I Win!! Slowest Runner on MFP Prize!!!!
joyzeejay
Posts: 95 Member
Okay...I was thinking today. I'm going to stop fronting. I run. Yep, sure do. But, I admit...I'm definitely, by FAR, the slowest runner here. I'm the ultra-mega-slow-runner-person. I'm so slow...my 13 year old son walks as I run. I'm so slow really, really old ladies, who are out strolling, in long skirts wearing sandals walk faster than I run. Shoot! My dog runs ahead on the retractable leash, lays down, and chews on a stick as she waits for me to "run" up to her...lol! So, ha! Beat that!!!
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Me too! I"m slow, but I run. It makes me feel good and I do it for me. I'm healthier than everyone sitting on the couch! I'm all that matters anyway. Good for you for running.0
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You're still lapping the people on the couch. Well done.0
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Slow and steady wins the race...0
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You're still lapping the people on the couch. Well done.
This !!!0 -
me too, me too. I think I was at something like 14 minute miles when I started a couple months ago. But I've pushed and persevered and now I'm at around 11-12 minute miles and am still considered pretty slow, hahah
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As one of my MFP friends says I'm molasses slow! I have a GPS HRM for hiking and running and, it's official, I go faster walking on the flat than I do run/walking. But, and it's a big but, My legs have changed shape since starting running and my lung and heart fitness have improved. I'm also hopeful that the impact of running will increase my bone strength - so important for fending off osteoporosis.
And, yes, I'm still going faster than people sat on the sofa 0 -
I was pleased as hell to have managed to run a whole straight 5k on the treadmill in 40 minutes until someone at work was talking about walking a 5k event and that anyone could walk it in about 40 minutes haha
(not gonna stop me working on getting it to 25 mins then 30 - but was like awwww man I am slow lol)0 -
Bah. Garden slugs point and laugh as they pass me. Which is why I always run carrying a shaker of salt.0
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LOL!!! I'm the same. I have stents in my left leg and nerve damage in my left foot so I'm gimpy as they come, I "run" about 3.8 to 4.1 MPH on a good day. And, like you said, that's walking speed for a lot of folks! I often apologize to friends who do 5K's with me, LMAO!!!! but, whatever, we're doing it. I've never cared if I came in last, as long as I came in. :bigsmile:0
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You're running. That's the important piece!
PS: I'd give you a run for your money... am also slow lol0 -
I was pleased as hell to have managed to run a whole straight 5k on the treadmill in 40 minutes until someone at work was talking about walking a 5k event and that anyone could walk it in about 40 minutes haha
(not gonna stop me working on getting it to 25 mins then 30 - but was like awwww man I am slow lol)
I'm not that familiar with typical times walking a 5K, but 40:00 is sub-13:00 pace and I know that's running pace for some people.0 -
Recovering from a stress fracture and am back running but I bet I am slower than you, anyway it's fantastic to be running good job0
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Bah. Garden slugs point and laugh as they pass me. Which is why I always run carrying a shaker of salt.
Great I just laughed water out of my nose. Thanks a lot.0 -
At least you are moving!!0
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Bah. Garden slugs point and laugh as they pass me. Which is why I always run carrying a shaker of salt.
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Bah. Garden slugs point and laugh as they pass me. Which is why I always run carrying a shaker of salt.
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As one of my MFP friends says I'm molasses slow! I have a GPS HRM for hiking and running and, it's official, I go faster walking on the flat than I do run/walking. But, and it's a big but, My legs have changed shape since starting running and my lung and heart fitness have improved. I'm also hopeful that the impact of running will increase my bone strength - so important for fending off osteoporosis.
And, yes, I'm still going faster than people sat on the sofa
This ^ I am the exact same way. When I start to get discouraged, my newly found leg muscles remind me that changes are happening.0 -
I'm slow too! I did once overtake a walker, but I think really they had stopped to answer their mobile phone :bigsmile: . I saw a couple of friends in the distance the other week, walking, and it took me 20 minutes to catch up with them:laugh:
I am running my first Half Marathon five weeks today, in the hope that they don't close the course before I cross the finish line
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my PB for the 5 km is 59 min lol so I can only get faster from here0
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I'm not that familiar with typical times walking a 5K, but 40:00 is sub-13:00 pace and I know that's running pace for some people.
Thanks - I will just keep plugging away and work on improving it - my 1st 5k event is in May so got a few weeks yet - according to my phone app I can walk a 12 minute mile - but some of the interval training I have managed 9 minute miles (but not for long - yet...) so just need to build it up - it is somehow quite comforting to now that it's not just me that is not built for speed.
but no matter how slow I am at walking - I am even slower swimming - I like to think that I can make anyone feel better about themselves as at least they are not as slow as me hahaha0 -
Speed will come with time. Duration and distance are more important for fitness.0
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Bah. Garden slugs point and laugh as they pass me. Which is why I always run carrying a shaker of salt.
OMGOOOOOSH!!!! Now THAT was funny!!!!!! Lol! Okay....YOU win!!!!!0 -
So glad you posted this,,,, I'll admit on many days I feel like such an epic fail because of my gimpy speed. ((((HUGS SLOW FRIENDS))))) I'm not alone!!!!!!! :laugh:0
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Please! I have been passed by 80 yo men in Central Park! Once during particularly hilly 5K, I was passed by a pregnant woman that I swear was in labor at the time she was so big. I am the worst runner ever.
Well, the worst runner ever that has completed 10 5ks, 2 10ks and 2 half marys that is.
Oh yeah....I rock and so do you!0 -
I'm so slow the GPS showed negative mileage.
But damn it, yesterday I finished ahead of the lady pushing two kids in a stroller!0 -
I RAN the entire 5K I was in, and was passed by people who were walking....so there! Congrats, by the way...:drinker:0
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Props to you! I have a titanium rod in my left leg due to a car wreck, which also broke my heel, etc.! It's very hard, but well worth it!LOL!!! I'm the same. I have stents in my left leg and nerve damage in my left foot so I'm gimpy as they come, I "run" about 3.8 to 4.1 MPH on a good day. And, like you said, that's walking speed for a lot of folks! I often apologize to friends who do 5K's with me, LMAO!!!! but, whatever, we're doing it. I've never cared if I came in last, as long as I came in. :bigsmile:0 -
So glad to hear from all the slow ones out there. Even though I'm very happy I"m running at all, I always felt I was the slowest out there. Even with time, I don't seem to be getting much faster. I can go abit further, but still very slow. Takes me almost 30minutes for just 4km.....working my way up to 5km.0
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Truth: my pace is about 14:30 miles, and I can walk faster than I run, but I don't feel it as much as when I jog- and, I did a half marathon and thy did close the course, even though I was below their pace. I. Was. Pissed.0
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