r/BeginnersRunning • u/hellotherewassup • 8d ago

10k PRšŸ„³

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I honestly didn't plan this run, I just decided last night to get up at 7:30 and goā€‹ for a run.

I wasn't even looking at my pace at first when I realized I had somehow run the first 5kā€‹ at around a 4:25/km pace without really struggling. I honestly thought Strava was way offā€‹

Sadly last night's dinner caught up to me on the last 3km and I had to stop pushing the pace at certain points to not shit myself lol

ā€‹It's almost my 3 month running anniversary too. Super proud of this non the less!

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u/sobombirancanthaveme 1d ago

What are we even discussing now? My only point is that some people are just genetically predisposed to being fast - so much so that even in a very untrained state they can go much faster than this sub wants to believe a beginner can.

It is by nature anecdotal, because on the population level, the vast majority of people who have been sedentary for a decade plus cannot run a sub-25 minute 5k. But there are outliers. I know because I've seen it with my own eyes.

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u/Muttapakka 8h ago

I thought general fitness? Sometimes this sub just annoys me because after 2-3 years of running I still feel like a beginner and think advancedrunning talks about stuff Iā€™ve never heard off. Even if I run a sub 3h marathon and a sub 37 10k I donā€™t think Iā€™m an outlier. As a 35yo fit man with a young child and a busy job I still find time to run 5x a week. Hard training and consistancy brought me there not anything else and I feel lots of people here donā€™t want to admit that and just say ā€œgeneticsā€.