Comments on: Nova Marathon Challenge http://news.runtowin.com/2007/11/02/nova-marathon-challenge.html Marathoning Made Simple Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:10:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: Marathoning Conference Call #1 : Marathoning.org http://news.runtowin.com/2007/11/02/nova-marathon-challenge.html/comment-page-1#comment-40358 Marathoning Conference Call #1 : Marathoning.org Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:00:25 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2007/11/02/nova-marathon-challenge.html#comment-40358 [...] Nova Marathon Challenge: A PBS documentary about a group of sedentary people who trained for and ran the Boston Marathon in just 9 months. [...] [...] Nova Marathon Challenge: A PBS documentary about a group of sedentary people who trained for and ran the Boston Marathon in just 9 months. [...]

]]> By: Listen to the Replay of the Marathon Questions Call @ Run to Win http://news.runtowin.com/2007/11/02/nova-marathon-challenge.html/comment-page-1#comment-40181 Listen to the Replay of the Marathon Questions Call @ Run to Win Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:25:37 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2007/11/02/nova-marathon-challenge.html#comment-40181 [...] Nova Marathon Challenge: A PBS documentary about a group of sedentary people who trained for and ran the Boston Marathon in just 9 months. [...] [...] Nova Marathon Challenge: A PBS documentary about a group of sedentary people who trained for and ran the Boston Marathon in just 9 months. [...]

]]> By: Blaine Moore http://news.runtowin.com/2007/11/02/nova-marathon-challenge.html/comment-page-1#comment-39054 Blaine Moore Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:39:25 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2007/11/02/nova-marathon-challenge.html#comment-39054 One of the women lost 35 pounds over 9 months, which is about 1 pound per week. That sounds like a healthy way to lose weight to me. Personally, I think that going out and running is a great way to establish a baseline of fitness and to lose weight when you are not fit. We did not see them doing any sort of speed work in the special, so I don't know if they did or didn't at any point. For people that are already fit, they are not going to see consistent weight loss or gain without some component of <a href="http://news.runtowin.com/2007/05/14/answers-for-the-top-questions-about-interval-training.html" rel="nofollow">interval training</a>. I think that the best way to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight is to (a) Adopt a healthy diet, (b) Workout regularly (easy runs on a regular basis), (c) Lift weights / <acronym title="High Intensity Interval Training">HIIT</acronym>. A good weight lifting program is much more effective for weight loss than easy jogging, especially once you have started to plateau. Either way, though, all of them came out healthier and fitter and happier than they went in. That's an important metric in and of itself. One of the women lost 35 pounds over 9 months, which is about 1 pound per week. That sounds like a healthy way to lose weight to me.

Personally, I think that going out and running is a great way to establish a baseline of fitness and to lose weight when you are not fit.

We did not see them doing any sort of speed work in the special, so I don’t know if they did or didn’t at any point. For people that are already fit, they are not going to see consistent weight loss or gain without some component of interval training.

I think that the best way to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight is to (a) Adopt a healthy diet, (b) Workout regularly (easy runs on a regular basis), (c) Lift weights / HIIT. A good weight lifting program is much more effective for weight loss than easy jogging, especially once you have started to plateau.

Either way, though, all of them came out healthier and fitter and happier than they went in. That’s an important metric in and of itself.

]]> By: Susan http://news.runtowin.com/2007/11/02/nova-marathon-challenge.html/comment-page-1#comment-39053 Susan Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:28:55 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2007/11/02/nova-marathon-challenge.html#comment-39053 When I watched this program, what I found interesting was the mentioning of how running doesn't burn a lot of calories and may not help you lose much weight. My feathers were ruffled a little, so to speak, by that comment as I have always enjoyed running and learning how to improve my speed, endurance, etc. Whenever I run regularly, I get pretty lean. The body fat comes off fairly easily for me. What are your thoughts? When I watched this program, what I found interesting was the mentioning of how running doesn’t burn a lot of calories and may not help you lose much weight. My feathers were ruffled a little, so to speak, by that comment as I have always enjoyed running and learning how to improve my speed, endurance, etc. Whenever I run regularly, I get pretty lean. The body fat comes off fairly easily for me.

What are your thoughts?

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