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OldAssDude
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What is the furthest distance you have ever run without stopping?
One day when i was in the army, the commander had a wild hair up his *kitten* for some reason and made us run 10 miles that morning. We only ever ran 4 or 6 miles in that unit, and about 2 thirds of the soldiers did not make that distance. I was one of the ones who made it (barely), so 10 miles is the furthest i have ever run non stop.
I recently took up running (i guess close to a year now), and have worked my way up to 5 miles so far.
I am in awe of people that run ultra marathons, and even marathons & half marathons.
What is the longest distance you have ever run?
One day when i was in the army, the commander had a wild hair up his *kitten* for some reason and made us run 10 miles that morning. We only ever ran 4 or 6 miles in that unit, and about 2 thirds of the soldiers did not make that distance. I was one of the ones who made it (barely), so 10 miles is the furthest i have ever run non stop.
I recently took up running (i guess close to a year now), and have worked my way up to 5 miles so far.
I am in awe of people that run ultra marathons, and even marathons & half marathons.
What is the longest distance you have ever run?
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Did a half Marathon (13.1miles) Could have gone on, but the race (run) was over.4
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26.2 miles is the farthest I've ever run.
I would like to try a longer distance someday, but so far each time I've hit 26.2 miles I've been very happy it was time to stop!
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I did a 16 mile training run once. I was working toward a marathon. An Achilles aggravation (not related to the running) made me abandon that particular marathon training. I haven't been motivated to run past a 1/2 marathon since.4
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6.5 miles. For some reason I got the math wrong in my head, and wanted to make sure I did 10k. That was the day I learned why people run with running shirts.
I've been hiking with an ultra marathoner and trail runner, she's hard to keep up with!5 -
The longest so far is 10km (6 miles, I think?). Ive been at it for less than a year so I'm pleased with that. I've backed off since then but I intend to run a half marathon next fall (after a few big life events that don't allow for the time away from my family for now). I'm maintaining with 3-6km, 3-4 times a week right now since 20-60 minutes seems to be the most time I can find and I'm a slower runner.3
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40 miles. My first ultra and took me about 9 hours.
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I’m just starting out. In September I couldn’t even run 1 mile, I’ve worked my way up to 4! It’s not as impressive as people who have run much further distances but I’m very proud of it!19
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1/2 marathon. Did two plus 4-5 training in 2018.
2019 I want to do a marathon.5 -
26.2 is my longest so far.4
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IDK...probably however far our runs were in boot camp...I don't remember. I know the physical fitness test was 3 miles but I'm sure we ran further than that in boot camp. Not a runner though...if you see me running, you better move your *kitten* because some bad *kitten* is about to go down.7
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I'm an ultramarathoner. So...pretty far
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3 miles lol. I am new to running.9
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7 miles is my longest so far. I'm toward the end of a 5K to 10K program right now (I can run 10K but want to get faster), and am planning to try for a half-marathon distance next. I've been running for a little less than a year and a half.4
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Running2Fit wrote: »I’m just starting out. In September I couldn’t even run 1 mile, I’ve worked my way up to 4! It’s not as impressive as people who have run much further distances but I’m very proud of it!
From under a mile in September to 4 miles in December: Plenty to be impressed. Well done.6 -
26.2 miles, but anymore I have a really nice 7.5 mile trail run and that is the longest I have any desire to do.3
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26.2 is it. I'm prone to leg injuries when my run volume gets high, so this year I used a run/walk approach during training builds as well as on IM race day. No more open marathons for me.
I have a few friends who do some crazy trail runs up to 205 miles (The Tahoe 200!), but that's way beyond my interest and physical abilities.
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Farthest I've run is 21.1 km (half-marathon) but I've signed up for a full marathon next October (seemed like a good idea at the time)
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26.2 is it. I'm prone to leg injuries when my run volume gets high, so this year I used a run/walk approach during training builds as well as on IM race day. No more open marathons for me.
I have a few friends who do some crazy trail runs up to 205 miles (The Tahoe 200!), but that's way beyond my interest and physical abilities.
That's what I worry about. At one point a few months ago I was still thinking that a marathon was a "bucket list" thing I wanted to do. Then I considered the risk of an overuse injury. I made a personal choice to not push that hard. I'm running to be fit. I don't want to get sidelined by an injury. I know I can sustain the training volume I have now. So I changed my goal to a 1/2 marathon. I can do that, enjoy it, and hopefully avoid injury.
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When I was a teenager, I think the furthest I ran was 15 miles. Now, I can run a little more than a mile nonstop and am working on running a 5k by the first of the year.5
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18, i got distracted from my marathon running plan3
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