink when running. I was pouring most of it over my head to cool down on what was a warm day. I won't make that mistake again.

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Well you have a year to practice on drinking the water while you run and do and you wont be long getting used to it. Good lesson you learned is that the water wont go from your head to your stomach but from the mouth to your belly lol

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I never was much good at anatomy:)

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You had your first lesson today :D:D:D:D:D

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Ouch! Quite a few casualties yesterday. My knee went about 9 miles in and I saw plenty of piles of sawdust at the finishing line. :erm: :sick:

Good time. I ended up just under the 2 hour mark at 1:58. 20 minutes worse than last year.

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I was longer than that in the medical tent. I'd rather have been another 20 mins behind you than go through that again.

I saw my photos at the finish on marathon-photos.com, I look totally knackered and confused. No memory of the home straight whatsoever:(

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Ditto :) I'm 186 cm tall (6'1 and a bit) and I can't break 10 stone.

Around my waist is 26" LOL

I have a slightly overactive thyroid though so no matter how much I eat I struggle to gain any weight

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Got my medal from the half marathon in the post today. Now I have something to remind me why I feel so crap;)

How's the knee Derek?

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Not that bad. The pain goes away pretty quickly after the run is over and only returns if I try 8 miles or longer at a hard pace. :(

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You can also think of it in a positive way as well and enjoy the medal and be proud of what you done. At least you made an effort so congratulations on the medal and well done ;)

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Hope your knee feels better soon ;)

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Love that this thread is still going, won't scare you with any further pictures of me for now. I'm presently carb cycling to force those last bits of fat to go away.

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It says 100% of the carb calories you consume need to be from vegetables, whole unprocessed grains, legumes, and fruit - nothing else.

Boy you must be really dedicated Igni, good on you for getting to this stage, but I fear this is just too restrictive a diet for the likes of myself. :erm: Post another photo when you have reached your goal, won't you?

PS I put on 3lbs on our hols in Paignton. :(

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Having fallen off the wagon several times lately, and with less than 3 weeks to go to Tenerife, I've decided to try additional means in an effort to lose some more weight before I go.
I'm told that by using this machine I can 'drop a dress size in 3 weeks'. I'm giving it my best shot, so I have been 10 times on the machine (over 3 days) and also watching my diet. So far have lost 4llbs since Tuesday. Have also taken measurements of bust, waist, hips etc.,:):):)

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Still no closer to acheiving my goal of one arm pull ups so I've decided to change my training methods. Started to do pull ups using 'fat grips' that increase the diameter of the bars that you hang on to and have also added 10-15kg of weight to myself by means of a weight belt/chain/weight disk(s) when I'm chinning.
Lets see if that breaks through the plateau.......:)

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Running is starting to take it's toll on the poor old knees lately so been doing a lot of XC trail riding lately. Just invested in a Garmin Edge 800 GPS/Computer with the heart rate monitor and cadence sensor to make sure I'm not slacking ;) and one of those Holy Moses front lights with the LIPO batery pack disguised as a water bottle..... end of BST isn't keeping me in!