fiew questions on running!

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gary said:

Hi
I'm 6ft 2 & weigh around 210lb's. I weight train a little, just for
definition & cycle a lot & now i've got into runing!
I run every afternoon for about 40 mins & it is great for me as i have
anxiety & i find it burns fat better than the cycling.
However i have a couple of queries.
1. My dad who is 68 has had a double hip replacement, as he is tall & did a
job with lots of bending,
could i be next, will running increase my chances of a hip replacement
& also arthritis,

No.

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as my mother
has this in her fingers & back. Should i take cod liver oil &
glucosamine!

I don't know. If you like.

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I have no current ailments although my right knee feels tight after a
long run. I hear running is
beneficial to detering arthritis & keeping supple, but i also her the
opposite, can anyone tell me the
truth!

I don't think it prevents arthritis, but it doesn't cause it either. It will
help you stay fit and healthy.

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2. For my anxiety, i feel i need to increase my heart rate each day to the
extent

You can see a problem with continuing on this pathway too long, right ?

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that it burns off my internal
build up of anxiety & i feel now that i don't get out of breath so much
& my recovery period is very
short, does this seem to show that i'm getting fitter or that i'm
becoming addicted to the buzz of
increasing my heartrate.

No idea what you're babbling about. If you want to test your fitness, go run
a race and give a 100% effort. Training runs should not even be close to a
race effort.

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3. Can i purchase anything that tells me the distance in miles that i'm
running, by attaching it to myself?, i

Yes. google for things like fitsense, sdm, gps

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http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

It should concern all of you that these folks are walking amongst us. A
sad and expected result of cutbacks in the mental health field.

<< You can see a problem with continuing on this pathway too long, right ? >>

is there a secondary pathway?

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<< Yes. google for things like fitsense, sdm, gps

Cheers,
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Donovan Rebbechi >>

no, Donovan, you Google for things like Finesse, S&M and Dom (that's you, hm?),
and GPS for finding the location of you zanny buds, adrift.

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<< t should concern all of you that these folks are walking amongst us. A
sad and expected result of cutbacks in the mental health field.

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Etherized said:

<< You can see a problem with continuing on this pathway too long, right ? >>

is there a secondary pathway?A

No, the problem with increasing your heart rate every day is that your heart
rate acts more like a cyclic group (look it up) than an infinite one.

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gary said:

2. For my anxiety, i feel i need to increase my heart rate each day to the
extent that it burns off my internal
build up of anxiety & i feel now that i don't get out of breath so much
& my recovery period is very
short, does this seem to show that i'm getting fitter or that i'm
becoming addicted to the buzz of
increasing my heartrate.

Possibly. I have 2 main methods for stress relief - run hard like you do
(mostly from my road days), or run longer and gently on trail, maybe
even stop to watch the river flow by and the fall colors. I'm more
likely to do the latter, since I get a longer run out of it and more
training toward my long-term goals. YMMV.

Dot

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