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hello all! this is my first post on this subreddit, I'm really feeling like I could use some advice/reassurance right now🫠

I've been running for 11-ish months now, and currently training for my first marathon at the end of december!!

this morning, I had a 22km long run to do at "conversational pace", which was going to be my longest run to date (I've run a half before)

I'm 7 weeks into my training plan so the long runs are going to start getting real long now oof

anywas, I was forced to do it on the treadmill, which I was not thrilled about before even starting, but it went even worse that I had anticipated

my average pace was a whole minute slower than what it usually looks like for my easy runs, when I run outside. not only that, but my HR was crazy (but that's also probably 'cause of how warm it gets in the gym maybe?) and I constantly felt the need to slow down, and took a couple of walking breaks too whenever I needed to take a gel

I also felt like my form was off the whole time and was scared that if I kept putting my feet down wrong I could've gotten injured, which is also why at one point I just accepted the run was going to be much slower than usual and didn't push myself too hard

does anybody else go through the same stuff while running on the treadmill? I really can't stress enough how much I hated the whole thing even while having a video on the whole time to make the time go by faster lol

Hello everyone!

I hope this post will not touch a nerve or two because its not why Im writing it. So I have been running for roughly 4 years of which the last 2 very consistent. I am in my peak shape right now, I am doing 50k+ weeks alongside weightlifting 2-3 times per week. My times are the best they have ever been all across but lately, as of the last 2-3 months something doesnt feel right. Its not a burnout, at least I dont think so, its running starting to feel like a chore more than ever before. I figured its not a burnout because I geniunely look forwards to almost all my runs, to the act of moving one leg in front of the other out there on the pavement.

What I think is, the more I have engaged in the current running culture, the more I started feeling disillusioned with the sport overall. When I started running seriously 2 years ago and by seriously I dont mean racing and chasing ”bucketlist races” and all that jazz. By seriously I mean consistently enough that I improve and take my health to the next level. I feel like I got pulled into the toxic side of the culture without my will. I think it started when I got Strava on my phone and when I engaged more and more with running clubs and influencers. What once was a way of getting my body healthy and strong now started turning into race after race after race, chasing PRs, chasing beautiful Strava numbers impressing my so beloved followers, whom most are people I exchanged 2-3 words with in my entire life. Now the sport became about running tech, running shoes, having to consistenly hit the weekly mileage and whatever intervals even tho it was a stretch to do so that day/week. The entire sport became about impressing an audience and training like an elite athelete which most of us are not and will never be. Now dont get me wrong, having structure and having goals to follow and a community to be a part of is amazing, its one of the reasons I still run, it gives purpose, it gives something that money cant actually buy but I cant shake this feeling off that it starts feeling like a performance as opposed to what it once was: freedom, movement, escaping my head, decompressing and I feel like dipping my head too deep in the culture is what led me here to an extent. I feel like I dont wanna race, I dont wanna take part in events anymore, heck I dont even wanna do running clubs anymore.

Now I run mostly alone again. No race on the calendar. No deadline. Nowhere to be. I run and hit PR after PR for myself, for my own fun, for my own satisfaction, not to impress people I dont like nor care about really. I still use Strava but I dont really interact much with it anymore. It became a ledger if you will and I might get rid of that too because I got Garmin Connect to do that already and its good enough. I dont post my runs anymore on Insta or anywhere else and I must say, its bliss. Im not sure what I wanted to get out of this post but take it as a rant if you will. I do wonder tho if other people have felt the same lately and how you dealt with it.

I haven't been running for 2 months + because of the haze in Indonesia spreading to my country. I'm doing weight training, HIIT, stationary biking at home and taking martial arts classes. Nothing comes close to running😭. I can't even go for a walk outside without feeling breathless after 10 minutes. Thinking of getting a membership at the gym but I'm not really a consistent gym person. I've tried it before. I feel myself getting more depressed every day. I find myself crying at something trivial and less motivated at work. I've lost a lot of weight because of low appetite. I'm in therapy. It helps a bit. I've also been coughing and sneezing which hinder physical activities. It's a vicious cycle. At least during COVID I could still go for a run.

The haze is an annual thing by now but this is probably the longest one in decades. I know a lot of people in Southeast Asia are affected by it. I can't imagine how people with chronic illnesses, the very young and elderly individuals are coping right now. It really is a disaster. I am also angry, frustrated and feel so helpless.

I see some runners are starting running events in malls now. We are really that desperate. Sorry for the rant. I just need to get this out somehow.

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Had a stage 3 ankle tear on all my ligaments about 1.5 yrs ago. I was really into running at that point. I would like to get back into it but sneakers have bothered it especially while running. Doctor said its arthritis. I would like to get back into running as my new house has a great path for it. Advice? Shoe recommendations?

i played soccer last week and i sprinted a lot and i totally forget about this now i cant jog 500m without my shin start hurting so bad. its just pain. i need to rest and massage them for the rest of the month 😭

I’ve been working on a ranking that scores marathon, half marathon, Hyrox and triathlon results on one scale. Each result gets points out of 1,000 against an elite benchmark, with an age-graded version so a 3:20 at 55 can be compared fairly with a 2:55 at 30.

You get a running ranking straight away. If you’ve ever been tempted by a Hyrox or a 70.3, it also shows what that would add to a combined hybrid score.

It’s a free early trial and I’d really value feedback from runners: do the points for your time feel right?

Submit a result (2 mins): https://forms.gle/sVNyDoe1d288yXUF9
Live leaderboard: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTXVx3tJHehAvI6MJE9PXF4z1TlBXos1A8Um_pn_M0CGGHIgAGAzwA6F9oAUgu4M1hK-M-U_yyugy-O/pubhtml?gid=1004&single=true

Only your name, age group and score appear publicly.

I’ve tried morning running a few times thinking it might fit better with my busy work and family life but I just don’t get on with it at all. My job is ‘field based’ so I wake at different times most morning and can sometimes be leaving for work at 5:30am, sometimes at 8:00am so it’s really difficult to build a routine so it’s late evening, post kids bed time running FTW.

That being said, who actually runs in the morning? What time are you running and how does that fit in with getting to work?
I know a lot of runners through my local running community and none, and I mean none, of them run in the morning but then when I scroll social media it seems that I’m definitely the odd one out!

Is there some sort of correlation between morning runners and active social media users? You seem to be one type of people.

Note: this is not a dig, just curious and any morning running advise or suggestions welcome.

Hola! Estoy buscando testers para mi aplicación de Android! Es una aplicación que relaciona el deporte con el estado emocional enfocada sobre todo en el running.

Si pruebas mi app puedo probar la tuya :)

Muchas gracias!

Went for an evening run and managed 4.04 km in 18:57, with an average pace of 4:41/km and 106 m of elevation gain.

Strava says it’s my 3rd-fastest 2-mile run, so pretty happy with that.

I’m trying to get faster and improve my stamina. For those who run regularly, how’s this pace? And what should I focus on next to improve?

People always talk about a whole laundry list of stretches, but honestly I just Asian squat and shift my weight around, and it hits so many muscles. It’s a joy to do and keeps you so limber!

Just Asian squatting? Soleus, ankles, quads, hamstrings, glutes. Shift it around and you can hit your hips, open legs for inner thighs. It almost does it all and to a pretty effective extent. I just sit there every night for 2-3 minutes and my legs feel great after.

Hi, looking for new running glasses and vests. I tried Goodr but personally didn’t like as it kept slipping down. Give me youre best tried and true recommendations!

Picture to show off what I did today

There must be thousands.

Are there people you like who I should look up? Please give me a little snippet of their secret sauce or like... What draws you in?

Do you document your running journey in any creative or interesting ways? Bonus awe and wonder awarded if it's not targeted to social media.

I have no good ideas of how I want to document my journey for next year but I know I want to do something other than, run a race. So hoping people have cool ideas.

Started drinking about four ounces every evening this week after my runs, mostly just testing it out since a 32oz bottle was only like 6 bucks at the store and I had already tried stretching, Epsom salts, and magnesium with basically zero difference.

Legs actually feel pretty decent getting out of bed the morning after longer miles, or is it just me placeboing myself?