Yes definitely! I would love to do a marathon one day but honestly I just don’t think I can be botheredSome run for the fun of it, some has a healthy option, and others for competitive reasons.
Whatever the reason it does the body good, and keeps the heart in good order. The only downside is if you do it too much you do stand to knacker your joints after a few years pounding the roads.
I think most if not all monitor heart rate, and mine (I have a vivoactive 3) does tell you stress levels based on HR but I’m not sure I find it super accurate.I don’t have one but I was planning to get one in the Black Friday deals! Do any of the Garmin watches track your general heart rate for anxiety purposes? I want one that would also tell me to breathe properly haha.
Are there any other equipment that are a must if you want to get serious about it?
Running a marathon competitively is a big buzz, but running one on your own is like a war of attrition, and is incredibly boring. Half marathons are far more interesting and are just about long enough to keep you motivated to the bitter endYes definitely! I would love to do a marathon one day but honestly I just don’t think I can be bothered
you’re not slow honestly, it’s best to go at whatever pace you feel comfortable.I was so glad to see this thread but then I saw everyones times and goals and immediately felt like a potato
I go through phases with running. At the moment
I can do between 5-7k but I am SO slow! My pace is usually somewhere between 7:25-7:44 per km. I used to be able to run at a 6:15 pace so not sure what happened there as I’ve never trained this regularly before so I really thought I would
be improving.
I’d rather be able to do a slow 7k than a faster 5k! I find it really hard to break the 5k mark tbh, once I hit that it’s a mental barrier. You’re doing really well!I was so glad to see this thread but then I saw everyones times and goals and immediately felt like a potato
I go through phases with running. At the moment
I can do between 5-7k but I am SO slow! My pace is usually somewhere between 7:25-7:44 per km. I used to be able to run at a 6:15 pace so not sure what happened there as I’ve never trained this regularly before so I really thought I would
be improving.
I’ve always been a cheap running shoes kind of person but this year I splurged on getting a gait analysis to get the correct shoes for my stride. I’d honestly recommend going to a specialist store and letting them help you find a good pair because it really improved my time and the general feel whilst I'm running!yay great thread.
any recommendations for running shoes? Nike has 25% off at the moment so was trying to find some on there.
Don’t want to spend a tonne. Ideally no more than £60
Ooooh fuel is a super interesting topic! I'm pretty much the opposite to you, I do the vast majority of my runs fasted just after I've woken up. This does mean that I have a large dinner the night before to kind of tide me over.LOVE this thread, thanks for starting
I started running over Lockdown 1.0 doing C25k, mainly cos I was putting on weight since I wasn't on my feet all day at work. Really enjoyed it and did wonders for my anxiety (even started weaning of my meds), but then I injured my ankle, went back to work, hurt my back and just lost my mojo. Started again on Saturday and it felt amazing and went out again today, so definitely going to try and keep it up. Using the C210K this time and started on week 5.
My biggest problem is fuel. I have to eat before a run or I feel faint, but then need to leave long enough to digest, or I feel sick! I can't work out the best time of day to go out. Considered getting sports powder to drink while I'm running, but overwhelmed by the options.
I think slowing down your 10km attempts will help. If you're running 5km in let's say 38mins that's roughly 7mins36sec per km. Given that I'd say your 10km attempts should be around 8min36sec per km at least (or slower!). Also a good way to build up is not just try to add on a bit of distance everytime but change it up.Then I decided to improve on that and am now aiming for 10k but seem to be stuck at about 7k at the moment, I can’t really get passed that and if I try to ‘run through it‘ I feel like im going to faint. I know it’s just the wall again, but it’s never lasted so long in the past. Any advice on how to get past it would be appreciated.
At the moment I’m running 5k in under 40 minutes.
Wrist-based heart rate isn't exactly accurate. Garmin and apple watches do give you 'irregular heart beat alerts' which have sometimes alerted other people to problems but they shouldn't be relied on as a sole medical device. Using wrist-based heart rate can be good for seeing an overal pattern, e.g. if your easy runs are generally at 140bpm but then you suddenly have an easy run that's 170bpm you've probably over-exerted yourself and are risking injury so it's time to pull back. This data is better than sticking to 140bpm religiously or something like that because it's quite probable that it's a little bit off.I don’t have one but I was planning to get one in the Black Friday deals! Do any of the Garmin watches track your general heart rate for anxiety purposes? I want one that would also tell me to breathe properly haha.
Are there any other equipment that are a must if you want to get serious about it?
Thanks!Ooooh fuel is a super interesting topic! I'm pretty much the opposite to you, I do the vast majority of my runs fasted just after I've woken up. This does mean that I have a large dinner the night before to kind of tide me over.
Some things to consider when thinking about how you fuel before a run:
- time between fueling and running
- aiming to eat refined carbs and not too much fibre, protein or fat as the body has to work harder to break this down. Some ideas are: bananas (I eat about ½ a banana if I have to cycle to a workout), white bread/ bagel with a bit of jam, a few gummy lollies (a friend has exactly 5 sour patch kids before each run lol), glass of juice etc. With my banana I give it about 30-45min between eating it and starting to run.
- fueling during a run generally isn't necessary unless you're going for more than 60-90min but that's just an average so figure out what works well for you. My stomach reacts badly to the vast majority of running gels and chews out there, the only brand I've found that works for me is the maurten gels which should be available globally and revvies which are probably Australia only but are caffeine strips which dissolve on your tongue. Keep in mind that you need to train your body to be able to take in fuel when running, simply put blood is diverted AWAY from the stomach when running so fueling means your body needs to practice being able to digest as well as keep exerting itself.
Dried fruit is great actually! Just think of whatever is a simple enough carb that you enjoy eating/ can get down easily and eat thatThanks!
I wish I could eat bananas cos they seem like the perfect food, but I can't bear them
I did go through a phase of eating raisins and that did help actually, I'd forgotten about that.
Good luck! Something that really interested me was weighing myself just before and just after a run to see how much water weight I'd lost - there's a formula that uses that to figure out how much water you need to rehydrate. I have a headlight that I use when I run in Winter, it's really good at making unlit paths visible.Am just about to head off for my morning running having eaten some bananas and a couple of energy drinks. I'll be taking a drink with me in my bumbag just to keep me hydrated despite the cold damp weather.
Hopefully will try for another 10 miler. But because I live out in a small rural area we don't have proper pavements, and therefore have to use roads and tracks which often don't have lightening. So its important to be visible, and also not to wear headphones for listening to music (which often helps when running). But you have to have your wits about you, so no music this time
Well I finished my 20k this morning with a reasonable 1:28:44. Far from my best, and slowest this month. But I always lack the motivation now that winter is approaching and the mornings are cold and dark.Dried fruit is great actually! Just think of whatever is a simple enough carb that you enjoy eating/ can get down easily and eat thatI'm soooooooooo particular about my bananas. I like them quite ripe but then they get overripe really quickly
Good luck! Something that really interested me was weighing myself just before and just after a run to see how much water weight I'd lost - there's a formula that uses that to figure out how much water you need to rehydrate. I have a headlight that I use when I run in Winter, it's really good at making unlit paths visible.
Yeah I just found it to be an interesting one time thing, I may get into it more over summer for longer and walmer runs just to make sure I'm rehydrating sufficiently!Well I finished my 20k this morning with a reasonable 1:28:44. Far from my best, and slowest this month. But I always lack the motivation now that winter is approaching and the mornings are cold and dark.
I used to weigh myself before and after a good run, but that was a very long time ago, and I just don't bother quite so much, although it can return some surprising results.
Thanks. Actually I should have said half-marathon distance rather then 20km. So 1:28:44 is okay for that kind of distance. But its far from my best, which was in a pro-am race last year and I finished 105th out of 500 with 1:24:03. Never got close to that sinceYeah I just found it to be an interesting one time thing, I may get into it more over summer for longer and walmer runs just to make sure I'm rehydrating sufficiently!
20km in 1:28:44 is amazing
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