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I really wanted a challenge to start the year off with a bang, so I ran a half marathon today. It wasn't in a race, but I ran 21.2K. The first 16K were steady state, and the last 5K was fairly full out shorter sprints with walk breaks. I did what I set out to do, and that was important to me...

WTF is up with their assembly instructions? There is only a diagram and it bears no resemblance to the actual parts. I put it together from my own brain, but it took two hours and the necessity of completely ignoring the instructions.

I just had this thought about contradictory fitness information out there. You know how everyone says that you should drink water while trying to lose weight in order to feel more full, and thus, not eat as much? Well, they also say that liquid calories aren't registered by the body as...

I am trying a new experiment in working out. I have been doing both a push up and pull up challenge every day - where I do the exercise each day adding 1 rep to the previous day's total. I had expected to gain endurance, but not much muscle, from doing the push ups everyday, as everyone says...

I dreamt that Cathe had sold her websites and forums to Gene Simmons! This dream went on a long time - it covered a lot of people posting wondering what had happened, where Cathe was, why she'd done this, very upset. Then it went into the realm of product testing for one of Gene's companies...

U.S. doc accused of murder in probe of abortion 'mill' The Associated Press Date: Thursday Jan. 20, 2011 1:55 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — A filthy abortion mill where prosecutors say babies were delivered alive and killed with scissors would have been shut down long ago if not for extraordinary...

You know, this has been a pivotal year for me, with many intense highs and lows. I have had some very difficult challenges at two different jobs, and one of those challenges continues - but the other one has resolved and I've moved on. Perhaps dealing with this continuing challenge will...

Today, for Christmas, my boss gave us all the afternoon off work. In true Catheite fashion, I spent my afternoon off doing a brutal Cathe workout: STS Total Body, followed by STS Total Body Compound Only No Abs Premix. I had a lot of fun with this one. I love the workout as is, I really...

Hi everyone, Recently, some thoughts have coalesced in my head with regard to motivation. What I find is that motivation is not enough to get me out the door on cold winter mornings. In fact, when I am most motivated for my next workout, is usually the day before, when I am just thinking...

That is a tremendous achievement and you must be incredibly proud of yourself. You've been showcasing our success stories for so long now, I would really love to hear your success story. You've told us bits and pieces here and there, but I would really love to hear the whole story- how you...

My preferred running style is to run for short, very fast sprints, really opening up my stride and releasing energy. This is my happy place. However, over the last week, I have been having trouble with my left hip flexor - I think I twinged it somehow during a run on Sunday, and I think that...

I didn't want to hijack the Breath Right Strips thread, but it got me thinking, so I'm starting another thread. I am having all kinds of health issues - extremely low energy, hard time working out, immune system issues where I'm constantly sick. In a way, I wish it was all caused by sleep...

Okay, I just watched House - the one with the newborn that got her mom's melanoma. Giant freakin' hole through the plot - the mom dies from a pulmonary embolism from two different cancers, they then harvest enough of her blood to keep the newborn alive long enough to eradicate the newborn's...

I should start this by saying that I love running. It makes me feel free and liberated and gives me a survival skill that I find essential. However, I have been sick more or less continuously in one way or another for quite some time. When I really really think about it, and if I am being...

Guys, I seriously need help fast. I mentioned that I just got a new treadmill. It sits on carpet over concrete. Well, my downstairs neighbour is freaking out big time, starting to hammer on the ceiling and calling me over and over, yelling about the noise. I stopped running on the treadmill...

Hi guys, My sister is a Martha Stewart wanna be. Williams Sonoma is her playground, she bakes and cleans all day while taking care of her two toddlers, each under 2 years. I would like to get her a magazine subscription. All this stuff is completely alien to me, so I just have no idea what...

So often I have trouble understanding people's posts because of punctuation issues. Perhaps it is a sign I am getting old; I find that I really don't understand the way that people post nowadays. Basic punctuation seems to go by completely new rules and I have to read posts a few times before...

Hi! I am really hoping to get some feedback on the following possibilities for gifts for my two year old nephew. I really am not sure what's appropriate for that age, but I'd like to get something either educational, or artistic, etc., nothing gimmicky or noisy. I'd like to spend about $50...

Hi guys, After having my GWF for a year, I would like to cancel my subscription, but nowhere on their website does it explain how to do this - lots about how to join up, nothing about how to cancel. Has anyone successfully done this, or has anyone any idea how I can cancel my subscription...

For those that think that I have a special hate on for steady state and low intensity cardio, I thought I'd share something with y'all. Last week I went hiking/camping for 7 days. I have a GoWearFit (Body Media) and burned an average of 3100 calories a day- and three of those days were light...