5 miles in 50 minutes!

jeepinshawn

Yeah I did it! I have been following Hal Higdons half marathon training program for 3 weeks. I have never ran that far in my life. Feels great, I had been worried I wouldn't be able to maintain my 10 min mile but I just cranked the music and went with it.

queenliz99

Really cool!

AdrianChr92

Good job

samthepanda

Fantastic job!

robertw486

With running, I think once you find your right "headspace" many people can do a lot more miles at a decent pace than they realize. Once you get adapted to the actual physical part, it's often just a matter of not letting your mind or overthinking the run stop you from doing it.

mommarnurse

robertw486 wrote: »

With running, I think once you find your right "headspace" many people can do a lot more miles at a decent pace than they realize. Once you get adapted to the actual physical part, it's often just a matter of not letting your mind or overthinking the run stop you from doing it.

So true. I just ran 6 on Friday (worked up to for and then 5 in a matter of a month) and I've realized that once you get past 4 miles it's all gravy.

jeepinshawn

Thanks guys, woke up this morning feeling good, my hip flexers are stiff but feeling accomplished none the less.

BrianSharpe

Well done!

With consistency and the right attitude it's amazing what we can accomplish!

macgurlnet

robertw486 wrote: »

With running, I think once you find your right "headspace" many people can do a lot more miles at a decent pace than they realize. Once you get adapted to the actual physical part, it's often just a matter of not letting your mind or overthinking the run stop you from doing it.

+1 on this.

You may feel like there's a "wall" you can't get past, but just find some good music & stick with the program. I followed Hal's training program for my first half last year and it was AWESOME.

Way to go!!!

~Lyssa

jeepinshawn

macgurlnet wrote: »

robertw486 wrote: »

With running, I think once you find your right "headspace" many people can do a lot more miles at a decent pace than they realize. Once you get adapted to the actual physical part, it's often just a matter of not letting your mind or overthinking the run stop you from doing it.

+1 on this.

You may feel like there's a "wall" you can't get past, but just find some good music & stick with the program. I followed Hal's training program for my first half last year and it was AWESOME.

Way to go!!!

~Lyssa

@macgurlnet I was a little concerned that the program never actually has you run 13 miles, was the jump from 10 in training to 13 in the race difficult?

tcatcarson

Really well done, great feeling

dewd2

Be careful. Trying to maintain a certain pace while training is a recipe for injury. Your long runs should be slower than any other run during the week.

macgurlnet

jeepinshawn wrote: »

macgurlnet wrote: »

robertw486 wrote: »

With running, I think once you find your right "headspace" many people can do a lot more miles at a decent pace than they realize. Once you get adapted to the actual physical part, it's often just a matter of not letting your mind or overthinking the run stop you from doing it.

+1 on this.

You may feel like there's a "wall" you can't get past, but just find some good music & stick with the program. I followed Hal's training program for my first half last year and it was AWESOME.

Way to go!!!

~Lyssa

@macgurlnet I was a little concerned that the program never actually has you run 13 miles, was the jump from 10 in training to 13 in the race difficult?

I actually went from just over 9 miles to the 13.1. No issues whatsoever.

@dewd2 makes a good point. You may find you need to go slower for your long runs. Listen to your body and take it down a notch for the longer ones if you find they feel difficult.

For me, I kept with a 10 minute mile for the majority of my training. I only ended up doing my long run and one short run each week, sometimes 2, but all of them were 10 minute mile pace.

~Lyssa

jeepinshawn

Thanks everyone!