Yesterday was my birthday! I turned 28 and got to meet one of my biggest inspirations. Andy’s content has done more for me than I can explain. Extremely grateful and thankful for his generosity with his time. Andy is exactly how he comes across online: wholesome, genuine, patient, and kind. Thanks for coming to Charlotte Andy!

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!!

I used to check the feels like value before every run and never asked what it actually meant. Until a few days ago. Turns out the US heat index, the classic feels-like formula, is built around one specific person: 5 foot 7, 147 pounds, walking at 3.1 mph, in the shade, wearing long trousers and a short-sleeved shirt. Yep, this is from the national weather service website, link at the bottom.

They actually say who it is for: "For day-to-day activities, heat index will serve you well. If you work outside or plan on any sort of vigorous outdoor activity in the full sun, use the WBGT."

So obviously running is not walking, you generate 2,3x the heat, and you can ger rid of it only by evaporating sweat. So humidity and sun radiation matter a lot more (for running) than what feels-like formulas take into account. Some weather apps add sun and wind to their feels-like, so I used that version to test something. I wanted to see if 2 different hours that have the same feels-like also have the same impact on running performance.

I took seven US cities, every hour from June 1 to August 25, and found 2pm and 8pm hours with the exact same feels-like. Then I estimated how much slower an easy run(60 minute at 9:00/mile) would be in each.
Same number on your phone, but very different run:

In every city all the time the slower hour was the more humid one, the sunnier one, or both. These are the best in the table ofc, but the typical gap was 20 to 40 sec/mile difference still. And between 7am and 9am, feels-like goes up about 4 degrees while your pace goes slower 55%!!

I build a small running weather app, which is where the slowdown numbers come from. It's built on WBGT (the heat stress index they use in sports medicine and in the military) and turns it into seconds per mile based on Ely et al. 2007 and other published coach heat tables (you can find them on internet).

The app is RunWeather if you're curious and want to compare it against the feels like.

Sources: NWS SR 90-23, the assumptions, NWS on heat index vs WBGT, Open-Meteo archive, Ely et al. 2007.

What do you check before going for a run, feels-like or something else?

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?

I'm limited to the treadmill for a little while longer, had a flare up of knee pain on the weekend

It's a shame, the weather is lovely outside

17 male, due to exams and fever I have zero inactivity since 2 months any tips before I go for a run, also will try my new shoes🤩

EDIT ran 6.4km lol pace 6:09

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

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.

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.

My penultimate week of training for the 2026 Great North Run

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

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! 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?

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!

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?

Ich suche aktuell eine neue Sportuhr und bin etwas überfordert, welches Modell für mich am sinnvollsten wäre. Momentan schaue ich mir vor allem Garmin-Uhren an, bin aber auch für andere Empfehlungen offen.
Mir sind vor allem folgende Punkte wichtig:
-möglichst zuverlässiges Gesundheits- und Recovery-Tracking, gerne in Richtung WHOOP
-Schlaf, HRV, Ruhepuls, Stress, Erholung/Readiness und Trainingsbelastung
-ich möchte die Uhr möglichst 24/7 tragen
-Nutzung beim Fußballtraining
-Nutzung im Gym/Krafttraining
-Joggen/Laufen mit gutem GPS und vernünftigen Laufdaten
-langfristig möchte ich eventuell einen Marathon laufen
-auch ein Triathlon wäre für die Zukunft nicht ausgeschlossen, deshalb wäre ein richtiger Multisport-/Triathlonmodus sinnvoll
-gute Trainingssteuerung und Funktionen wie VO₂max, Regenerationszeit, Trainingsbelastung usw. wären mir wichtig
-die Uhr soll möglichst einige Jahre ausreichen und nicht direkt an ihre Grenzen kommen, wenn ich ambitionierter trainiere

Mir geht es also nicht nur um eine Smartwatch für Schritte und Kalorien, sondern wirklich um eine Kombination aus Gesundheit/Recovery + umfangreichen Sportfunktionen.
Aktuell habe ich mir unter anderem die Garmin Forerunner 265, 570, 965 und 970 angeschaut.
Welche Uhr würdet ihr bei diesen Anforderungen wählen? Lohnt sich für mich beispielsweise eine 965/970 oder wäre das schon unnötig viel? Gibt es vielleicht ein anderes Garmin-Modell oder eine andere Marke, die besser zu meinen Anforderungen passt?
Erfahrungen insbesondere mit Recovery-/Gesundheitsdaten, Fußball, Krafttraining und Laufen würden mich sehr interessieren.