What are your feet like?
Ran for years and my feet are just a mess of callouses and blisters no matter what shoes - it is just the volume of running I do. Bit sick of it now and softening them up even if it makes running harder lol. Surely I'm not the only one with bad feet?!
My feet as a mess, lots of callouses, blisters and my big toe nails often get bruised, turn black and fall off
I'm running my first marathon later this year and worried about my feet already. Fear I'll lose all my toe nails and finish with tons of blisters!
Does anyone have advice for increasing leg strength/speed? I'm up to running 30 minutes plus now in Z3, but just literally cannot get my legs to move faster even though I'm not out of breath... it's really frustrating as I want to try and push myself more but my body isn't letting me!
I started doing stair sprints recently and I think that's really helping build strength in my legs. Maybe also try running with someone who is just slightly faster than you to try and keep up with them. I just ran my fastest 5k and it was because I was running with someone ever so slightly faster than I would normally go but I felt compelled to keep pushing on to keep up with them. Joining park runs etc are good for that if you don't know any other runners as you can scope out someone in the first few minutes of the run who look like they're going at a good pace for you then follow them and try to keep up with them!
Speed work/interval type training, eg running as fast as you can for 0.5 miles, then walking for 1 mile (you can obviously alter the distances) is also meant to be good but I've not personally tried that yet. I'm planning on starting to try speed work stuff next week so will report back!
Also more generally I would say just give yourself time and keep at it. If you want to go faster I'm sure it will come with time, I've been running for about 3 years and have only managed to start increasing my pace in the last couple of months. And you know what if you don't get any quicker but enjoy it and/or get benefit out of running then so be it, not everyone needs to be super speedy
did 5.5k tonight in 31 mins and on Saturday 29 mins.. gonna try and do a 10k at the weekend I’m dying for a good stretch
I obv struggle in the wind
) that I tend to hold whatever arm is on that side of my body closer and move it less which causes muscle pain in my shoulder, so I feel like moving my arms around would probably make a big difference as you say!
so took 2 full weeks off & went back slowly but still kept getting them gave up 
