Slow runners

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  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    I'm so slow I actually go back in time........



    On a more serious note, here's an interesting article from Runners World "Slow Down to Speed Up"

    http://www.runnersworld.com/article/1,7120,s6-238-263--8938-0,00.html
  • ScatteredThoughts
    ScatteredThoughts Posts: 3,562 Member
    I feel as slow as grass growing, but I get out there and do what I can. :)
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    I've been running for 15 years and 12-13 minute miles is still my cruising pace! I reckon we eke more pleasure about of every run. I do have to check whether I'm sticking my bum out whenever I pass a shop window, though. I always am.
  • belgerian
    belgerian Posts: 1,059 Member
    Your still lapping everyone on the couch
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    I took a run outside today(second day of couch to 5K) and passed these group of older ladies. One of them said, geeze, she's really on the move!

    Made me laugh because at the point I was getting tired and def. was not going as fast as I was in the beginning!
  • sportybrewerschick
    sportybrewerschick Posts: 170 Member
    i ran almost 2.5 miles the other day and my dad drove by and stopped because he said i looked like i was dying! thanks dad! :)
  • jwaitman
    jwaitman Posts: 367 Member
    I don't care what I look like when exercising. If some one is so preoccupied with how I look they aren't working hard enough themselves. I am sure we all look like idiots, but who cares. It's our health and what we look like in the end that matters and our workouts will get us there.
  • lsilly15
    lsilly15 Posts: 137 Member
    This is me...

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    Me too!!!! HAHAH i ran an 11 min mile yesterday i felt like a slug. but when i first started out running i was averaging a 15 min mile. so its amazing how the body can adjust. just keep going!
  • JoJo1953
    JoJo1953 Posts: 182 Member
    This is me...

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    This is me too!!
  • jeffrodgers1
    jeffrodgers1 Posts: 991 Member
    Look at all those people behind you!!! I have a picture/quote that says "whether its a 14 minute mile or a 7 minute mile......a mile is still a mile."

    Unless you are being chased by a hungry lion of course... LOL

    IN all seriousness, a 14 minute mile is still faster than having a couch strapped to your butt. Go, Do it, Enjoy.

    I have coached all levels of runners from elite to beginner and can tell you that we all run for different reasons. If you are planning to run the Olympics... then a 14 minute mile won't get you there. If you are planning to get healthy, a 14 minute mile is FANTASTIC as it engages the cardio within the limits of our own bodies. Knowing your limits will help prevent injuries.

    In itself at a basic level, Speed comes with overall fitness. The more fit you are, the faster you become and face it... we all start somewhere.
  • ludke
    ludke Posts: 8 Member
    Thanks for this today! I needed a laugh, and some support. It was my first day back to running outside in a week or so (due to vacation) and I swear I must have given the construction workers in my neighborhood quite a laugh. Oh well...sunglasses and a hat helped to hide my face at least.
  • wild_wild_life
    wild_wild_life Posts: 1,334 Member
    OMGoooosh!!! I'm SUCH a slooooow, goofy-ish runner! LOL!! I plod along like a goober. I'm not even going to say how long it takes me to do a mile. Just last weekend, I was "jogging" and a woman, wearing an long skirt and sandals, WALKED past me and left me in her dust... Lol! When I jog, my dog walks...lol!

    My dog even have times to sniff once in a while.....

    Laughed so I almost felt down the couch with tears down my chins. Loving this thread!!

    :laugh:

    I run by time and not distance so don't even know how fast I am going but I know it's slow because my dog is literally walking along beside me! I'm like, you could at least trot, you're making me look bad!
  • sarbahanew
    sarbahanew Posts: 11 Member
    I guess it's better to be running slowly than not at all! haha - I'm in this boat as well!
  • deadstarsunburn
    deadstarsunburn Posts: 1,337 Member
    I plod lol.
    Eh, shorter strides are supposed be less of an impact on your joints.
  • bluefox9er
    bluefox9er Posts: 2,917 Member
    I only run on the treadmill, and it's BAD!

    I RUN at 5.5kph, max 6.0kph. I'm talking 16 minute miles :(

    So embarrassing, and feels like I'm lumbering along.

    theres nothing at all to be embarrassed about. you are doing the run and can only get better.. i used to dream of running just one mile..speed is not important!
  • omma_to_3
    omma_to_3 Posts: 3,265 Member
    I plod lol.
    Eh, shorter strides are supposed be less of an impact on your joints.

    That's what I keep telling myself. Short and choppy also gives me a great mid-foot strike LOL.
  • Miztake
    Miztake Posts: 3 Member
    Most people running moderate speeds look like they are walking in photos. The trick is when you see the photographer at your next race you have to purposely and exaggeratedly lift your legs really high on each stride and ....SMILE.
  • mtaylor33557
    mtaylor33557 Posts: 542 Member
    I feel like I jiggle everytime my foot hits the ground when I'm running... lol.. makes me feel like people are saying "ewww!'

    I'm pretty slow too, but I'm just a beginner.

    I had been running a 10-11 minute mile, and last night I ran 3 miles for the first time ever (I want to do a 5k before the end of the year) and it took me a little over 35 minutes! :noway:

    So.. yeah, I'm going to work on that!!
  • geordiegirl27
    geordiegirl27 Posts: 307 Member
    I'm a slow runner but proud that I run.

    dont forget if it takes you twice as long to run a mile then you have all that extra stamina!

    getting out there and enjoying it is what its all about.
  • omma_to_3
    omma_to_3 Posts: 3,265 Member
    Most people running moderate speeds look like they are walking in photos. The trick is when you see the photographer at your next race you have to purposely and exaggeratedly lift your legs really high on each stride and ....SMILE.

    Yes, if only I had realized the camera was at the finish line LOL
  • kitinboots
    kitinboots Posts: 589 Member
    My boyfriend looks at me in disbelief when I tell him how long it took me to run 6k, but I bet he couldn't run 1k the state he's in (he's thin but waaaay unfit). I'd rather run 6k slowly than 1k fast.
  • belgerian
    belgerian Posts: 1,059 Member
    Boy I feel guilty becouse I think im slow. I started out at a 12 minute mile just kept pushing myself now it just depends on how far my run is. Cant forget the Heat the really slows me down.
  • ChristinaBarnhouse
    ChristinaBarnhouse Posts: 274 Member
    This is me...

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    Love the pic!!! :)
  • HauteP1nk
    HauteP1nk Posts: 2,139 Member
    I'm a slow runner. I run slower than the 4'11, 65 year old lady in my run clinic! hahaha She is 35 years older than me and kills me each time.
  • primalchaos
    primalchaos Posts: 135 Member
    LOL...every time I see a picture of me running, I look like I'm walking. Even when I had actually upped my speed running for the finish line. Pitiful really LOL. Just me? Or others laugh about this too?

    No, pitiful was the person on the couch while you were finishing :)
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    I run a 14-16 min mile. During my half marathon on Sat, I was doing 14 min miles for the first 7, but once I hit mile 8, I kinda hit the wall and was doing 20 min miles. My average by the finish line was 18 min miles.
    I'm sloooooooooooooow!
    The point is keep doing it if you enjoy it. Speed will work itself out.

    I recently saw a pic on facebook of an exceptionally obese man running in a race. It said "I may be the last one to finish, but I'm still outlapping everyone on the couch."
  • MissKTMc
    MissKTMc Posts: 49
    Haha some hilarious comments on this feed. I refuse to look at photos or videos of myself running because I think I look like a total Phoebe! (Friends fans will get that reference!)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_0Ta_DIWuU
  • FrenchMob
    FrenchMob Posts: 1,167 Member
    I never really thought about it. I have a few pictures of me running during races...a few good ones, a few bad ones. :laugh:

    GOOD ONE (imo) - 2nd run of a duathlon a couple year ago
    asi2.jpg

    BAD ONE - 2nd run of another duathlon (actually, I do like the definition in my quads in this one :) )
    run3.jpg
  • ashleynicoleb
    ashleynicoleb Posts: 376 Member
    Lol love it!
  • mousepaws22
    mousepaws22 Posts: 380 Member
    Wait, does being 5ft 2 affect how fast I can go on the treadmill??

    I've actually just read on another forum, the reason I can't get above what feels like a fast walk is because I'm too close to the front of the treadmill. Might clip on the safety thing and try starting my stride further back next time.

    I'm five foot and I've gradually built my speed up- got 8.5km the other day- I don't run for a long time though, do intervals.

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