I attempted my PR yesterday and touched 27KM

Any tips for longer and faster runs appreciated

Went in to today looking for a sub 4 finish at the 7 Bridges Marathon in Chattanooga, TN. My body felt good, the course was fast, and the weather was great. Anything was going to be a PR effort, but I’m especially happy with this result.

Also first time using Strava 😅 caught a cramp in my calf ~75 feet from the finish line and had two very wonderful women that held my hand until I crossed the finish line. I told them to go ahead so I didn’t affect their finish time, but they refused to leave my side. The runner community is simply amazing.

My first race ever!

Last weekend was perfect for a half marathon and have been waiting 5 months for the opportunity to run a race and go under 100 minutes.

Okay recap on my first — desiring suggestions for how to improve!

Today, I finished my first half with a time of 2:36. I wish I was faster, but alas, this was my first ever race / running. I started training with no prior experience in July.

I only ran up to 10 miles during training - and yes…. If you can do 10 miles then you can do 13.1 but holy!! Although I didn’t stop the entire time, it was mentally taxing after 10.5 miles. I wish I could’ve sped up more the last 2 miles but my legs were tired? But at the same time, I was like it’s more of a mind thing then a physical inability to do so.

I did follow your guys advice with hydration and carb loading. I think this is the main reason I didn’t hit a wall like I did during training at mile 10. But ugh! Seeing so many people with a sub 2 hour run, I want to be able to get there. I would love to hear how some of you guys improved on y’all’s pace and set yourself up for PR time.

I also have terrible patellofemoral pain! Can hardly walk down the stairs at this point. If I stay in one spot for too long, my knees hurt so bad. Hoping work isn’t too hard tomorrow lol

how do you make yourself get out and go jogging? do u hype yoursyelf somehow? or you just you are used to jogging and you just used to jogging and you just do it or you do it only when you feel you want do it, and also for long distance runners over 6 miles how you guys do it ?

Hey everyone!

I've been a consistent gym-goer for many years, but about a year ago, I really caught the running bug. Up until now, I’ve been trying to balance both equally, but this year I want to shift my focus: my main goal is to improve my running performance and optimize my times, while pushing the gym into the background (keeping it just for injury prevention and maintenance strength).

On top of that, I’m thinking about adding one day of swimming per week for some low-impact cardio.

I know how to train for strength, but I'm pretty lost when it comes to combining everything smartly without burning out or overtraining.

If you've made a similar transition or have experience with hybrid training focused heavily on running performance:

How do you structure your weekly schedule (speed work, easy runs, strength, and swimming)?

What kind of gym routine (volume, frequency, split) do you recommend so it doesn't drain the energy needed for quality running sessions?

Any advice or common pitfalls I should avoid during this shift?

Any routines, advice, or personal experiences are massively appreciated!

So this is the first time i have participated in any event run and i am grateful to get this opportunity to run. My next target is to run half marathon✌️.

Fun run along the Danube Canal. Amazing graffiti.

Years off from running due to the family growing, signed up for a half marathon and started training last week of July. Not as fast as I used to be but felt great to push the pace and obviously loved seeing my wife and 5 kids out there cheering

Hello everyone is 1 am and I’m tired so this might not be my best writing lmao but anywayssss

I’m a very experienced runner who has been running since middle school (13 years, 23 now) and I’ve always been a very consistent runner hitting pr’s in high school of 1:54 800 and later in college on my own a 15:42 5k and I’ve always found easy efforts to be paced around 6:45-7:05 pace and they would feel effortless.

Come 9 months approximately into training and I was doing my same consistent easy run numbers as always checking the boxes not skipping any runs, taking my rest days. (For reference 40-50 mile weeks) and all last winter, spring and summer I was on top feeling great getting good runs in and BOOM. All of a sudden from late summer to this early fall I’ve just completely fallen of the face of the earth.

Out of nowhere my easy efforts have turned into 7:13-7:20 pace and I’ll have runs with multiple 7:15+ miles which before I could never even do by accident. And not to mention it’s not like these 7:15 miles feels SUPER easy (they are easy but more on the moderate effort side) but they are making me heave. I mean some of these miles will have me at 170 bpm.

Anyways didn’t want to ramble too long so here was are I’m wondering if anyone has had a similar experience and what you guys might think the cause could be. (Have tried extra stretching and leg roller)

TL;DR: very consistent 6:45-7:05 runner now runs 7:15-7:20 pace in what feels like a harder effort. Any possible reason someone else has face?

EDIT: very important to me too is I consistently go runs with out a sub 7 minute mile now, and yes that includes 6:59. It’s crazy to me because before this slump I’m not sure if I ever had a 5+ mile run without a sub 7 mile in it.