Running thread 2020

[Deleted member 5265]

Week 4 of Couch to 5k. Surprised how much I'm enjoying it. Never been a runner.

 

[Chappers]

Week 4 of Couch to 5k. Surprised how much I'm enjoying it. Never been a runner.

Its habit forming. Couch to 5k will help with this

 

[Charlestonian]

Week 4 of Couch to 5k. Surprised how much I'm enjoying it. Never been a runner.

That’s how it gets you, welcome to the gang!

 

[Daydream Believer]

Week 4 of Couch to 5k. Surprised how much I'm enjoying it. Never been a runner.

You were always a runner. You just hadn't realised.

 

[oROSSo]

Week 4 of Couch to 5k. Surprised how much I'm enjoying it. Never been a runner.

That’s how I started. 2 years on and I’m still shite

 

[Adzy]

Bit of a grueller at Dalton Park 10k this morning, wind was dreadful for a canny portion of the race. Strava malfunctioned here for the 2nd year in a row but results page has for me down for 44:48 finishing 19th out of 170.

 

[Ricci's Special Kebabs]

Week 4 of Couch to 5k. Surprised how much I'm enjoying it. Never been a runner.

It's a great addiction to get.

 

[Deleted member 5265]

Thank you everyone for your lovely words. My ambition is to do a parkrun - simple as that. Not worried about times, just doing it will be an amazing achievement for me.

 

[Charlestonian]

That’s how I started. 2 years on and I’m still shite

How was the 20 miler?

 

[oROSSo]

How was the 20 miler?

Weird. Lungs didn’t hurt at all but legs felt like they were gonna drop off

 

[Chappers]

Weird. Lungs didn’t hurt at all but legs felt like they were gonna drop off

Having decent lungs might help in the coming months.

 

[oROSSo]

Having decent lungs might help in the coming months.

3 weeks to go. Just a gentle half marathon next week thankfully

 

[Daydream Believer]

Thank you everyone for your lovely words. My ambition is to do a parkrun - simple as that. Not worried about times, just doing it will be an amazing achievement for me.

That's how it starts but but's a slippery slope

 

[Charlestonian]

Weird. Lungs didn’t hurt at all but legs felt like they were gonna drop off

I’m finding very similar just now, I’m annoyed by how slow I’m still feeling compared to last year, just feels like it isn’t coming back in the same way, I hope I’m just being a fanny and I need to be more patient but it is niggling at me.

 

[oROSSo]

I’m finding very similar just now, I’m annoyed by how slow I’m still feeling compared to last year, just feels like it isn’t coming back in the same way, I hope I’m just being a fanny and I need to be more patient but it is niggling at me.

It’s the furthest I’ve ever gone so didn’t know what to expect. Before this my longest was 15 miles. I seem to get to about 11 miles and just crash. A marathon is gonna be serious graft for me

 

[Daydream Believer]

I’m finding very similar just now, I’m annoyed by how slow I’m still feeling compared to last year, just feels like it isn’t coming back in the same way, I hope I’m just being a fanny and I need to be more patient but it is niggling at me.

Are you actually slower or just feeling that way?

 

[chopsfc007]

Well done everyone wish i had the motivation

 

[D.A]

Well done everyone wish i had the motivation

We've tried to help.

 

[Charlestonian]

Are you actually slower or just feeling that way?

Just feeling that way when I’ve had a look through my Strava, I’m just giving myself a hard time a bit unnecessarily really. I’ve only been training again 8 weeks so I can’t expect to have it back fully just yet, I’ll keep plugging away.

 

[87 Others]

My legs are the issue.

Can quite comfortably do 10k in terms of how my lungs feel, it's just my legs feel like lead towards the end.

Any tips on how to overcome this?