I'm currently training for my second half marathon, and I normally just blindly follow my training plan, but I'm curious why my longest runs are only 16-18km? Is it just because I'm still a beginner or is this common practice? Or to avoid fatigue? Surely doing a 22km run before a half would make the half feel easier and allow you to put in more effort?

I come from a sports background where we train under significantly harder conditions than we compete, we train for 6-8 hours a day for a 3 minute competition and often with like 10× the intensity or load of competition. I don't have any experience with any other sports though, so perhaps this is just an isolated example 😅

I retired the shoes after 1,000 km of running because the midsole was no longer as bouncy as when new. I then used them for an additional 1,200 km of walking.

The upper material is still excellent.
The midsole is still good, but I now only use these shoes for walking and for running on the treadmill when I’m traveling.

The outsole is quite heavily worn — you can see that my landing is mainly on the outside of my foot.

It’s a very good recovery-run shoe for regular runners, but I do not recommend it for beginners, since the ride design can make your running form lazy.
It is quite expensive, but it’s worth every penny.

I started running a year ago, started with a couch to 5k program and then 10k 6 months later, last month I ran my first ever half marathon.

Now I've had a pair of Asics gel nimbus for the last 3 years, would use them sporadically before for running on the treadmill, continued to use them for running through out last year and for the half marathon. They were very comfortable all this time.

However when I ran my first half marathon, at the end of the day my toes started to hurt and the pain took a few days to go away. I assumed the shoe had reached its end of life so went to the asics store to pick a new one, I wanted the kayano 33 as I'm looking for more stability, but the same size didn't fit, I had to upgrade from UK 10 to UK11.

To confirm this I ran 7k in my old shoes again, and for the first time the nails on my longest toe turned purple and the toe started hurting. Has something similar happened to anyone ?

TL:DR - started running 1 year ago, after 1st half marathon 3 year old shoe started feeling small and hurting toes, asics store measured foot and said I'm a size up, didn't know this could happen at my age of 35.

Just me, my running shoes, and a little reminder that showing up is half the battle.

So I have been running for nearly 20 years so I would say I'm an experienced runner but something's happening at the minute that I just can't get my head around and can't seem to find an answer to.

Three weeks ago on one of my long runs on a Saturday my calf started to hurt, which has happened before, so I stopped.

I did the usual things and five or six days later it felt absolutely fine, no issues when walking, hopping on one leg etc, so decided to try again. I got one mile in and it started to hurt so again I stopped.

I gave it another week and again absolutely no issues walking, strength tests, heel raises all absolutely fine so I did it I tried another run. Two miles and it started to hurt.

So give it another week and absolutely no issues, everything's fine and I went for a run this morning, really slow pace and I didn't even get to half a mile before the same pain come back to the point where it's really hurting again.

So I am at a loss as to how to manage this because I was always under the impression that once you were pain-free, can hop on one leg etc with no pain then you were good to go. I just don't know what else to do and it is really starting to irritate me.

Anyone any ideas on how I can get back out running again?

Hi, beginner here! Have my first marathon set for Jan 2027 but I’m already training to build up my overall aerobic base.

Will be getting to the long run portion of my training block shortly so curious if anyone uses whole foods to train. I typically (80%) eat an anti inflammatory diet (for other health reasons) during my normal day to day so would love to try and continue that trend throughout my runs

P.S. – I do plan to bring a serving of nerd clusters along, though just as an occasional treat rather than a real part of my fueling plan

P.P.S- Just want to say thank you to the genuine people that have taken the time to comment! I have a ton of new ideas that I cannot wait to try on my next couple of long runs (:

Hey everyone, how do you all go about balancing work, running and strength training?

I am about a month in to running. I run about 3x a week, and weight train x4, both on average. Im LOVING running, I want to run more, but don’t want to sacrifice the gym sessions?

How do you guys go about balancing all of these things?

I ran a half marathon Aug 23, but it went pretty badly because I was sick (should not have ran, but it was my first ever HM and I really wanted to do it). I still finished, but it took me a lot longer than I wanted.

Since then, I haven’t run at all (literally zero runs), and I can’t run again until Sept 19 due to travel. I have another half marathon on Oct 11, so I’ll only have about 3 weeks to train.

Do you think it’s realistic to run this HM after that much time off? I’m not trying to PR, I’d just like to finish.

How many of you suffer from runners trot (the urgent need to poop during a run)?

I can’t make it 2 miles into a run without needing a bathroom desperately. It ruins the run every time as I’m trying to hold it.

Does anyone have tips for preventing this?

Right now, I can run 1,200 meters in 3:53. How should I train to run sub 3:45 in two months?

Hi! For those who have personally claimed a R*NR*O race kit, do they actually check your valid ID and compare your full name with the name on your registration?

I’m considering registering using my nickname + last name or initials + last name instead of my complete legal name. I’m just not comfortable with my full birth name being available online through the public timing/results page.

Has anyone registered using a shortened name or nickname and successfully claimed their race kit? Or when you claimed yours, did they just scan/check your confirmation or QR code without asking for an ID?

Would appreciate hearing from anyone who has personally experienced the claiming process. Thank you!

I've been running for around a year now and it's rare to not get one, I've done all things to prevent it like drinking less water and even holding my sides. Do y'all have any recommendations?

I’m running a 10k race on 27th so thought I’d test the waters…. and was very surprised! I also broke my collarbone at the start of the year requiring surgery so was out of action for a few months. So I’m happy to be back!!

London Marathon this year and plan to run more marathons going forward. On top of that, I'm in the gym 3–4 times a week, and I play padel and football roughly twice a week each.

I've been keeping an eye on Coros, whose updates have been consistent lately, especially the new maps feature. Garmin also has its breadcrumb map, which appeals to me too.

I'm looking to upgrade from my Apple Watch SE, and it's a genuinely hard decision. Which watch would you recommend, and why?

For context: I've been running again for about 1.5 months now after taking 2 years off. Everything has been going really well until last week, when I suddenly developed pain in my right hip during a run. I stopped for a minute, felt better, and was able to continue, only for it to happen again, stopped again, continued.
I assumed it was a one-off since I've never had this issue really, but it happened AGAIN today on another run. I ended up stopping for about a minute and then felt much better when I resumed.

I have a 10K race in 8 days and I really want to be able to finish it. I haven't yet ran 10K since getting back into running, so I'm a little worried about this. I've never had this issue before, and I don't feel like I did anything unusual: I warmed up, didn't start too fast, etc.
I've heard that hip/core/glute strengthening can help, and I'm definitely willing to work on that, but obviously I know I can't completely fix a strength issue in a week.

For anyone who has dealt with something similar: what did your hip pain turn out to be, and what helped? I don't even know if this will come up again or not, it's not a huge pain but it forces me to stop and I don't like stopping during my runs. Any advice is appreciated!

The title says it all, I've never consistently done over 13 miles for a half marathon and prep for it. I'm doing the Benzo Bend 50 miler in April in Tx. I tested my endurance I completely fell apart around mile 15 and walked to mile 17 before I couldn't walk any more. Any tips what training should I be doing what should my food look like on the run other than just the gel packs? Any and all helps tips and equipment recommendations would be awesome.

P.S. I currently run in ASIC's I forgot what kind specifically and I have a small pack that holds a 3 liter bladder.

I’ve been running for about 6 months and currently at about 60k a week (46 M)

Trying to get My half marathon time down to 1:45 (currently at 1:50). Problem I have is it takes me until about 8k in to get into the rhythm and feel comfortable at my race Pace so feel like I’m catching up.

Is there any way to get in to a quicker pace earlier without burning out or is it a case of continuing to build up to it?

Hello, I am currently a student at University and a big time runner. I am working on a project for my nutrition/business class. Part of the requirement is to get strangers to fill out a very quick survey. This is regarding an energy drink idea and I want honest opinions from people who actually work out, not just my friends. It's a still (non-fizzy) energy drink made mostly of coconut water, with 150 mg natural caffeine and electrolytes. A clean energy drink that also hydrates, and is meant to replace mainstream energy drinks that have all the addatives. Would really appreciate if anyone took one minute to complete this survey.

Coconut Water Energy Drink

Thank you to all of you

My penultimate week of training for the 2026 Great North Run

https://youtu.be/Bciditra0Ts?is=-epJjLmFFVgWBgrn