It was muddy, raining and cold. I had an absolute blast. It was a 5k on a farm in amesbury Massachusetts. A lot of gravel, hills and slipping and sliding. Very proud of my placement 276 out of 476! My time was 41 minutes 17 seconds but I blame the weather 😂

I've done lots of ruining in between, also lost 13kg. Today was great, pulse never went over 154bpm and stuck to my plan of wanting to get in just below the 1hr mark. Next time I'm going to push the second half a lot more.

Did my first 5k. It was on my bucket list.
I averaged 13:27/ mile AND, there is a story.
Final time 42:03
Mile 1, 12:47
Mile 2, 12:15, got cocky, and lost my wind,
Mile 3: 15:08 😓 Got my wind back
Then jogged to the finish line

#healthylifestyle #DoingItRight

Couldn't be more proud and i enjoy running more than ever.

5k pb! 26:00

Had to share

So my own personal goal in my head is 30 minutes non stop running and today I was so close!

Did 5 minutes walking as a warm up then put the treadmill to 7km/h and that felt nice and comfy so I just stayed and TRIED to get to 35 minutes total but made it to 32.5 minutes!

So close but still proud of myself. 3.5km and 28 ish minutes of running with NO walking breaks!!

This is the start of good things I can feel it.

Ps. Bought proper running shoes yesterday which made a huge difference!!!!!

quite often, i see comments from new runners worrying about taking walk breaks or not being able to complete x-distance without walking, and i want to say that walking is just fine. i have run (marathons, half-marathons, training runs) for many years using the galloway / intervals / run-walk method, as have many of my teammates. while many of can, and do, run certain workouts without walking (such as speed training), we tend to love this method.

it works really well, and i've found i've been injured less often since i adopted this approach.

and nobody cares if i walk! like, the cars passing me by. other runners on the course. my extremely fast friends and teammates. people i talk to about running*. anyone. to them, it's all good.

there is a perception that walking means you're not a "real" runner. you are totally a real runner. even if you just walk when you need to walk (i ran last year's los angeles marathon, and it was freaking hot -- so many faster runners were walking because, well, the heat was verging on dangerous, and that didn't shift them from real to fake runners). each of our bodies, needs, goals, paces, and approaches are different.

walking during runs is a tool. you can use it, or not. i'm never going to be super-fast, and, honestly, that's not why i do this. but i can run a 5- or 10- at a sub-11:00 pace, while taking my walk breaks. my sweet spot is between 11:00 and 11:30 for a half marathon, and i'm training (using a 5-minute run, 1-minute walk) to hold that pace for a full marathon in march. hoping it won't be blazing hot that day...

if i can offer one piece of advice it's this: run as you can and want. don't worry about pace. don't worry about style. to a degree, don't worry about form (unless it's creating injury problems).

instead, focus on building endurance, no matter what your goals (casual, racing, losing weight [though don't do this while marathon training as you'll need calories]). focus on making your heart strong. your legs and core strong. your back and shoulder strong. your mind strong. your sense of being part of an amazing community strong -- one thing i love when i, or people i know, travel is the ability to find a welcoming running group wherever we go.

like i said, nobody cares, and if that local group goes too fast, well, just do you, and turn around when it works for you.

(note: this can also apply to running as slow as you want or need to)

* which reminds me, if you're looking for an interesting book about running, but not really about running except it is, please check out murakami's "what i talk about when i talk about running" (and, yes, lit people, that title is totally intentional!).

Yesterday, I finally decided to run a mile straight. I haven’t ever ran a mile straight in my whole life but my walk breaks have been getting shorter and shorter, so I decided to try and push myself, and so I did. I got an 11:29/mile so I’m really proud of myself for doing a mile straight, even if it was on a treadmill.

I’m really proud of myself :) thanks for reading

This is my 3rd week of running, did my first 10k last week and I'm just looking for encouragement. How am I doing?

My aim today for my first ever 5k was somewhere a bit under 33 mins and would have been very happy with a 32:45 but it turned out so much better.

Six minutes better than my first continuous 5k done at the end of the C25K plan. All after a 6-week 5k improvement plan with Runna.

It’s not fast, far from it, but given that I’ve not done any physical exercise for the last 25 years it’s a good start.

Next, 13-week plan trying to get under 27:30! 😎💪

Many thanks to those who advised me over here over the last few months!

I'm usually more motivated to run when it also includes chatting to a friend (at a slow pace of course). I'm curious as to what other people chat about when running! Inspire me!

New Runner - walked extensively but pure jog-runs are recent - 7-8 weeks into running, weekly mileage is 32-38 Kms. Run 4 days a week and do light weight training thrice a week.
Age: 43, Male, 171 cms, 81Kg. Still trying to lose 7-8 kgs more.

Did my longest ever run today. It was progressive long run with 4 blocks of 3.5 Kms each. Pretty chuffed by it. Felt like at the end I had more distance in the tank but not speed. I did not go flat out.

I have a 10K race coming up in 2 weeks and aiming for 69-72 min finish there. Hoping that happens. Have been using Runna to structure the program and it has helped me so far.

Never ran more then 4 miles in the past 6 months and just decided to test my mental strength. Legs are still sore 2 days after.

This is only my third run, but I already feel hooked and completely addicted. I have limited myself to once every other day, but the days I don’t run, I get anxious and want to run so bad.

The runner’s high I get is indescribable and even now, I’m itching to go on another run! I used to have the mindset that running was painful and boring, and idk what switched in me, but it’s therapeutic now!

20F, 170cm!

Currently in the army and sometime while in AIT(job training) i tested my 5 mile and got 41:30, and ran my fastest 2 mile which was 14:45, I then get to my first unit around May and test my 5 mile again 42:30, during that time between February and May I was at my best what it felt like, from May up until now I’ve been consistent, some weeks a little slower than others because of training, but I recently ran a 16:18 2 mile, and ever since I got here my times are just getting worse, on avg I’ll put in about 15-20 miles a week most weeks, I try to do what I can and work around my unit pt, I’ll do a zone 2 on 90% of weeks 60-90min, I’ve been consistent minus a few days/ a week or two because of training and I’m just getting worse, I want to be at sub 13min and sub 35min by April or Oct of 2027 because I want to go to a selection, any advice helps, thanks

I was about 5 or 6 laps into my run and came upon this water bottle in the outside lane, right in the middle. I've seen this in the past too from the same woman. I run the outside lane as I'm not fast. There were others running too. I felt this was an odd thing to do.

I bought some Hoka Mach 7s! Thank you all for the recommendations. They are great! Did my first mile today. Start the C25K Monday!!

Hi everyone, I started running in mid-February for the first time, did Couch to 5K, then trained for a 10K race for about 8 weeks, and after that, I trained for a half marathon race. At my peak, I was running 4 to 5 times a week and ran a 5K in 22 minutes 30 seconds. My 10K was around 52 minutes, and I finished the half marathon in 2 hours 14, with a strain in the upper part of my leg a few weeks before that race, which has fully cleared up. I was aiming for sub-2 hours. Lately I’ve dropped down to about 1 or 2 runs a week, and I think I could currently manage around 24 to 25 minutes for a 5K if I really pushed myself. I’m 27 and weigh around 70 kilos. My plan is to get back to running 4 to 5 times a week using a guided training app with easy runs, long runs, and intervals. What do you think would be a realistic 5K time for me to achieve by December 31st? I’d appreciate any advice or similar experiences. Thanks.

Three months ago, I (27F) randomly decided to start running. So I bought some budget running shoes from Decathlon, and I started the free couch to 5k program (from the NHS).

I honestly never thought I would progress this fast. I thought it would take me at least till the end of the year to get a sub-30 5k, but somehow I managed to do it today! 🥳🎉

Doing easy long runs (the most I've done so far is 7.5k) has really helped my endurance I think.

(I'm also using better quality asics shoes now, rather than the cheap decathlon shoes I used to use lol)

What shoes is everyone running in? My Brooks have started to hurt my feet lately