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I've posted photos in the photo section from the 2009 Houston Half Marathon and from the HMSA 25K race.

The story of the 25K is in the first reply.

Hi there. I really like staying healthy but sometimes I feel like I'm putting too much pressure on myself. Does anyone else feel like that? I have talked to my doctor about how much is too much but sometimes she isn't really sure. I've also been trying to find articles about it. I found this one:
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after I found a different article about diabetes there--my husband was just diagnosed and it's really important to me to stay healthy and to make him healthy again.
Can anyone else recommend any articles to me?

Here's an interesting quiz that has some excellent information in it. I thought I new "Nutrition" quite well, but I did NOT do very well on this quiz! How did you do?

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I have listed my self as fatboyover50, since that is what I have been most of my life. I am in better shape now after joining a anti aging center. I guess I lacked a certin amount of whatever to look and feel like I was in shape. I still have eating issues though. I try and diet, but after a few days that goes out the window. Any suggestions of sticking to certin foods? I know if I can get the eating right part down, I'll look like Mr. America. Anti aging stuff works, but food is still a big part how a person looks and feels.

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Sometimes I think I am going overboard with the exercise and nutrition goals I have set for myself. I don't know what to think when someone at the age of 58 says to me that the type of physical activities I am engaged in is not for someone my age. Then the person will say "perhaps in another life I will be able to do strenous physical activities, but not in this life". I think this is giving up on life. I hope these are the best years of my life and like Michelle Obama says in Prevention Magazine, at 70 years old I would like to look as good as I look today.

What say ye?

ONE DOWN - THREE TO GO!

Today was the 2009 Houston Half Marathon. I wore a support on my foot since I've been having a problem with achilles tendonitis, and did not know if I'd be able to finish the race; but I did. I received a first place age group award, and the only thing that really bothered me was a big blister that developed on my OTHER foot.
There were a few runners down along the route with the medics and police taking care of them, and I think an ambulance took one of them to the hospital, but I haven't heard anything about any deaths in this half-marathon.
I'm sore and will probably be a lot more stiff and sore tomorrow, but the senior games are here in Houston tomorrow - BAD TIMING!! I have a 5K in the morning and a 2 mile walk about an hour later, and then on Tuesday I have a 10K. I just hope I'm even able to WALK normal tomorrow let alone running in a race!
I've posted a few pics of the half marathon in the photo section

What's in store for the centenarians of the next millennium?
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