How Far Can You Run?

OldAssDude
OldAssDude Posts: 1,436 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
What is the furthest distance you have ever run without stopping?

One day when i was in the army, the commander had a wild hair up his *kitten* for some reason and made us run 10 miles that morning. We only ever ran 4 or 6 miles in that unit, and about 2 thirds of the soldiers did not make that distance. I was one of the ones who made it (barely), so 10 miles is the furthest i have ever run non stop.

I recently took up running (i guess close to a year now), and have worked my way up to 5 miles so far.

I am in awe of people that run ultra marathons, and even marathons & half marathons.

What is the longest distance you have ever run?
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  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
    Did a half Marathon (13.1miles) Could have gone on, but the race (run) was over.
  • garystrickland357
    garystrickland357 Posts: 598 Member
    I did a 16 mile training run once. I was working toward a marathon. An Achilles aggravation (not related to the running) made me abandon that particular marathon training. I haven't been motivated to run past a 1/2 marathon since.
  • kdbulger
    kdbulger Posts: 396 Member
    edited December 2018
    The longest so far is 10km (6 miles, I think?). Ive been at it for less than a year so I'm pleased with that. I've backed off since then but I intend to run a half marathon next fall (after a few big life events that don't allow for the time away from my family for now). I'm maintaining with 3-6km, 3-4 times a week right now since 20-60 minutes seems to be the most time I can find and I'm a slower runner.
  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,237 Member
    26.2 is my longest so far.
  • furmickc
    furmickc Posts: 43 Member
    I'm an ultramarathoner. So...pretty far ;)
  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,563 Member
    7 miles is my longest so far. I'm toward the end of a 5K to 10K program right now (I can run 10K but want to get faster), and am planning to try for a half-marathon distance next. I've been running for a little less than a year and a half.
  • bpotts44
    bpotts44 Posts: 1,066 Member
    26.2 miles, but anymore I have a really nice 7.5 mile trail run and that is the longest I have any desire to do.
  • Djproulx
    Djproulx Posts: 3,084 Member
    26.2 is it. I'm prone to leg injuries when my run volume gets high, so this year I used a run/walk approach during training builds as well as on IM race day. No more open marathons for me.

    I have a few friends who do some crazy trail runs up to 205 miles (The Tahoe 200!), but that's way beyond my interest and physical abilities.

  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    edited December 2018
    18, i got distracted from my marathon running plan
  • carolineb81
    carolineb81 Posts: 459 Member
    27 miles, London marathon
  • JetJaguar
    JetJaguar Posts: 801 Member
    I've done a marathon, but I'm a dedicated cyclist now and no longer running regularly. I could probably still do a 10k, though.
  • OldAssDude
    OldAssDude Posts: 1,436 Member
    A lot of good running going on here.

    Forgot to mention that when i did that 10 mile run in the army, that was back in the 1980's, and i was in my early 30's.

    I'm 61 now, and when i started running about a year ago, i could only run for about 30 seconds without stopping. It took me almost a year to get to 5 miles at a snail's pace. In fact i think a snail passed me one time at the park... :)

    But in my defense, it looked like a really fast snail.
  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,749 Member
    I've run 4 marathons so far. My longest run was 26.59 miles (lots of weaving around slower runners and run/walkers). I'd like to move on to ultras, but I fall enough on flat trails, I'd probably kill myself trying to run a real mountain trail.
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    13.79 miles, in either a poorly measured half marathon or a race where Runkeeper was really inaccurate.
  • Djproulx
    Djproulx Posts: 3,084 Member
    garystrickland357 wrote: »
    Djproulx wrote: »
    26.2 is it. I'm prone to leg injuries when my run volume gets high, so this year I used a run/walk approach during training builds as well as on IM race day. No more open marathons for me.

    I have a few friends who do some crazy trail runs up to 205 miles (The Tahoe 200!), but that's way beyond my interest and physical abilities.

    That's what I worry about. At one point a few months ago I was still thinking that a marathon was a "bucket list" thing I wanted to do. Then I considered the risk of an overuse injury. I made a personal choice to not push that hard. I'm running to be fit. I don't want to get sidelined by an injury. I know I can sustain the training volume I have now. So I changed my goal to a 1/2 marathon. I can do that, enjoy it, and hopefully avoid injury.

    You're smarter than I was, lol. I found that 5 runs/week at marathon volume was very tough on my legs as the long run distances increased. Even with a bike day and a rest day each week, I struggled to stay healthy when marathon training. It became a job I didn't enjoy.

    In contrast, I enjoyed doing the run volume during an Ironman build, since I only ran 3 days/week and cross trained more on the bike and swimming. My weekly long runs were roughly the same distance, but I wasn't run training two days in a row, except for transition runs off the bike. Of course, my marathon run during the Ironman race was at a slower pace, but that's part of the game.
  • dewd2
    dewd2 Posts: 2,445 Member
    edited December 2018
    26.2 miles (or a little more since I didn't hit the tangents perfectly).

    Looks like I may be running 100k next December. Not sure how I feel about that. :D
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,694 Member
    edited December 2018
    OldAssDude wrote: »
    What is the furthest distance you have ever run without stopping?

    What is the longest distance you have ever run?

    The longest I've run without stopping isn't every long. Maybe only 5 km.

    The longest distance I've run is 10 km -- two events and two training runs.


    I'm trying to train for a half marathon.


    Oh ... I only started running a year ago at the age of 50. :) But I'm a long distance cyclist.


  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    10k road, 7.5 miles treadmill.

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