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Dazzler21
Dazzler21 Posts: 1,249 Member
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If you're like me and into running whether casually or competitively, please hit add and chuck a post on here and we can have our own community...

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  • sarahlupky
    sarahlupky Posts: 1 Member
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    About 5-6 years ago I used to run a lot, 30-40 minutes 5 days a week, getting ready for a few 5K's (which was a lot for me back then). Maybe I got bored because I'm not sure why I stopped, but for the past 3 years I've been in and out of it, trying high intensity interval training and other random things. I've been taking it seriously for over a month now and I'm trying to work my way up to running for a long period of time at a decent speed with a 1 minute break every few minutes (averaging 6.4 on a treadmill) for 30 minutes.

    I have a few questions I'm hoping someone can answer:
    I get thigh/knee pain in my left leg while I'm running and it gets worse when my run is finished. It's a throbbing kind of pain and it hasn't disappeared yet. I'm wondering what I should do or if I'm doing anything wrong.

    How do you keep your pace without getting winded? Sometimes I find it so hard to catch my breath.

    How do you get and stay motivated to run?
  • ABabilonia
    ABabilonia Posts: 622 Member
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    Feel free to add me. I'm training for my first 10K in October and my first half April of next year.
  • Hoshiko
    Hoshiko Posts: 179 Member
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    Currently training for a half in Oct and getting back into the swing of things. I'm slow but consistent. Feel free to add me!
  • WickAndArtoo
    WickAndArtoo Posts: 773 Member
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    Hi currently training for a half in October, I have ran 5ks but nothing longer so kinda a beginner. Feel free to add me!

    Also @Hoshiko you should add me if you want, we can share our training progress together since our runs are both in Oct!!
  • krfitmom
    krfitmom Posts: 17 Member
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    I'm currently training for a 10k the first of August and thinking of signing up for my first half in Oct but not sure. Feel free to add me!
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    i'm training for a half in september :drinker:
  • x_stephisaur_x
    x_stephisaur_x Posts: 149 Member
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    Currently Marathon training for October. Slow AF but anybody is welcome to add me :) x
  • ContraryMaryMary
    ContraryMaryMary Posts: 1,659 Member
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    I run three-four times a week, do a few halfs each year and a bunch of other shorter events. Feel free to add me.
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 1,249 Member
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    Yep I have a marathon planned for 26th November. I have only completed one Marathon previously but I injured my IT band by not stretching, that was in 2013. Ever since I have been fit enough to complete Half Marathons and have done maybe 10 since then.

    My target is sub 3.45 but I am training for a 3:30. To allow myself a 15 minute cushion.
  • pandabear_
    pandabear_ Posts: 487 Member
    edited July 2017
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    Hello, I am a runner too - I just started doing 1 hour runs every other day - I have been doing them for about a month now.

    At the moment taking a forced break as I have hurt my left thigh running. I think I must have missed doing a proper stretch before or after a run - as I have been running for over 3 years now.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    edited July 2017
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    pandabear_ wrote: »
    Hello, I am a runner too - I just started doing 1 hour runs every other day - I have been doing them for about a month now.

    At the moment taking a forced break as I have hurt my left thigh running

    going from nothing to an hour 3/4 times a week is a lot, i am not surprised you are now injured... dial it back to half an hour 3 x a week, and build slowly from there.
  • pandabear_
    pandabear_ Posts: 487 Member
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    TavistockToad wrote: »
    pandabear_ wrote: »
    Hello, I am a runner too - I just started doing 1 hour runs every other day - I have been doing them for about a month now.

    At the moment taking a forced break as I have hurt my left thigh running

    going from nothing to an hour 3/4 times a week is a lot, i am not surprised you are now injured...


    It wasn't from nothing, I was doing 30 minutes, then 35, then 45. I just got up to an hour after several months.
  • x_stephisaur_x
    x_stephisaur_x Posts: 149 Member
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    pandabear_ wrote: »
    Hello, I am a runner too - I just started doing 1 hour runs every other day - I have been doing them for about a month now.

    At the moment taking a forced break as I have hurt my left thigh running. I think I must have missed doing a proper stretch before or after a run - as I have been running for over 3 years now.

    Have you tried foam rolling? Works miracles on my muscles :)
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 1,249 Member
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    TavistockToad wrote: »
    pandabear_ wrote: »
    Hello, I am a runner too - I just started doing 1 hour runs every other day - I have been doing them for about a month now.

    At the moment taking a forced break as I have hurt my left thigh running

    going from nothing to an hour 3/4 times a week is a lot, i am not surprised you are now injured... dial it back to half an hour 3 x a week, and build slowly from there.

    Build 10 % each run either distance or time on each run not both.
  • sutralotus
    sutralotus Posts: 12 Member
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    Feel free to add me. Im a casual runner that has just gotten back into it after a long break with a pregnancy.

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