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Is this an American thing? Because in the UK I almost never see anyone running in the roads. Maybe our roads are narrower and your very likely to get run over but some rage filled nutter.

Go slow and then go a little bit slower than that. Rushing it will just lead to injuries. Just get your hands on a couch to 5k plan and work through that to start with. Walk if you need to, hell, the running sections of a c25k could well be just slightly faster than your walk. Don't skip rest days and don't go heading out…

Selected Bournemouth because I live about 3 miles from start line, so I can have a gentle run to the start as a warm up and don't have to worry about getting there. Likewise afterwards, I can have a gentle limp home with maybe a beer stop or two on the way.

I have finally got my *kitten* in gear and have signed up for the Bournemouth marathon at the start of October. Though I'm now debating whether to sign up for another one that is at the start of September. Would give me a month between the two and really get me back in to this running lark.

Morning long runs would be a peanut butter bagel, coffee and a banana. Would make sure I had that at least an hour before I headed out. That way the coffee would have it time to work it's magic :open_mouth:

Sign up. Strap the pedometer to your ankle. While at work tap you foot all day long. Register 20k-30k+ steps a day. Continue to lift Win the prize. winner winner :)

Keep thinking about doing this but then never do, so here goes.. JFT I will not eat any biscuits I will track everything I eat I will go for a run Going for the KISS system, (Keep It Simple Stupid) :)

Bit late on this one but my target for march is 87 miles. Part of my half marathon training plan. 27 completed so far.

South Downs 100 miler, June 2020. Am hoping to run my first 100 miler on the year of my 40th. Which means that I probably need to also look for a full marathon and a 50 mile ultra between now and then.

Don't worry about your pace, embrace the distance. Add a PR for marathon, 50k Ultra, 100k Ultra and 100 miler :)

I like the inov8 mudclaws. 8mm studs, designed for fell running.

Which Suunto do you have, because it should have an auto-pause feature in the settings. Personally I never pause my watch when I'm running. You are stopping, which is effecting your heart rate, giving your legs a short but often welcome break, all of which can then effect how the next part of your run goes.

You can also work on a quite simple 1 mile = 100 calories. This isn't precise but then again no activity tracker/heart rate monitor etc will ever give you a totally precise number of calories burnt. But it doesn't matter if you run a 4 minute mile or take 20 mins to walk it. You will have burnt roughly the same amount of…

I totally agree, going hell for leather has a great feel to it. I have just started doing interval hill work and I'm really enjoying that. The point was more that if you don't enjoy the base work for something like a 5k, there is no way your going to enjoy the focused works out and if you don't enjoy them then there is no…

I don't think anything will make you enjoy running if you don't already enjoy it. I disliked maybe my first 2 or 3 runs but very quickly after that I really started to enjoy it. You might as well just stick to running for "fun" because the tempo work, fartlek training, vo2 max, lactic threshold stuff that you need to work…

That is seriously awesome!

Exercise restraint while eating.

best bet is to head to a local running store. Tell them what sort of mileage you're going to be running and where. They will know what the conditions are like in your area and will probably be able to recommended something with a lot better knowledge than other can. Shoes are a very personal choice and with the cost of…

So basically, thank you for Googling "how to carb load before a race" because the people who actually answered your question just get a snarky comment because they didn't answer what you wanted them to answer.

I would probably avoid cookies, pretty dry and you don't want anything else making you feel dehydrated. Have a look online for things like flapjacks that you can make and take with you. https://www.runnersworld.co.uk/nutrition/recipes/long-run-fuel-turbo-flapjacks If you are on a budget then looking to make things for…

I was about to type a reason as to why I hadn't signed up for anything and I realised that it was just an excuse and not a valid reason why I didn't have anything planned. Going to have a look at my training plan and see if I can find at a minimum a half near the end of it.

cheers for this, downloading it now.

the square root of *kitten* all and it's doing my head in. Injuries and general "meh" has meant that I have nothing planned at all for this year. Starting off an easy half marathon training plan just for "something" to make me stick to.

So you were able to complete C25K without any problems? So why not just keep on the same schedule for running that. Perhaps just repeat the last 2 or 3 weeks. Keep on doing that for a few months and then very slowly increase the distance or time you are out for. If you start to feel pain, then dial it back again to the…

Personally my view is unless you are running all your races on a track then PBs are pointless unless counted just against the same route.

Same here, wear a hat and just put sunblock below the eyes.

Nothing within an hour of going for a run. Though if it's an early morning run, I'll have a coffee to clear things out.

Have you got a link to the routine?

You're looking amazing. Keep on doing what you are doing!

Amazing job! Well done!!!