Ok runners - do you do it alone, or with a group

Both. I like my solo runs for me time, but I also like running with a friend or group. It's amazing how fast the miles can go by when you're chatting. Plus I like the accountability of running with a group or running buddy. Some days, it's hard to get out the door...but if I know there's someone waiting for me, I suck it up and tie my shoes.

Why it gotta be either or? Sometimes one. Sometimes the other.

Alone. That's my "me" time.

I run alone, in the morning, before work, before the family is awake. My time to relax...my "me" time. I found it difficult running with people because of the chatter (I want to relax and decompress) and the other person not having the same pace is always difficult.

Alone. It's time to clear my head, relax, zen for a bit. I prefer working out alone unless I'm with my trainer. My speed, my time, I don't like talking.

alone..always,always alone.

I'd like to run with company but nowhere near confident enough

I like running alone it gives me a chance to unwind and often think out problems. I used to run with a friend one day a week and enjoyed that too nice to have a good chat but it was more relaxed than my alone runs. I would like to join a club but can't due to family commitments.

I switch it up. I tend to chat a lot with my running partner, and we walk a lot.... When I run alone, I lose myself in my music, in my miles, and I forget to think about things like "Let's just make it to the next tree...." Sometimes I just want to run it out on my own, sometimes I crave the friendship and the ambition to push through when I run with a friend. My cousin is part of Team In Training, and I think a large group of runners would be fun and challenging. I like to mix it up when I run on my own too, sometimes outside, and sometimes on the treadmill. I don't love the treadmill as much, but I do push myself harder, and then when I run outside, it seems so much easier

Alone its me time

It's just me and my Zombies, Run 5k app.

During the week, I run by myself...gives me time to shake off the stresses of the day. During the weekend, I try to run with a group. It's usually my long run of the week and I like doing that with other people! There's benefits to both...sometimes I find, I get stuck in a rut and when I run with a group, there's always someone there to challenge me and push me to a pace that is a little faster than I would normally do on my own.

Feel free to add me for support!

I run alone during the week and with a group for long runs on the weekend. I'd get terribly bored if I did long runs by myself plus it keeps me motivated.

Sometimes the group can be annoying--one person likes it be chatty, another wants to go much slower, or different miles---it can be comprise. It would be nice to find a good running buddy for during the week-- the perfect person who has a similar pace, chats when you want to and knows when to be silent at other times. Hard to find that person. There should be an app for that: Rent a Run Buddy.

I've rented a run buddy before! Thru city running tours in DC. It was awsome! It was great to have a local plan a 9 mile running route from my hotel. I plan on doing this on future trips.

Alone

Both... I was doing couch to 5k by myself, then my husband joined me one morning and loved it... so he's now running with me three days a week. It'll probably change again when he switches to day shift, but I still get at least one day in by myself because I love the "me" time.

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