Hitting a running Wall at 10 MIles and cant push past

Make sure you are hydrated and nourished properly, and try slowing down your pace a bit.

1) Have a friend run with you at a slower pace. Try listening to interesting podcasts. Or create a new music playlist.
Anything that will distract you from being too focused on how many miles you've done during your run.

2) Try just adding quarter of a mile to your longest run. The difference will be barely noticeable. Do that every time, and
you'll progress.

3) If your runs are getting into the two-digits area, you might want to think about re-fueling during your run.
Have some sort of a carbohydrate source ready (gels or drinks). Drink a little bit of water.

4) Make sure you're not doing too much the day before your long run and that you're well rested and fueled.

I'd try number one first. You're right about your mind giving up before your body - so have somebody else, perhaps a more experienced runner, ready to help you push through that wall! Good luck!

Are you taking rest days?
Are you increasing mileage too fast?
Are you hydrating well enough and eating enough for that level of calorie burn?

You might honestly just need a break if you've done too much too fast. I just took a 4 day break from running, ate well, slept well, hydrated well, and I felt fantastic this morning. Back to my old self.

Gels about half way through your run help a lot. I use the Stinger Honey Gold. Kind of gross but works and easy on your stomach.

I also plan out my mileage so I have to run - at 10.5 miles, I'm still a half a mile or more from my house and so it's just a matter of getting home. How much mileage are you upping every long run? I found I could really only up it by half a mile every weekend, anything more than that was just super hard to get past.

I also carry water and gatorade on anything over an hour - it makes a huge difference.

Hey I'm in the Dallas area and I'm training to do a half right now... might even think bout doing the Dallas marathon.. we will just see how I feel in the next few months...
I run alot better and farther when I have somebody running with me.. when I'm on my own I like to give up cuz I get bored... not sure why since I love running but its just how I am..

You can get belts that you can put your water bottle in and they tend to have loops for gels as well.

I have stashed water before when I'm running the trails.

Check out High5 gels, they're actually quite palatable and made with fruit juice (I'm not vegan so I don't know what you can and can't have), remember when you start taking gels that you have to keep taking them until you're finished or you crash again.

The High5 gels say to take 3 per hour of exercise (maybe if you're Mo Farrah or Usian Bolt), I take half a gel approx every 45min (or I'll switch that the every 5k/3miles when I'm doing the marathon thanks to the nice mile markers), gels are basically carbohydrate in the form of sugar that will top up your energy quickly and can be consumed easily on the move, when you first try them try them towards the end of the run as some people can get upset stomachs (don't want a Paula Radcliffe moment), if you're doing a half marathon or full marathon find out what nitrition they will have out on the course and practice with that well in advance of the race, if you're stomach doesn't agree with what they're providing you need to look at carrying your own gels.

Personally the hydration doesn't affect me as much as the nutrition does, so play about with them both and see what you need (I can go 13miles without water but really need to start taking gels around the 8mile mark, it took several long runs to figure out how far I could go without fuel and then another couple to figure out how often I needed to top up on it, hopefully have it right for the weekend)!!

I have been increasing milage about a mile every couple of weeks.
So on the subject of Gels, I'm a vegan so anybody know of a vegan friendly gel? (Unfortunatley cant do Honey)

I also am a vegan runner (marathoner), I usually use GU brand gels, most are vegan. You can also try dates, almonds, or bananas, but gels that contain caffeine work best for me. I usually have half of an english muffin with almond butter before I run (for anything 3 miles or more).

I use fuel during a run on runs that are longer than 8 miles and I usually take them every 4 or 5 miles. You want to take your fuel before you feel like you need it, because once you feel like you need it, you've already depleted your body's glycogen stores and it's going to take more than a 100 calorie gel to restore them. Hence why you're hitting "the wall".

Good luck and happy running!

I take rest days, and on some days (like before work) I'll do short 3-4 mile runs. I do one day a week when I attempt the "Big Run"

Sounds like you're not working to a plan of any kind, so to add to all of the debate about hydration and nutrition I'd sugest that you need to look at the balance between your various runs in the week.

Your long run should be 25-30% of your total weekly mileage, so if your long run is 10 miles you should be about 25-30 miles of shorter runs, although not all short 3-4 mile sessions.

For my HM training most of my runs are in the 5-8 mile range with long runs of up to HM distance.

On fueling, you don't have to have a running specific food, it just needs to be something that replenishes your energy stores and doesn't bother your stomach. The best thing is to experiment. I have a friend that takes bites of a chewy granola bar, and I take regular old jelly beans.

As for timing, you want to make sure you eat before that wall is getting close. For example, I can run 6mi with nothing (food or water if the temps are cool) if that is as far as I am going. However, when I am doing my long runs of 9-13+mi, I eat two jelly beans between miles 3-4. Then I eat two more every 15minutes until I finish the run. For *me* it is just the right distance and amount of fuel. Like I said experiment. I tried gu and wasn't a fan of the flavors.

Oh, one more thing, check out the book Thrive, it is written by a vegan athlete (Brendan something-my library had it), and he has some power drink and gu like gel recipes. I did use his recipes for my marathon, and carried my two homemade gels with me and they got me through the 26.2 beautifully.

Best wishes!

ETA: I found a link to the book, the author is Brendan Brazier and he has a couple of books, but his is the one I was referring to:
http://www.amazon.com/Thrive-Nutrition-Optimal-Performance-Sports/dp/0738212547/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1400519341&sr=1-2&keywords=thrive

Dates are fantastic. I don't get on well with gels as they upset my stomach if I have more than around one per run. 2 Medjool dates have around 20 grams of carbs. So I normally have the occasional gel interspersed with dates for anything over 10 miles. Experiment and after a while you can find the best time to start refueling. Also to add the majority of Gels are Vegan

Also to add another thing try doing 2 runs in a day (one morning and one evening) do two 6 milers then mentally you'll realise you can run more than 10 in a day.

I started getting serious about running after the first of the year, at that time could only run 3 Miles. Im up to 10 miles and can maintain a 9:30/Mile pace, however my problem is I am hitting a huge wall starting at around 7 miles. I push myself mentally and remind myself that my mind gives up before my body does. Now Ive run into a problem (Pun intended) that my legs and body start giving up at around 10 miles and I get hit with extreme fatigue. The farthest I got was 10.81

So I want to run the Dallas Marathon in Dec, any tips advice on how to push past this 10 mile hump?

I get the feeling that you're not using a training plan. If that's the case, I'd strongly suggest that you get a plan and use it.

If you have a training plan, tell us about your weekly mileage and running history.