Not much of a runner, but ive been finally consistent doing weight training in the gym and I try and finish off around 2 workouts a week with a mile run. I always hate it, but very much looking forward to the day it doesn’t hurt. Hopefully soon enough I’ll be running a couple miles easy.
I remember those painful early days. It might sound counterintuitive, but the more I run the more I enjoy it. Add more miles if you can. Go slow and easy. You’ll start enjoying, or at least not hating it, sooner than later.
Good! And if you have the time, see if you can add one more run per week. It eventually produces a positive feedback loop. Just don’t go crazy and jump up to massive distances or days right away. You really want to ease into it with this sport.
First time running in over a year today. Recently lost 40 lbs 5-10 of it from having covid the last couple weeks but I managed to go 2 miles and only felt like dying a little lol. So I count that as a good start.
I’ve been feeling mostly poor lately on runs but first misty run of the year today, was brilliant. Like running through misters that people are so grateful for at races…but it’s your whole run. PNW USA FTW
I was making good progress on a half marathon plan. Halfway through, got up to 9 miles on my long run. Very slow pace intentionally but also because I’m slow and new to running. I took a full week off because stress is starting to effect me physiologically. Yesterday was my first run back, also got a running coach, and it sucked!
One mile warm up, repeated a fartlek 3 times of 3 minutes on, 1-1/2 minutes jog, 2 minutes on, 1 minute jog, and 1 minute on, 30 seconds jog. Another mile cool down. Got caught in the rain on the coold down too, lol.
My hamstrings are shot. Tomorrow I have another tasty one that I am but also am not looking forward to.
Thanks. I hope so! I hope my body can handle it though. I’m fit, but not running fit, and I think with mental stress my body is having a hard time recovering.
I’m not sleeping very good and my Garmin watch shows my HRV dropping. Any advice?
Restless sleep is one of my major overtraining warnings. The HRV and sore hamstrings also suggest you need a break. (If you don’t want to back off a bit, you can try taking an aspirin or ibu before bed.)
Thanks for the advice. I really hate the idea of taking more time off. I really feel like I regress easily. Both with running and weight lifting. To be fair, I’m done more hard runs (effort) this week than I have in close to 15 years. I expect to be sorry. I wonder if adding more protein and sleep might help?
Every body is different, and you might be able to train your way through it. But do be alert for early signs of injury. Some pains can start small and seem like they’re going to go away, but then they never do unless I back off. My most common pains happen around my hips, and I always try to run through them until I realize that they’re not healing and I need a couple days off (which I hate.)
Actually, based on your reply I started looking into overtraining symptoms and I really believe that’s what’s happening.
I’ve been a weightlifter for about 15 years. I’m 37 now, and I just started running. But I’m running 3 days a week and my lifting 3 days a week. I started having sleep issues and then heart palpitations 2 months ago. I thought it was stress and so did my doctor, but I thought it was weird because I didn’t feel stressed at all. Now that I think of it, the symptoms started as I was heavy into my running program.
I took a week off completely, and my stats and body felt more normal. Now, 4 days back, they are starting again. I think that’s pretty obvious what’s happening.
It sucks because training is literally a part of my life. I guess I’ll have to cut back weightlifting for now since I’m focusing on becoming a better runner.
Thanks. That’s what I’m going to try. I’m going to reduce my volume by taking out weights for now because I know I can get back to where I am more easily. I am just now starting to build a good running base and I don’t want to regress.
I admire your persistence and focus. It sounds like you have a plan and that’s great that you’re talking to your doctor about it.
Probably just a random coincidence, but the one time I had a panic attack was in my early thirties when I was serious with weight lifting and biking. It literally happened at the gym. I had to lie down on the floor and wonder what the hell my heart was doing. It was scary.
Weight lifting is a great complement for running, but the lifts, reps, and frequency that I see runners doing are very different from what a body builder’s program is like. Most resistance programs for runners that I’ve seen are relatively high rep, lower weight, and targeted on core, back strength, legs (including focusing on tendons), etc.
Yeah I’m starting to recognize that. For theast two years in particular, I’ve been doing heavy deadlifts, bench press, squats, and my military press mixed in with other more typical bodybuilding exercises.
I think I’m taxing my body too hard. Once I get back to balanced I’ll start talking with my coach about working weifhtd back in to my program but higher rep lower weight for now.
Even though my Garmin said I still need to rest I knocked out my super slow 9 miles today. First 4.5 was not bad, but my legs got heavy as stone over the last half. Feel good bc my coach affirmed that my cardio is there, we just need my legs to catch up. Average pace was 14:05/mile (omg that’s ridiculous), but average HR was 122. Took me 2 hours and 7 minutes. But again, I probably should be resting and my legs are paying for it but we’ll see how my body recovers with an extra 3 rest days a week.
I’ve been trying to get back into it more. It’s hard after college when all the running friends you had have moved away, and work takes up way more time. I’ve been doing about 30-40 minutes every other day. I find it a lot harder to regulate me pace when I run less.
I got a bug of some kind last Friday, and though I feel better, I’m not quite there, and exercise is still taking it out of me, so I’ve stuck to cycling this week. Will get back out there this weekend
I need better shoes. Any recommendations? I don’t do much but I have some older Merrels I need to replace. I haven’t tried on clouds but hear they’re great
No recommendations other than to go to a shop that will fit you, IE. Observe your running style on a treadmill, then fit a shoe that’s appropriate to your gait.
My milage has dropped a fair bit recently with my eldest starting school and our routine being upended. Each run is feeling harder but I keep telling myself that there is no optimum routine any more and if I miss the ‘best’ time to run, that just means I need to look for the ‘next best’ time… Crammed a 5k into my lunch break yesterday and I am proud of myself.
I ran my fastest 5k a couple of days ago. Just left the house feeling good. Wasn’t intending to go at such a quick pace. Had been doing around 5:50 -6 min KMs since I put the shoes back on around 4-5 months ago. This was like 5:29min/km average. Was very surprised. Feel like I’m getting better.
I like to mix up long runs with some long intervals at a quicker pace. They don’t need to be fast or terribly long. Just something to anticipate and give me a feeling that I’m progressing through the workout-milestones.
I’ll probably be a bit less conservative with my pace once I’ve got one or two marathons under my belt and feel more comfortable with the distances, but for now I’m determined not to injure myself!
I’ve gained about 30 lbs (14kg) over the last two years. I fell out of the habit when I got my first job out of college, but now that I’m not working remotely I have a better schedule, yet I still have trouble maintaining motivation long enough to make a habit of it.
I love running, but I can’t seem to make myself do it. With winter closing in again I worry that I won’t be able to muster the strength to go run outside again until the spring.
Any tips or inspiration anyone could share would be appreciated.
There are usually lists online, yeah. You could search “running group [your city]” and probably find a couple. You should also check with your local running stores and ask if they know about any. And if you find more then one don’t be shy about trying more than one. You might find that different groups have different personalities, goals, etc.
@marvinfreeman@vesikel lots outs running groups on social media, you could most likely find a local one to your area. Strava is an another great resource!
This is good advice. I just take one step at a time: coffee and snack, running clothes, shoes, out the door, warmup, and then a bit of running. Usually, but not always, I keep going.
In larger perspective, I follow a program of scheduled workouts. And set a goal of some sort at the end. There’s lots of programs out there.
Lower the barrier (get clothes out etc before hand), make it novel; pick somewhere different to run (if you’ve the time for some travel), reward yourself after, set a goal (either running metrics or like "I want to see the pretty garden anyway so might as well run there).
Treadmills suck but are better than not running if the weather sucks.
Find some nice tunes or podcasts or audiobooks and only listen while running to make it more exciting.
Also acknowledging that for a little while it’s going to suck and be hard and just being ok with that can be useful. Until you get fitter and get the habit it’s hard, it’s ok to find stuff hard. Sometimes just accepting that makes doing something transiently hard easier.
Taking a break because I am feeling my knee on the outside, and I do not want to get a runners knee. I was thinking of two weeks but not sure. Anyone experience with this? When should I be okay again to run?
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