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Originally Posted by mitchcumstein
Glad to hear about the weight loss. As for the muscle tone, youll probably never have it as long as your a long distance runner. Distance running is a very catabolic activity by nature and theres not a whole lot that can be done to counter it short of supplementing with steroids.
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Hi mitchcumstein,
Thanks for your feedback, I don't see myself as a long term marathoner, I just wanted to accomplish a marathon at least once in my life. I do however want to at least do a half ironman and MAYBE an ironman triathlon once as well, so I imagine these are even worse. I only run 2-3x a week because I am trying my best to recover sufficiently between runs to reduce muscle loss effects. Steroids are not a consideration for me at all at this time.
On a happy note, the person who lined up next to me during my sprint triathlon had exactly the type of build I want, and I overheard in conversation that he had already completed an ironman triathlon the previous year, so there's hope at least in my mind