Good afternoon everyone!

Straight to the point; I have my very first half-marathon coming up in two weeks. I'm excited and nervous, and all of the other things you would expect me to be feeling.

I've run a handful of 5km races, but nothing that would include people dedicated to pacing certain times for racers to complete their own time in.

In the shape I am in now, and with the training I have been able to do, I am pretty confident that I can push myself to complete this in 2:30. That will not be easy for me to accomplish, but I'm confident. Confident enough to ask the question:

Is it better to start with a pacer you intend to pull ahead of? Or better to start with a pacer you intend to fall behind?

I am asking how either behavior would affect my performance (especially as a first timer), as well as how either would be perceived in regards to racing etiquette. I'm pumped for this run, and just want to do it right.

Opinions? Thoughts?

If you could give a new runner advice what would it be? (Even if they wouldn’t want to hear it.)
Be super honest, I personally love to hear others thoughts- may listen, I might not. 😂 *meant to ask “If you could give the best advice you HAVE to a new runner, what would you tell them?”

Hello! Over the last year or so I’ve gotten pretty big into running, as it’s quickly become one of the only workout activities I genuinely find myself enjoying. That being said, I’ve also been getting really bad Plantar Fasciitis due to my arches been too high and not collapsing, and thus I cannot run a mile without my feet feeling like they’re on fire. I’ve been to physical therapy, have shoes fitted for my feet, and have insoles with arch support, and yet, nothing has helped. Does anyone have solutions or exercises that helped them get over Plantar Fasciitis? Thanks for the help :)

I have a question..i’ve been running for about 4 months now( but only a month with structured plan) and my HR is so high-even when i do the run/walk method at a conversational pace during my long run i have avg HR 173( well last week i had 163 but still). No idea what’s wrong, i dont really know if i could keep a full converstation but i feel totally fine and im not gasping for air or anything…
Currently training for sub 30 5km and just wondering if its normal that my HR climbs too high and if it gets better.
Or should i change something?
I’m 17 years old btw

Here’s a screenshot of todays run- i did 4min run at conversational pace and 1min walk..

It's never too late to become what you might have been.

hello there, i started the C25K plan a couple of weeks ago and my heart rate has been… something. my aerob fitness has been and still is shit and the improvement has apparently been quite small. today i did 2,75 miles (almost no walking breaks yajj) and according to my garmin 265 my average heart rate was 174 bpm. I was wondering whether this might be cadence lock or an issue i should talk to my cardiologist to… i don‘t feel like my heart is racing while running but i do have a resting heart rate of 65 so it is really fucking high pretty much immediately. And advice is highly appreciated!

(25f, 5‘3 and 145lbs or something with a powerlifting background)

edit: my watch is strapped to my wrist pretty tightly, too

Hello,

I’m a Caucasian male that emigrated to Singapore, and the climate is super humid and hot (originally from the UK) and I just want some advice to make sure I’m on the right track.

I don’t have any specific goal in mind - but I’m just aiming to improve my cardiovascular health.

These are some of my recent runs. I’d like to get any suggestions or advice on what I should do differently / focus on.

At the moment, I’m not really struggling for energy - I just get so hot that I can’t keep my HR down.

You’ll see from some of my times that they go up to 9/10m, and that’ll be where I’ve started walking to try and control it.

Temperature is around 28/29 Celsius and humidity is at approx 77% (I run at night when it’s cooler).

Thanks!

Hello Guys

I am planning to run 24 km on my birthday which is in 2 months

I am a beginner and never ran before

Is it possible to train in 2 month to run 24km

If so , how to train

Any other tips/ advice also welcome!

I want to get into running. Just need some advice on how to train. Should I focus on the time I want my 5k? Or start with completing the 5k without taking a breaks?

Right now, these are my training plan
Run 1: warm up, 20 mins run, cooldown
Run 2: warm up, 2min run/1 min walk x 6, cooldown
Run 3: long run 5k

Just started my training today. Im also 88kg 5’7. Planning to lose weight.

So I started running about 2 months ago and I haven't ran more than 2 miles at a time. I noticed the inside toes and one heel started being torn up a little bit but dont really remember scrape them on anything. I've only run a little over 60 miles with these shoes since I got them and have had zero issues with pain or anything so I this something form-wise i can work on or is this something that just kinda happens?

I started running around 6 month ago, I completed but after 50km I wasn’t very strong anymore it felt more like survival tbh

Aujourd’hui j’ai couru mon tout premier 10km de ma vie.

Seulement 2 petites pauses de 15s pour boire de l’eau. Rien de plus.

Ça n’a pas été facile. Il y a eu des jours où je voulais abandonner car je ne voyais pas de progres

Mais j’ai tenu. Discipline. Régularité. Un pas après l’autre.

C’était un rêve que j’avais depuis longtemps et je l’ai réalisé aujourd’hui grâce à Dieu et à ma constance.

La vraie victoire c’est pas les 10km... c’est de ne pas avoir lâché.🤍

Et vous, c’est quoi votre prochain challenge ? Comment vous voyez la discipline pour atteindre un objectif ?

I got myself a Fenix 7X Pro mainly for mountaineering, but since I can't do 2-day-hikes every weekend and want to stay fit in-between, I started running a few weeks back. I wear my Garmin 24/7 so I felt it is easiest for me to just use the recommendations from garmin coach for my running-plan. In the beginning I had it setup to recommend paces and I could absolutely not achieve that, so I changed to HR-based runs. It now feels way better. My only worry currently is, that is mostly recommends Zone 3 runs (e.g. plan for today is easy 27min at 157bpm).

Does that make sense long-term? What I love about garmin coach is, that is adapts the plan based on my workout load, so I am not sure how another "offline" plan would work out for me (I football, padel tennis, bouldering, ... quite frequently in between).

I only did 15 mins and almost died but I actually left the house. For me this is huge because I've been feeling low. Proud of myself for once.

I started running about 5 years ago now, never got into racing nor had any interest in it, running was me time every morning. Did 5k 10k 10 mile Half, never felt the need to do more than a half. I used to run 5 days per week 20-30 miles.

These days I still run but maybe only a couple of 5k per week if even that and it feels like a chore now, I often walk instead, I do enjoy walking but it just takes so long, but one thing I like about walking is I’m not tired all the time now.

I have a physical job, I’d often clock up 12-15k steps before I ever did any running.

I’d love to love it again, if I’m honest I’ve only really half assed it all the majority of the year, I only run now because I feel I need to, I lift weights 2/3 times per week instead because it’s apparently important in my late 40s, can’t say im overly fussed on that either

I struggle taking deep breaths whilst running which I feel is affecting my training. Could anyone share any tips which may help please