Hear-hear.
Iāve been attending a skin specialist once a year for the last 7 years to check for spots/moles - The specialist will remove any mole that can be considered suspicious which I think is the right way to go - On my first five visits had an average of 3 moles/spots removed, and on one occasion had a sample sent away to pathology - Nothing removed in my last 2 visits - Safest way is to remove anything that looks remotely suspicious.
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good luck DJR! hope it all goes well mate.
Didnāt even know this thread existed!
Good luck DJR - weāll have to start calling you Van Goh 
Oh and Eastie Boi - you ever improve on that bench press???
(I read the first couple of posts)
Slowly lol
I hit 132.5kg at my last comp (which was ages ago), hoping to break the 300lb barrier at my next comp next month.
Iām really nudging the limits of what I can do in my current weight class (82.5kg) and Iāve been sick/stressed with uni/no permanent job so gaining weight has been an issue
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I donāt think estimating it as the size of a 5 cent piece would be too far off the mark.
Scary to hear it was a melanoma, though good to hear youāre doing well.
Does anyone else run 4ks?
NO MELANOMA IN LYMPH NODE 
āNEDā for seven days, therefore.
Follow-up PET scan in six months.
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ā ā ā ā YEAH
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Should celebrate with some hot chips.
Sometimes. Iāve learnt through 30+ years hard experience (yeah, OK, Iām a slow learner) that each body has its injury threshold in terms of training load (in this case running distance) and mine seems to be anything over 7-8kms regularly. So I compensate by ditching the longer distances and running 5-8kms most days. With usually one rest day per week.
So 4kms do figure in my routine - usually if I have a manageable niggle or am sore from a previous workout.
A little often is better than a lot never.
I have been doing them 5-6 times a week for a while. I was in India for a mth though with no exercise (but a shitload of walking) which didnāt help.
Iām down to about 16:40 which is good without being great. Will get into the 15s pretty soon I think.
This is all on the treadmill though so probably add 20ish seconds for comparison to road times I guess?
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At least, I reckon. I found that 40 mins on a treadmill was equivalent to about 37 on the road, but my knees hate the road.
I hate running on a treadmill.
Would rather run in the rain or in windy conditions than on the treadmill.
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My knees and feet both. I gotta use an elliptical if Iām running. Main reason I took up cycling.
Iām pretty much full-time on the elliptical and rowing machine for cardio now anyway. Love 'em.
I dont think you would need to add 20 secs/km, maybe only 5 or 10 at that pace.
5km is my standard run, 3x a week. I just hit 25:30 on the treadmill last week, 2km of that on .5% incline to compensate a bit. I know itās not great but 12km/h was my sprint interval spead and now its becoming my average so ive surprised myself and hope to crack 25:00 in the next few months.
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I am on the elliptical two or three times a week too. An hour each time. I love it, but I still prefer a run in the open air. Iāve got an inflamed Achilles at the moment so thereās no running and more elliptical than usual. Iām hoping to get back to running in the next couple of weeks, but the Achilles is always a problem so I have to limit myself to two runs per week. Itās all great cardio.
On Saturday I found that when I yell loudly the new taut section of my ear vibrates like a drum.
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Ran 13km this morning (longest run in 3 years). Now my eyesights gone all blurry in my left eye. Am I dying?
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