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imagep said:

That right there is another reason why I like treadmill running. I can squirt a little water into my mouth without stopping and without having to tote it around with me.



I've done that also. I suppose great minds think alike. This week I've been eating a cucumber. It feels like I have eaten something, but not very many calories.

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Koke said:

For sure it's all up to personal opinion when it comes to environment. I found I enjoyed outside more when I train because I felt it made me more well prepared for the environments I would be playing in.

As for diet... yeah that's a super important one. In fact, I had a trainer once tell me that 75% of the gains you make are in your diet, the other 25% being in the gym. Staying away from sugary stuff is really important. I also would avoid a lot of carbs or pastas the day of a run. I would, however, suggest carbs or pastas after a run.

My opinion is probably amateur at best and I'm speaking from experiences as an athlete in college so make of it what you will :lamo

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imagep said:

I do have a couple of advantages over most new runners. I have been eating healthy (like a diabetic, because I am a diabetic) for years, and I've been doing weight training for about four years pretty seriously, so I was already at least somewhat "in shape" before I started. Still want to lose just a few more lbs, but once I do I will probably stop the fasted cardio thing and eat a healthy breakfast prior to cardio.

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imagep said:

One of the 5k runs that I've considered is in a place that is very hilly, almost mountainous, so that's probably a great idea. I'm also doing weight training 5 or 6 days a week, so that's helping build up the leg muscles, along with everything else.

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imagep said:

Is it better to run every other day, or every day? I've been running five or six days a week.

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imagep said:

I do have a couple of advantages over most new runners. I have been eating healthy (like a diabetic, because I am a diabetic) for years, and I've been doing weight training for about four years pretty seriously, so I was already at least somewhat "in shape" before I started. Still want to lose just a few more lbs, but once I do I will probably stop the fasted cardio thing and eat a healthy breakfast prior to cardio.

I've been reading that a lot of athletes will carb load before their event, so they basically starve themselves of carbs for a few days, then about a day and a half before their event they will eat tons of carbs, the muscles latch on to these carbs because they have been in carb starvation mode, and they then store more carbs than they normally would, giving the athlete as much as a lb of extra glycogen stored in muscle tissue, which can convert to energy must faster than food in their belly.

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