DFW Running Club!!

beer_tins

Morning. black and blue from footie on Wednesday, so no run yesterday or today. I do feel like I'm lacking motivation though! Got to make myself get up and do a 'Becky' again!

Good to see everyone's pics last night. Haven't seen pania or evab's yet though.

Sally, you've met HFW? Mrs. Bbeertins would be so jealous, he's her "weird celebrity crush"!

chickadee

Hi all, Not been on here much over the past couple of days. Busy at work and out in the evenings. Wish I could say it was fun but it was work too. Ready for the weekend now!

Interesting to see two distinctly separate types of post recently. The facebook/piccies type and the scientific type. (Rich - anthropometric characteristics ????? ) Wooo, who swallowed a textbook .

As far as body fat goes, I have some of those body fat scales. I don't know how they measure up for accuracy, but there are a couple of benefits that I can see. Firstly, the absolute % isn't too important, but it can indicate a trend. At the moment I am about 26% fat. This has dropped from when I started my training programme, when it was over 27%. The accuracy of the scales isn't paramount, but the trend is more important (and in the right direction as far as I'm concerned!).

The second thing I have noticed with the scales is that they can give an indication of my hydration levels. If my BF% is very high, for example in a morning, it can indicate that I am dehydrated. As my hydration levels increase the BF% reduces (but my overall weight increases). This is only really noticeable if I am very dehydrated, for example after a heavy night and there are other indications of hydration levels too, eg urine colour.

We haven't discussed hydration recently but it is very important. A small % reduction in hydration can lead to a large % reduction in performance. I'm sure the sage of all things running-related, coach Rich will be along soon with some statistics to support my vague comments

Happy running peeps! (Off out tonight for my run. Will try not to overdo it like last week.)

Idiophreak

beinerts wrote: »

Got to make myself get up and do a 'Becky' again!

The innuendo practically writes itself

chickadee

Idiophreak wrote: »

The innuendo practically writes itself

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:Never read it like that but now you come to mention it....

beer_tins

Idiophreak wrote: »

The innuendo practically writes itself

I wrote that in all innocence about getting up in the mornings for runs again! Reading it again, I can see what you mean though!

Poor becky seems to be the subject of all innuendo and insinuation at the moment!

pania

morning all. i am here....and my trainers... 2 HOURS AWAY IN FLOOKING NORFOLK!!!!! GAHHHHH!!!!! i wanna run..

(Land_of)_Maz

beinerts wrote: »

I wrote that in all innocence about getting up in the mornings for runs again! Reading it again, I can see what you mean though!

Poor becky seems to be the subject of all innuendo and insinuation at the moment!

Being one of the few single females and flirty by nature just makes her a likely target! Personally i think she loves it really!!

BTW - morning all!

chickadee wrote: »

We haven't discussed hydration recently but it is very important. A small % reduction in hydration can lead to a large % reduction in performance. I'm sure the sage of all things running-related, coach Rich will be along soon with some statistics to support my vague comments

interesting point chickadee.....

i sometimes think i forego hydration in favour of not needing to pee half way round... oooooops sorry TMI again!!

becky_rtw

HAHAHA well that will teach me for posting naked pics of myself!!!!

P can you not go for a walk instead?? I know its not the same but get you out into the fresh air for a bit - she says still tucked up in bed!

becky_rtw

(Land_of)_Maz wrote: »

Being one of the few single females and flirty by nature just makes her a likely target! Personally i think she loves it really!!

Sorry Maz I didnt realise we'd met! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

You just pinned me to a tee! I do indeed, the only problem with MSE run club - not enough single men to flirt with

chickadee

becky_rtw wrote: »

still tucked up in bed!

Glad to see that you are normal after all Becky! Enjoy the lie-in.