lol sometimes I think I am genetically broken when I read beginner progress reports on here. Been training for about 5 to 6 months now and 8k is the longest I have run so far. Only about to try the 10k mark this week. Meanwhile some people can seemingly reach this in 2 months of training without prior experience
I’ve been running a couple of years and can hardly do 5km continuously. Whenever I ramp up distance too much I get pain in my ankles.
Then I see friends go out for an easy 5k, it’ll be faster than anything I can do.
I’ve been running 6 months and my 5k time has only gone from 38 to 34 minutes 🙃 I’m 6’2 205lbs, relatively muscular. I have a friend who’s pudgy and he can run 5k in 31 minutes.
God, finally someone who feels the same way. I wrote a comment about this in a Q&A thread because I was wondering if I’m trying to fit a square foot into a round shoe trying to be good at running when I’m still slow as shit after training for almost a year
I ran for years before one year I doing a 10k with my then girlfriend. She trained for 3 months and came 11th out of all the women and crushed my best ever 10k PB by 6 minutes or something.
I used to be like that because I was thin and played lots of sport; now I’m 20 kgs overweight after kids and keep picking up injuries because I haven’t matched my mind to my current body yet. Being able to adapt quickly comes down to lots of factors! Hey, you’re still doing it so truly you’re winning at what matters.
Same way I feel when I read those half marathon training programs for beginners where supposedly “anyone” can train for a half marathon in 12 weeks flat… Bro it took me 6+ months of consistent training just to run a 15K, who the hell are these beginner runners at that can run a half marathon in 12 weeks flat?
lol sometimes I think I am genetically broken when I read beginner progress reports on here. Been training for about 5 to 6 months now and 8k is the longest I have run so far. Only about to try the 10k mark this week. Meanwhile some people can seemingly reach this in 2 months of training without prior experience
I’ve been running a couple of years and can hardly do 5km continuously. Whenever I ramp up distance too much I get pain in my ankles. Then I see friends go out for an easy 5k, it’ll be faster than anything I can do.
PT has taken me from maxing out at around 6k (soleus and hip issues) to now 20k in about 8 weeks.
Have you seen a physio?
I’ve been running 6 months and my 5k time has only gone from 38 to 34 minutes 🙃 I’m 6’2 205lbs, relatively muscular. I have a friend who’s pudgy and he can run 5k in 31 minutes.
God, finally someone who feels the same way. I wrote a comment about this in a Q&A thread because I was wondering if I’m trying to fit a square foot into a round shoe trying to be good at running when I’m still slow as shit after training for almost a year
Same with me and weightlifting.
I ran for years before one year I doing a 10k with my then girlfriend. She trained for 3 months and came 11th out of all the women and crushed my best ever 10k PB by 6 minutes or something.
I used to be like that because I was thin and played lots of sport; now I’m 20 kgs overweight after kids and keep picking up injuries because I haven’t matched my mind to my current body yet. Being able to adapt quickly comes down to lots of factors! Hey, you’re still doing it so truly you’re winning at what matters.
Same way I feel when I read those half marathon training programs for beginners where supposedly “anyone” can train for a half marathon in 12 weeks flat… Bro it took me 6+ months of consistent training just to run a 15K, who the hell are these beginner runners at that can run a half marathon in 12 weeks flat?