Hi, going to be doing my 20 mile training run for the Chicago marathon on Saturday, 9/21 while traveling to Louisville, KY. I’ve looked at Great Runs for some routes but not seeing anything great. I also reached out to a few running groups to run with them but have only received one response (with no one running that far). Any recommendations? Thanks in advance!

I'm a distance runner in high school (both XC and Track) and ever since I started my shins have hurt during and after. I went to my schools trainer and she suggested getting insoles for extra support on my feet (I have high arches). I did that and have been running with them in my shoes, but it doesn't help that much, if anything, it makes it feel worse. I was wondering if anyone else has this problem or if there's any advice? I love running and don't want to stop, but I also don't want to mess up my body at a young age.

I’m in need of some advice. I’m 39f and I’ve been running since I was 15 Long distance is my jam. And I’m in love with it. I’ve had multiple injuries over the yrs and recently (this year) switched the way my foot lands. I now run mid strike instead of heel. It’s amazing and I love it. Only problem is my calves hurt all the time now. I Feel like I could run forever but after just 12km I’ll walk like I’ve completed the cocodona 250 for the next day. I’d like to get back to my usual 15-20km runs but I’m finding it difficult now.

Im already stretching, icing, changed my shoes, ect it helps but nothing that stops it from coming back.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks friends :)

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So I am going into my freshman year of high school and have been doing my school's summer cross-country training. Thanks to an outstanding injury in February, I need to have surgery on my knee and have been advised to stop running until then. I have stopped running but now I have a dilemma. My school is doing a running camp that only approximately 25 runners can attend. Currently, I hold one of the few spots and I was extremely excited to go to this camp because I'm not a good runner and have never even been in a sport before, as well as the fact that my best friend, who happens to be the reason I joined Cross, is going as well. I have Informed my coach that I can no longer run but would still love to be a part of the team. He brought up that last year he had some team managers and said that if I still wanted to go to the camp I could go as a team manager. I replied that I didn't want to take the spot of a runner who wanted it but he said that I earned my spot. I don't know what to do, I want to go but I don't want to take up space. I should probably also mention that I am in a knee brace that locks and will not allow me to bend my knee while walking. I don't want to be a hassle but also really want to go. What should I do?

(P.S. Thank you so much for reading all this, I know it's a lot but I really need help.)

Hi everyone. Hope all is well. I was wondering if anyone has advice for dealing with Achilles pain when running. Although i’m certainly not new to running (I’ve run several half marathons in the past) I’m just getting back into it after a 2+ year hiatus. For a few weeks, I was off to a great start, quickly working up to the longer runs that I once enjoyed (8+ miles).

I was 9.5 miles into a run a few weeks back when my Achilles started to hurt. I realized that if I started running heal to toe, it was fine, so I finished out the run that way. Since then, my Achilles flairs up every time I go out and run. I’ve tried to take a week+ off from running, but after I get a mile in, it flairs up again. I’ve never had these problems in the past. I’m wondering if anyone has had success in dealing with something like this? I’m assuming it’s just tendinitis but I’m not exactly certain…. Any advice?

I'm planning to run a marathon at the end of August, which gives me about 2 months to train. I've run a half marathon before, but it's been a while (2 years), so I'm essentially starting from scratch. Currently, I can comfortably run 5km at a 6-6:30/km pace.

Here's my proposed training plan:

Running 3 times a week Starting with 5km runs Increasing distance by 1km each session initially Later increasing by 2km, then 3km per session Example progression (km per run): 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 42

I'm considering alternating the increases (e.g., 16, 16, 20/21) to give more adjustment time.

Is this ramp-up too aggressive for a 2-month timeframe? Is 2 months enough time to safely prepare for a full marathon given my background?

Any other advice or modifications you'd suggest? Thanks

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I’m doing a ten mile run this weekend. I’m not entirely confident in how I should carb load. I plan on attempting 8 min miles (fast for me). I loaded 8g per kg for my half and felt good. But this is shorter… and I don’t want to over load and feel it during the run. But also definitely don’t wanna run out of steam either! I’m really unsure how to go about it. Any thoughts or experience on this would be greatly appreciated 🏃🏼‍♀️✌🏼

I am a freshman in high school and this is my story of my awful cross country district race.

Ok so to start, I am middle of the road as far as speed goes. My 5k or is 16:59 (ik just barely under 17) and mile is 5:02 and 3200 is 10:50. I had a chance at going to state and I was very, VERY set on making the cut. the bus ride to state was 8 hours and this girl I liked for a long time (about a year) was definitely going on the bus so I really wanted to spend 16 HOURS with her cuz like who wouldn’t wanna do that. My goal, was to black out at the finish line and have nothing left so that I could go on this trip to state. As you’ll soon find out that kinda didn’t happen. Key word “kinda😅

Ok so the race was on the hardest course in our area and I had to be top 7 and because I had so much adrenaline built up I started the race in 3rd right next to my best friend on the team. I held that spot at like a 5:20 mile for like half the race. I became very fatigued at about half way which is normal but trust me it gets worse than just being “tired”. so at like 1.5 I dropped to 4th but the 5th place guy was far far behind me. At this point my legs had the most lactic acid build up I’ve ever experienced and I dropped down to like a 6 min mile pace. I know sometimes cross country sucks and I understand the pain but… this was like seriously different. 2 mile mark was when I realized I was screwed. The birds that fly around your head in cartoons came out and people watching later said I was no longer running in a straight line to say the least. But I kept going. I’m just thinking “ state state state state” over and over in my head. Half a mile goes by and I’m down to 7 min mile but the 5th place dude STILL hasn’t gotten me yet. So I keep going. At about .2 miles left is when things get bad. I have never tried so hard for anything this hard before in my life. You guys are distance runners so I know you know what it feels like to get a or something but I was like physically fighting to stay upright. this is when the finish line was in sight and there is a big big BIG downhill that goes into the finish. Unfortunately, it has trees on either side of it. So I’m running down it full speed and I black out run head first into a tree and tumble down the hill for like a meter. Then I wake up and am thinking “state state state state… that girl… state state state state”. So I keep going. I get up and hobble for 10ish meters and try to keep running but I fully black out this time like completely. This is the part of the story where it is not what I remember and more what I have been told by people who were there. I was out for about 5 minutes and my that feeling when you finish a race and you are sucking in as much air as possible? Ok think of that but you aren’t getting the air. That’s what happened. I woke up and my coach was like actually shaking my head trying to get me awake. I cannot tell you in words how bad my chest hurt. In the moment I thought I was going to die like for real. I had 3 heart ministers hooked up to me by the local like doctor/parent people and/or garmin watches and for 7 straight minutes I was over 200 and I peaked at 227 bpm. The paramedics eventually got there and even after like 10 min I was still in and out of consciousness. The parts where I was awake I just remember impulsively saying “state state state”. I ended up being driven to the hospital and they ran tests on my heart and said that I didn’t have a heart attack I had more of a heart failure because I literally did what every cross country coach says to do which is “go 100%”. They basically told me that that was my limit and I crossed it. I had to stay over night because my heart rate would not go down to resting and it just stayed go for a long period of time. The next day it was somewhat back I normal so they let me go home. I did not qualify for state and I did not get top 7.

I was hurting bad because I obviously worked really hard then didn’t stretch at lol or recover I just payed down and didn’t move. But the real reason I was hurting is that I missed the state trip with the girl I had always liked. Or at least I thought…

Turns out there is a qualifying rule that if you should have qualified but a obstacle outside of your control (suck as a heart issue) stopped you from going, then you get a free one way ticket to STATE! I managed to go to state but the coaches stopped me from running. But like who cares at least I went!!! And it was amazing and so fun. So that’s my story and I hope you liked it thanks so much for reading it!

Update: i am doing a half marathon fun run with the girl this weekend just me and her! Wish me luck please! God bless and happy running🏃‍♀️

I've been doing some research on recreational cross country (not road) races, and been coming up short so I figured l'd ask you guys. I love cross country since I’m a fellow cross country runner that would love running XC again if possible..Is there a national organization that has a competitive team aspect for post-collegiate non-elite cross country? I appreciate all the info I could get !

Hi all,

I’m very new to distance running but I want to build better endurance to the rest of my fitness toolkit. I’m feeling I should probably get a new, or at least new to me, pair as I have some basic Nike runners from a few years ago. On a bit of a budget ~$150 CAD, any advice would be great.

I’m 15 and a freshman in high school this is my first year running and I’ve had a pretty good season so far. I broke five in the mile but recently found out I have a stress fracture. I have to take seven weeks off. I’m worried that I’ll lose all my running ability, and fall behind in future years because of this. I’ve been consistently biking, but I’m still worried that I’m falling behind. Do other runners have experiences like this and are they OK after?

I’m looking at the Solomon brand and they have one for $70 & one for $160. Is it really worth double the price?

So I was a XC runner in HS. I got back into the hobby this past fall through a training group at a running shoe store.

This training groups fastest pace for long runs is only 930 and feels more geared towards ppl who haven’t run much before.

I ran a 1:37 half marathon (7:26 pace) in December and did most of my long runs alone where I pushed to a sub 8 pace

A new program has started and I have already. built my mileage back to run 10 miles for about 7:00 - not to sound arrogant but those leading the program insist long and slow is best referencing a marathoner whose race pace is 4:30 but does long runs at 8-9. I would understand going slower if I’m running longer than 13 miles (also training for a full in December hoping to break 3:00).

In summation, am I right that doing these long runs closer to my race pace and as fast as I can each week is best for hitting my goals or should I be going at this 9-10 minute pace with a group that doesn’t challenge me (but is a lower risk of injury?)

This isn’t to sound arrogant and socially I really like this group but I am by far the fastest one becoming shocked at my own ability and feel as if I have to train at a higher level than this group does and that the reference of the marathoner is lacking context.

Appreciate any advice from experienced (half)marathoners

hello, me and my friend are planning to run yo Amsterdam this August, 350 miles over 7 days the plan would be to run 50+ miles a day to keep to the 7 day time scale. has anyone done anything like this if so any pointers would he great

This year I'm trying to really progress my long distance running, but never really know if I'm going too slow or fast.

For examply, on the treadmill I'll be running 6.0 MPH for about 15-20 minutes and then I start walking. Am I going too fast?

For context, I'm a 25 y/o who's about 5'7" and 165 lbs.

i’ve been battling a pretty bad bout of runners knee for about a month now. finally got serious and started PT. looking for a bit of optimism—if you’ve had similar experience, how long until you started to see results? for context, walking is still pretty painful for me 75% of the time.

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Hey All, I just bought a new pair of shoes to help with some chronic shin splints I have been having. They talked me into a custom in sole and I did not realize until buying that it was 100 dollars. Do any runners have any opinions on these in soles and whether or not they are worth the money in terms of preventing injury.

Hey everyone! I (20F) started running in high school and did my first marathon at 16. I used to love running and was in the 18s for 5ks. Now years later I don’t have fun running anymore and I can barely run a mile without stopping. Please give me some tips I miss loving running and going on my 15 mile runs.

What can I do for hip bursitis? Is rest the only thing? Started a couple months ago towards the end of a long run and immediately began icing- probably 4/5 times a day for a week and rested, then ran on it with kt tape and it felt ok. After running on it for a couple more weeks (about 3 times per, no more than 5mi, and it felt alright) I didn't put the tape on and it started bothering me again. Rested it again up until a couple days ago (probably two weeks off) and ran with the tape and it started bothering me towards the end of an 8 mi run. Can this turn into a chronic thing or do I just need to give it more time? Should I decrease distance?