Slowest Runner Contest

OldAssDude

Lets have a contest to see who is the slowest runner.

I think I am the slowest runner on planet earth, and damn proud of it...

Here is todays 3.5 mile run...



Splits 1 & 3 are walking for warm up & cool down, and split 2 is the actual run.

Even snails laugh at me as they are passing me...

Post your slow runs and see if you can beat me in slowness.

I bet you can't because...

I AM THE KING OF SLOW RUNNING!!!

RunsWithBees

I don’t have any stats to post but I’m a trail runner so I run a lot of hills/mountains and with elevation gains of 650 feet or more, the going can get pretty slow indeed

GiddyupTim

You and your fancy printed statistics...
Pretty impressive.
But you should see me on the days after I have deadlifted or squatted. I leave and go out ... I come back and the grass needs cutting again.
I can't prove it, but ... people have seen it.

lorrpb

You are the king of keeping it going!

Chieflrg

I use to run every day for a year or so.

I averaged only 10 min miles when I would run 10-12 miles in the morning before catching my baseball game then squat and deadlift after game.

It was a pretty slow pace the next day.

PaytraB

Fantastic running! Speed doesn't matter. I, too, am a slow runner and happy to be running.
My average pace is around 14-16 minutes a mile (9:00-9:45 minutes/Km).

OldAssDude

lorrpb wrote: »

You are the king of keeping it going!

Thanks.

Yeah, I am pretty consistent.

HaleCry

I run at 6kmh on my treadmill...

MrsKGrady

You and I could be running buddies. Those stats look just like mine.

PaigeAnderson1793

I don't have a run to post, but I do want to say nice job for kicking butt and continuing to push yourself. The fact that you pushed yourself to finish says more than anything. Great job!

OldAssDude

Thank you all for your nice posts.

Just when i thought it could not get any better, i beat my last long run...



HA!!!

Just to mention that these are my long run days, and i am running them at a "slow" conversational pace.

In fact, this run is the first time i have ever run over 5 miles without stopping or walking. I now know i can run a 10k pretty easily.

lemmie177

Congrats on your 5-miler!

I probably do 10-11 min miles. I wish I could compete with you, I think I'd really enjoy slow-running. But I run in my neighborhood and get too embarrassed being passed by power walkers or people just walking their dogs.

youngmomtaz

I easily fall into a 12 minute mile pace. It is hard for me to push past that. The cadence feels funny or sometimes it affects my daily head pain. So 5mph is usually my average, and I have never run farther than half marathon distance.

SummerSkier

So here is a unproven method for slower people to improve their pace. Perceived effort really doesn't give me accurate ideas of how I am doing. But I use MapMyRun and it does announce to me my pace, avg pace etc at the mile markers. One way to increase your pace without a lot of effort is just to run 20 steps BIGGER. And then go back to your conversational pace for a while. Then do another 20 steps BIGGER. I can easily take an entire minute off my mile pace just by deciding to do these 20 step "sprints". It's not even pole to pole or sign to sign but just I count off 10 left footfalls. Some days when I am feeling really energetic I might start with 20, then do 25, 30, 35 etc over time. Sometimes on the down hills, sometimes on the up hills. What's strange is sometimes I just can do the bigger pace for a lot longer than counting steps. And sometimes not. There are days I can't even do the 20 steps or even want to. I just tend to listen to how I **feel** as far as pace and distance. So there is never really any stress over HAVING to do a long or a faster run. It either happens or it doesn't. I also notice that the first 3 miles are NEVER my best, and I can increase my pace on miles 3- whatever a lot easier. Perhaps its because I don't do a walking warm up.

LWlazer

Slow or fast, as long as you are moving you win. I run 4 days a week and I try to go as slow as I can on the long run days but I always end up going to fast and fast for me at 76 is 11+ min miles.

JustSomeEm

SummerSkier wrote: »

So here is a unproven method for slower people to improve their pace... One way to increase your pace without a lot of effort is just to run 20 steps BIGGER. And then go back to your conversational pace for a while. Then do another 20 steps BIGGER. I can easily take an entire minute off my mile pace just by deciding to do these 20 step "sprints".

That is a really interesting idea. I typically run 11 to 12 minute miles. I'm going to head out tomorrow morning and try to remember to do this. *IF* I remember, I'll report back here what my results are.

JustSomeEm

Also - OP, I think it's awesome that you're out there. No matter your speed, you're lapping those on the couch. You rock! :flowerforyou:

OldAssDude

JustSomeEm wrote: »

Also - OP, I think it's awesome that you're out there. No matter your speed, you're lapping those on the couch. You rock! :flowerforyou:

Thanks.

I am in my 3rd week of a half marathon program and the program says i should be doing my runs slow (conversational pace). I can do a mile in about 10 minutes, just not at a conversational pace.

Just working on endurance now, so not worried about pace until i can run at least 10 miles.

TariDoesLife

Hey OldAssDude...your pace is WAY faster than mine! Oh wait...I don't have a pace b/c I haven't run in over 2 -3 years (honestly I can't even remember the last time I went running).

I did the Dallas Marathon in 2014, and since then I slid into hibernation. I miss running, but I have no motivation at all. But I just got my cholesterol results - and I'm officially motivated. And I'm motivated by your awesome pace!

Purplebunnysarah

I am also frequently DFL. But we're out there doing it.

NorthCascades

This is fantastic!

OldAssDude

sarahthes wrote: »

I am also frequently DFL. But we're out there doing it.

what is DFL?

SummerSkier

Dead kitten last? 😂

BrettWithPKU

My gym has a 0.1 mi track, and an older gent runs at a pace such that I pass him walking (I walk at about 4mph). But at least he's running, he does it every day, and he's in decent shape so who am I to judge?

Duck_Puddle

BDonjon wrote: »

My gym has a 0.1 mi track, and an older gent runs at a pace such that I pass him walking (I walk at about 4mph). But at least he's running, he does it every day, and he's in decent shape so who am I to judge?

I’m not the world’s fastest runner to begin with, but when I was rehabbing from a major knee injury and just starting to run again, I got passed by a dude with a walker. In my defense, he was really flying.

youngmomtaz

Duck_Puddle wrote: »

BDonjon wrote: »

My gym has a 0.1 mi track, and an older gent runs at a pace such that I pass him walking (I walk at about 4mph). But at least he's running, he does it every day, and he's in decent shape so who am I to judge?

I’m not the world’s fastest runner to begin with, but when I was rehabbing from a major knee injury and just starting to run again, I got passed by a dude with a walker. In my defense, he was really flying.

Reminds me of my first few workouts after my last(of three) child was born. I was over a year post partum, 50lbs heavier than right now, and the warmup of a group aerobics class was killing me and making me want to quit. RIGHT NOW. But to my immediate left as a woman in her late 70s or even early 80s totally killing it! And she did so for the whole workout. I stayed, and showed up for the whole series that I had prepayed for. People are awesome motivation!!