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More running questions - sorry! Should I be pushing harder and if so how?

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  • nicola8989
    nicola8989 Posts: 381 Member
    thank you so much. Runningkel I currently run 3x a week and I do think a lot of it was just psychological - I "couldn't" do it.
  • ElleBelleLiptak
    ElleBelleLiptak Posts: 21 Member
    Try and dial back to a consistent amount of distance. You're pumped up and motivated which is fantastic, but running miles and miles like a wild gazelle doesn't happen over night :) You'll start to feel much more comfortable once you start building/conditioning your muscles and breathing, etc. Then try and move up no more then 10% of your current distance for a bit. Running "coaches" are great people, but not all people are the same!
  • nicola8989
    nicola8989 Posts: 381 Member
    Thanks :) I am definitely going to build up slowly!
  • erockem
    erockem Posts: 278 Member
    ElleBelleLiptak wrote: »
    Try and dial back to a consistent amount of distance.

    Totally agree, this will save you from injury. Injury in my case = disappointment and anxiety.

    I run 3x and walk 1x a week. Heading out in the next 10 minutes coincidentally.

    Tuesday & Thursday 3~6 mile run depending on how 'things feel'; weather, body, etc.
    Friday 1-3 mile walk
    Sunday long run day, 4~13 mile run @ a slower pace than Tu/Th, this is for endurance not speed.

    Sunday used to be the 10% rule when I started to get me to 26.2. Now it's how I feel again, weather, etc.
  • nicola8989
    nicola8989 Posts: 381 Member
    I'm not really bothered about speed/distance at this stage - just going out and saying I'll do a 30 min or 40 min walk/run today. Our coach said it's not really about speed or how far you can go now, it's just about getting the miles on your legs.
  • nicola8989
    nicola8989 Posts: 381 Member
    I went out running once with someone who is "ahead" of me and wanted to go further and faster than I did, but now I've found a group of people at similar levels and we go out together
  • litsy3
    litsy3 Posts: 783 Member
    Your coach sounds great!
  • nicola8989
    nicola8989 Posts: 381 Member
    He really is and we found out last week that he does it at all for free in exchange for some of his races being paid for and things like that!

    I think I'd have given up long ago without the coach and the group, I'd definitely recommend them to anyone.
  • Becca_250
    Becca_250 Posts: 188 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    nicola8989 wrote: »
    guess what - I did it!! My trainer told me I should be running 20 mins non-stop and yesterday I ran 20 mins non-stop and ran most of the way back!!!

    the most useful think I learnt about running is that its 99% in your head

    That is so true
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