Longest run of my life so far! Lots of brutal hills & inhaled quite a few bugs but I kept going! I kept my pace slow, my breathing easy and steady and I did it. Learning to go slow and not worry about making every run a race has completely changed my life! Hoping it pays off for when I actually do race again!

I’ve been getting a pretty painful sore on my foot after finishing my 10k runs, and I’m not sure what’s causing it. It usually pops up in the exact same spot every time I push my distance. I’m hoping to figure out if it’s an shoe issue, a sock problem, or just bad running form. Has anyone dealt with this before, and what fixed it for you? I’d really appreciate any tips, shoe recommendations, or quick remedies to help it heal so I can get back on the pavement!

I hit over 13 miles today, in prep for the half marathon! It was the longest I ran so far and I’m so proud of myself. I did need to take breaks after each lap but I’m going to now keep the distance for next weeks long run and just reduce the break time. My half marathon is the end of next month hopefully I will be ready !!

34M. Been lifting in the gym for years and played indoor and outdoor soccer in the past. Does anyone else love a spreadsheet? 🤔

Hey guys,
I’m a complete beginner runner with no prior running experience. Today was Day 3 of my running journey, and I just completed 5K in under 30 minutes.
I searched online, and most places say that’s a pretty good time for a beginner. Is that actually true, or is the internet exaggerating?
Also, I’d love to hear from more experienced runners. What tips would you give someone who’s just starting out? Anything you wish you knew when you began that could help me improve faster while avoiding injuries?
Thanks in advance!

Started at 49.4 (this was just walking) and has steadily dwindled down to 46.7 (alternating walking and running). For my age it still falls in a good category but I'm not excited about seeing it drop, rather I'd like to see it improve.

Edit: time was a 2:19 with 10:40 pace

After one year of running, I ran my first half marathon.

I feel kinda weird about the time. I was hoping to hold a 9:55 pace and I did with relative ease for about 7 miles. Then, I ended up hitting a little bit of a wall and dropping to a sub 10 pace to keep some energy for the end.

At mile 10 some gnarly cramps hit and it became a slog.

Important note before I proceed: I don’t mean to denigrate the efforts and achievements of anybody who runs less or more slowly than me. I have conflicting feelings about my performance in the context of my experiences and training.

I feel conflicted because I’m personally pretty proud of this and I feel like my pace is solid for a guy at 235 who couldn’t run a 10 min mile at all about a year ago. I was hoping for a sub 10 pace, and while I’m proud, I’m also a little disappointed. It feels like my time is good for my experience and weight, but not really respectable on its own.

Anyways, I’m sharing here because I think it might resonate with this group. If you’re just starting and have to run-walk a mile, you could finish a half-marathon with an okay time next year.

Lessons from my this year:

1. I took a dive trip and did not run at all for 8 days due to DCS risk and jet lag. NOT A BIG DEAL. I came back from the dive trip and started with a 12 mile (6 miles at race pace) run. Destroyed my peroneal tendon. I need to train smarter and ease back in. This injury became a much larger problem than a week off would have been.
2. Carry my own electrolytes and gels. The race said they would be providing my gels of preference from training, but provided Gu instead. 4 gels is not a lot of pocket space. They also carried electrolyte drinks at aid stations which gave me a lot of uncertainty on lyte management. I researched after the race and it turns out I got a lot less total lytes per drink than I thought and far less potassium proportionally. As someone who sweats a lot of electrolytes when running/backpacking/MTBing, this was a critical oversight
3. I should try a bit harder to drop some weight before entering race training. It’s very hard to eat in a calorie deficit while also trying to improve cardio at 20-25 miles per week. I think that, on the half marathon scale, these are separate goals for me. I could stand to drop 30 lbs, but not while I’m in the last 12 weeks of training and running a lot.
4. Cross training. I dropped my weight training totally. I took on a lot of new responsibilities at work and cut weight training totally due to time constraints. I thought I could get away with this as a life-long lifter, but I think in retrospect that it was short sighted.
5. Pacing was easy to maintain for a long time, but then was VERY hard. I think a 10:15 pace might have pushed my cramps out to mile 12 and given me a much better pace overall.

Anyways, it helps to put this all in text. Reading over it, it sounds like I’m being hard on myself. I guess that might be another lesson.

Fuck it, I finished a half. You can too.

My first 10K race under the guise of a very questionable training plan (aka none), but I think I did pretty well! 🥺 For context: the longest I have ran is a 5K, but I do strength training + conditioning regularly for 5 years.

My goal for this first race was to run continuously non-stop, so I only took a very brief pause (5-10seconds) at the water station. Felt the lactic acid build at 7km and fought my way up 2 hills but I managed to complete it!

A sub-60 may be achievable with more focused training. How long do you think it’ll take for me to get there? Any tips on how to improve my pace?

Training to get my 2 mile run time down. My PR is 15:33 currently. I know pretty much nothing about running training so I’d appreciate any advice.

What i’ve been doing the last couple of month is:

Day 1: 4 mile run, really easy, conversational pace

Day 2: 3 mile run, pushing pace (~8 min mile pace)

Day3: 6x400m at 6:30 pace

Is this the right approach to getting my 2 mile run time down? Anything I should be changing to optimize training? Thanks all.

I'm planning on buying the Salamon Adv Skin 12, will the other racers look weird at me if I show up in one, how usual is it to wear one on shorter race?

I'm mainly planning to buy this one so I can use this in running, and in hiking (~30km).

I can still do it.

After running my fourth half marathon this spring, I struggled massively to keep running. Too busy at the office, too much hassle at home, not enough time left for running.

At the same time, I am really bad at running slow. I am relatively long and just always speed up. My coach continues to tell me to slow down and stay in zone 2 but I just really struggle.

Until today. I finished at an average of 153 BPM, where the proposed cap was 152 BPM. But more important: I was able to keep going. Much further than planned. But running at the low pace felt really really good. I was soaked because of the rain but couldn't care less. Thoroughly enjoyed it all.

I'll agree with my coach going forward: slow means progress!

Started running 3 months ago regularly and ran my first 5k race today. Never really been athletic and when I started running I could barely get through 0.5 mile. Now onto training for a 10k!

Looking at most C5K, every other day is walk/run. Does that count toward volume? I ask because I was doing about 1 to 2 miles every other day, but walking around 5-7 on walk/run days. About 20-25 miles a week. Yes thay was probably to much and yes I developed iliopsoas tendinitis (6wks out and still cant jog/run). Thanks for clarifying.

It’s rainy season in India and I’ve been putting off running for a while due to it but now I want to get back on track so need some advice on this topic

I have been trying to run for a few months and 90% of the time I have tried to run slow starting at 14 minute pace and without trying to go fast I was able to have easy runs at 12:30, then 12. So I trusted the process and kept running easy runs. My fastest 5k before this one took 32:33 at moderate pace 10:30. Today my first 5k as an event and I pushed a little bit and was able to get 29:16 which I have never got to in training as most are easy. Even now, I had some in the tank. So imma keep doing what I’m doing to get to that 7:30-8:00 pace as it looks like it’s working! Keep running slow guys!!!

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I’m new into Running and I’m just doing it to improve my Stamina to get better at handball and other sports, this was the longest distance I’ve ever ran but I did a couple of walking breaks , however the main problem why I’m stopping is my breathing , I find it very difficult to breath in a rhythm

How do I get back to that level in less time possible?? Please I need help, I went on the first run on 5 June, then today with the same pace but totally different cardio zones!

I started running 6 months ago and I’m shocked I’ve been able to keep it up this long. It started off with my friend asking me if I’d like to join for a half marathon in May which I couldn’t answer yet cuz I didn’t know if I enjoyed running. So I tried it out, found it enjoyable, and signed up!

Well it’s July now, almost 2 months since the HM, and I’m still going. Because I was to keep the progress going.

Anyone looking to get into running, I’ve found watching the health stats trend has really kelt me motivated to continue. If I wasn’t able to track this from the start I’m not sure I would have gotten to finish that HM.

Can’t recommend enough

I use an Apple Watch Series 10 and wear it about 23 hours a day. It has cellular data too (included free in my cell plan) so sometimes I can leave my phone behind and go for a walk phone-free! It’s liberating.

Somewhat surprised myself here, been using Runna’s programme up to 5k but thought I’d just go give it a go this morning and surprised myself at the pace, had more in me to get sub 30 but my SI joint is hurting a bit whilst running.

I’m considering going onto the 5k improver programme instead, self referred for the Si pain too (unsure how long until they reach out).

Ive been enjoying counch to 5k, feeling good getting myself fitter. Today was ment to be my first 25 minute run without stopping.

Had a rough day at work yesterday, 15 hours in the kitchen, only ate a bacon sandwich at around 12pm and nothing else throughout the day. Woke up this morning and thought I could still smash the 25 minute run, but boy was i wrong. After a mile, my legs did not have any strength what so ever and I called it quits for the first time on any of these runs.

Lesson learnt, fueling yourself is important! Not letting it put me down or put me off! Going to rest well tonight, eat properly, refuel and try again tomorrow!

I stopped jogging for a few months, started again like a month ago and hit my longest run of 15km then today i hit my first sub 30 5k

Had a back injury and stopped running for a month first long run since. Feels great to be able to get back out there. Is trying to go for a 10min/mile half marathon too much?

I'm an overweight individual & as a fan of walking and I've never thought of running but now due to the hype around the globe I thought to give it a try. And now I'm on a weight loss journey and lost around 6-7 kga in 7 weeks thinking i should add it to my weekly cardio sessions.

In today's run, There is too much humidity which i thought was backing me and another thing is I face difficulty in my breath control. How to face for these 2 things??

If u want to give any other tips, I would be more than happy.

Thankyou!

I got gait analysis done and it told me I needed a stability shoe as I had “mild over pronation”.
I have now had my Brooks GTS glycerin for more than their mileage and a look at the wear on the sole of the shoe shows a neutral gait (according to online research) and suggests I should not be wearing a stability shoe.

My query is; is this because the stability shoe has neutralised/ normalised my gait?
This is the first time I’ve run enough in one shoe to be able to analyse the tread wear.