Help me beat a mag

[smithy in nl]

I have never done a 1/2 marathon before but I hope to do the GNR in under 2 hours. I did a recent cross country 10k which was a tough course in 53mins and I have done a standard 10k in 48mins.

I did an example project for level 2 exercise and nutrition when I was working in education, this is a link to the Understanding Nutrition part http://theingots.org/community/node/14467 it contains some useful info on nutrition for exercise.

When I was competing power lifting it was always a fine line between eating for energy and not eating too much to make the weight limit. I lifted at 75kgs which is just under 12 stone, so I had to be as strong as I could be while staying under the 75kg weight, which is tough going especially as I am 5ft10" I was about 12% body fat when I was competing.

thanks mate i will have a look at that all help is much apreciated, ive got a number for the gnr myself but not sure if i can get there because of work
in holland there crazy on running you can do a half marathon every wknd if ya like. this year ive done 4 - 10k races 2 - 16k races and an 18.5k race my first time in the 10k was 47mins and i managed to get it down to 42:59 which i was over the moon with but the only thing over here is there aint many hills haha so the gnr is gona kick my ass i reakon, good luck with it mate im sure you wont be the one wearing the filth shirt

 

[Lostinvegas]

They are good times mate, I love hills, I live at the top of one so no matter where I run, I finish with a 1 mile hill home.

 

[Commachio]

Vegas/Smithy or anyone else remotely interested, read this its ****ing scary...




Pass The Butter .. Please.

This is interesting . .. ...

Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back.
It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow colouring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it? They have come out with some clever new flavourings.

DO YOU KNOW.. The difference between margarine and butter?

Read on to the end...gets very interesting!

Both have the same amount of calories.

Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams; compared to 5 grams for margarine.

Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.

Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods.

Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few and
only because they are added!

Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavours of other foods.

Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years .

And now, for Margarine..

Very High in Trans fatty acids.

Triples risk of coronary heart disease .
Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol)

Increases the risk of cancers up to five times..

Lowers quality of breast milk.

Decreases immune response.

Decreases insulin response.

And here's the most disturbing fact.... HERE IS THE PART THAT IS VERY INTERESTING!

Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC... and shares 27 ingredients with PAINT

These facts alone were enough to have me avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance).

You can try this yourself:

Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it open in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you will notice a couple of things:

* no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (that should tell you something)

* it does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value ; nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not a find a home to grow. Why? Because it is nearly plastic . Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?

Share This With Your Friends.....(If you want to butter them up')!

Chinese Proverb: When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others.
Pass the BUTTER PLEASE, and forward to family and friends whose health you hold dear

 

[smithy in nl]

****ing hell man, im gona try that margarine test