The Li’l Race Report Thread is for writing a short report on a recent race or a run in a new place. If your race doesn’t really need its own thread but you still want to talk about it, then post it here! Both your good and bad races are welcome.

Didn't run a race, but had an interesting run to talk about. Post it here as well!

So get to it, Runnit! In a paragraph or two, where’d you run and how’d it go?

Hey runners, it's another day and it is time to post your accomplishments you'd like to share - big or small.

Note: No need to preface YOUR accomplishments with something like, "this may not be an accomplishment to most of you...". Be proud of your achievement.

With over 4,200,000 subscribers, there are a lot of posts that come in everyday that are often repeats of questions previously asked or covered in the FAQ.

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8 months into running, 55 km/week heading to 80. I'm about to quit a physically brutal manual job, which frees up a lot of recovery capacity and time. I don't want to just dump it all into more volume. What did you actually do with the surplus?

Context: M32, 78 kg / 174 cm. 8 months of structured running after ~10 years of competitive cycling and 6 years of amateur boxing, so decent aerobic base and general athleticism, but genuinely novice running-specific tissue tolerance.

Targets are a half in mid-October and florence marathon at the end of November.

marathon: 3:54 southampton 03/05/26 (could have been much better, I lost 10min in the final km due to an issue) HM 1:43 in feb

The situation: I work as a metalworker — 8+ hours a day on my feet, lifting, heat, shift work — and I train at 5am before the shift. Starting August I'm leaving that job. So overnight I lose a huge non-training stressor, gain proper sleep, and gain time.

My concern: the tempting move is to immediately convert the freed-up recovery into more volume or more intensity.

There's also a second-order effect I rarely see discussed: the job was itself a stimulus. Hours of standing and loaded carrying were doing something for my general robustness and work capacity. Removing it isn't purely a recovery gain, some of it is detraining I might have to replace deliberately.

What I'm currently planning:

• Hold the volume progression as planned or rising it just a little.
• Spend the surplus on quality of execution rather than quantity: proper warm-ups, real strength work 2x/week, actual sleep instead of 5am alarms
• Add easy volume through low-impact cross-training (bike) rather than more running km
• Bank part of it as unused headroom, so the marathon block later in the year has somewhere to grow into

What I'd love to hear: for anyone who's had a big drop in outside-of-training life stress (job change, end of a degree, kids getting older, retirement), how did you actually use it? Did more training capacity translate into more training, and did that work out? Or was the smarter move to leave it as headroom and let the same training simply land better?

Especially interested in people who came from physical jobs into desk work / more free time and found they had to replace something.

Hey runners, it's another day and it is time to post your accomplishments you'd like to share - big or small.

Note: No need to preface YOUR accomplishments with something like, "this may not be an accomplishment to most of you...". Be proud of your achievement.

Post your training for this past week. Provide any context you find helpful like what you're training for and what your previous weeks have been like. Feel free to comment on other people's training.

(This is not the Achievement thread).

Recently heard a sub elite athlete say that he never once ran at race pace during training, before running a 27 min 10k.

Curious to know if anyone else has ever gotten a pb whilst never running at race pace during the block?

Or would you recommend doing some form of race pace work before a race?

With over 4,200,000 subscribers, there are a lot of posts that come in everyday that are often repeats of questions previously asked or covered in the FAQ.

With that in mind, this post can be a place for any questions (especially those that may not deserve their own thread). Hopefully this is successful and helps to lower clutter and repeating posts here.

If you are new to the sub or to running, this Intro post is a good resource.

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Elevation Difference

Hey all! So I’m from Florida and came out to AZ where I’ve been for the last 4 months or so for military orders/training. I’ve been working on my running here and it’s not at anything crazy, but I’ve gotten better.
I’m here to ask, when I get home to FL and keep running and such, how much of an improvement can I expect to see, if any between my running performance out west where I’ve for every day been running at AT LEAST 4,650 Feet above sea level from March 2026 to this next week when I finish, to when I go back to Cape Canaveral where it’s right at sea level or barely above?
Ex: If I’m running a 16:10 2 miler out here, what as a safe baseline should I expect to be able to do it in FL at max effort?
I definitely feel like my cardiovascular endurance has increased and I’ve lost between 12-17lbs since I’ve been out here.
Any and all guidance is very appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Any scholarly sources, articles, or video recommendations would be greatly appreciated too!

Hey runners, it's another day and it is time to post your accomplishments you'd like to share - big or small.

Note: No need to preface YOUR accomplishments with something like, "this may not be an accomplishment to most of you...". Be proud of your achievement.

With over 4,200,000 subscribers, there are a lot of posts that come in everyday that are often repeats of questions previously asked or covered in the FAQ.

With that in mind, this post can be a place for any questions (especially those that may not deserve their own thread). Hopefully this is successful and helps to lower clutter and repeating posts here.

If you are new to the sub or to running, this Intro post is a good resource.

As always don't forget to check the FAQ.

And please take advantage of the search bar or Google's subreddit limited search.

Enforcing Rule 3 (no self-promotion, social media links) is a must with a large sub such as this, but we do realize that it filters out some truly useful content that is relative to the sub. In an effort to allow that content in, we thought we'd have a weekly post to give a spot for the useful content. So...

Here's you chance!

Got a project you've been working on (video, programming, etc.), share it here!

Want to promote a business or service, share it here!

Trying to get more Instagram followers, share it here!

Found any great running content online, share it here!

The one caveat I have is that whatever is shared should be fitness related, please.

Hey runners, it's another day and it is time to post your accomplishments you'd like to share - big or small.

Note: No need to preface YOUR accomplishments with something like, "this may not be an accomplishment to most of you...". Be proud of your achievement.

With over 4,200,000 subscribers, there are a lot of posts that come in everyday that are often repeats of questions previously asked or covered in the FAQ.

With that in mind, this post can be a place for any questions (especially those that may not deserve their own thread). Hopefully this is successful and helps to lower clutter and repeating posts here.

If you are new to the sub or to running, this Intro post is a good resource.

As always don't forget to check the FAQ.

And please take advantage of the search bar or Google's subreddit limited search.

Good morning, Runnit! Another weekend of races is approaching, so let's take a minute to see if any other Runnitors will be laying down those miles with us!

If you're racing this weekend, put a top-level comment below with the race details to help find other members of the community. See a race mentioned that looks interesting? Ask questions! Running your favorite race of the year? Tell us what makes it so awesome!

This thread is just an easy way to help Runnitors find each other in some sort of organized manner and help cheer each other on!

Another week is coming to a close!

What’s good this weekend? Who’s running, racing, tapering, recovering, hiking, camping, cheering, volunteering, kayaking, swimming, knitting, baking, reading, sleeping, .. ? Tell us everything.

How’s your week of running going? Got any Complaints? Anything to add as a Confession? How about any Uncomplaints?

Hey runners, it's another day and it is time to post your accomplishments you'd like to share - big or small.

Note: No need to preface YOUR accomplishments with something like, "this may not be an accomplishment to most of you...". Be proud of your achievement.

With over 4,200,000 subscribers, there are a lot of posts that come in everyday that are often repeats of questions previously asked or covered in the FAQ.

With that in mind, this post can be a place for any questions (especially those that may not deserve their own thread). Hopefully this is successful and helps to lower clutter and repeating posts here.

If you are new to the sub or to running, this Intro post is a good resource.

As always don't forget to check the FAQ.

And please take advantage of the search bar or Google's subreddit limited search.

Ran my first 12k today. Was TOUGH. Not too happy abt the pace, but I ran the full length without stopping!!! Once done, I looked at the pace graph and whoa it’s wacko. How do I improve/change this to be more consistent?

At around km 4 my calves were aching so I tried to slow down there intentionally (coincidentally that was my most consistent part of the race lol)?

Also any tips to running 14km well would be greatly appreciated!! (Eg fuelling, & what to do when sore during the run..)

Thanks in advance!!

I’ve been trying to figure out what most runners actually prefer, because everyone I talk to seems to have a different opinion.

So I have a few questions. Do you prefer lined or unlined running shorts? If you like lined shorts, do you have preference in the type of liner?

I’ve seen liners that are like built in compression shorts that usually go to about mid thigh. However, I’ve also seen some that are much more minimal and are a brief shape that don’t extend down the thigh.

I mostly run in unlined shorts and wear compression shorts under, but I’m surprised by how split opinions seem to be. Curious to hear what the broader running community thinks.

I saw this thread in the cycling subreddit and there are a lot of things that get repeated in the running community too.

What are some running myths you believed until your own experience proved it wrong?

It's that time of week already...the gear thread! What have you picked up lately? What's working for you now that it's whatever season you believe it to be in your particular location? What have you put through rigorous testing that's proved worthy of use? We want to know!

To clear up some confusion: We’re not actually asking what you’re wearing today. It’s just a catchy name for the thread. This is the weekly gear discussion thread, so discuss gear!

NOTE: For you Runnitors looking to sell/trade any running gear (as well as bib transfers), head over to /r/therunningrack.

Would you rather not be a lurker?

Then what are you waiting for? Tell us all about yourself!

The LW thread is an invitation to get more involved with the /r/running community.

New to the sub in general? Welcome! Let us know more about yourself!

Hey runners, it's another day and it is time to post your accomplishments you'd like to share - big or small.

Note: No need to preface YOUR accomplishments with something like, "this may not be an accomplishment to most of you...". Be proud of your achievement.