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Depending on when your race is, if you have time build your base up. Which is basically run a few more miles each week (not too much more too fast though). These should be EASY runs, save the race for race day. Be sure to taper down the 3 days before the race so you have fresh legs. On race day, watch your pace, what you…

As others said RICE and take a break until it is healed, no running, just walking. It is incredibly easy to re-injure and/or mess up your form to avoid pain and the injure something else. My guess is overuse without enough recovery is the culprit. Of course I am not a doctor, PT or in any way qualified to say what it is. I…

Basically the sprint is not that different calorie-wise than running, you just cover the distance faster and generally will help optimize your O2 Max. So if you do 600M then you could add .375 to your 1.5 miles to get your total calorie burn from running. I will say that if you want to run the 10K you will probably want to…

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Form, shoes and not doing too much too soon. Get fitted for shoes that fit right, at a running store. You are not looking to commit to running so don't be afraid to get some cushioning in the shoes. No need to worry about minimal shoes. Too much Too Soon. Just don't do it. Use the C25K App to train, run at a pace that is…

For where you are this is it. Run slow, run more. Increase time and distance slowly. Run so it feels easy, speed will just happen. Mix it up a bit as well. Whatever run you add 5 minutes to, keep increasing that one and make it your LSD (Long Slow Distance) run. As you progress, vary run times and speeds from easy to just…

Slow recovery week... 1/14 - 1/15 Rest 1/16 - 5 miles 1/17 - 3 miles 1/18 - 6 miles 1/20 - 8 miles Total for the Week - 22 Total for the Month - 87

Not good about checking in. I have been trying not to focus on not running as much. 1/2 - 6 miles 1/3 - 4 miles 1/5 - 7 miles 1/6 - 9 miles Week 1 - 26 miles 1/8 - 5 miles 1/9 - 5 miles 1/11 - 3 miles 1/13 -26 miles Week 2 - 39 miles MTD - 65 miles

I'm in for 175 this month. Taper - Race - Reverse taper.

12/31 - 6 miles, 193 for the month.

12 miles today. 187 for the month

5 miles today. 175 for the month

9 miles today. 170 for the month.

5 miles today, 161 for the month.

20 miles today, 158 for the month.

Keep trying, it is hard, especially for beginning runners that are already fairly fit from other exercise, but running slower will: 1) Make it more pleasant without that "I am dying, I wish this was over feeling." 2) Help you build the endurance to run longer and faster in the future. YMMV

Well, someday...we all will. But specific to your question, probably not because of your runs. It is always good to clear with your doctor if you are concerned. That said, you are up to 5 miles non stop in a little over 13 min. miles without any problems...well done. HR is a tricky thing, everyone is different and all the…

6 miles today, 136 for the month.

7 miles today, 130 for the month.

8 miles today, 123 for the month.

^^^This, the amount of water retained can be quite large until recovery catches up. Also, running 3 miles does not burn 1000s or cals, be sure you are not eating more than you burn because of the "harder" workout. It happens more than people think.]

Not a beginner any more, but I remember those days quite well. 1) Walking is very good. The difference in calorie burn between running and walking over the same distance is not that big, and a good vigerous walk will do wonders for you. 2) Running takes time, and the best way to develop as a runner is to go so slow that it…

16 miles today, 115 for the month. So looking forward to starting taper in a week.

I'm at 1925 for the year, will finish just over 2000.

That's the great thing about first races, always a PR by finishing.

6 miles today, 99 for the month.

The great thing is next month Shape magazine will have an article saying you can only be fit if you run with flip-flops on. It seems like eventually everything has to be the right thing or wrong thing if you want to fill a magazine once a month.

Most of my miles are easy, which could be anywhere between 9:00 and 10:30 min/mile depending on the day and distance, probably averages closer to 9:45. 15-20% are 8:00 - 8:40 but they are very specific training runs. If I am faster than that it is either because I am doing VO2 max intervals, running a 5k or I went out too…

11 miles today, 93 for the month.

I used to stranger race all the time early in my running career. After a few races where I did "ok" I finally decided that there are three types of runners that will pass me on a when I am on a LSD or recovery training run. 1) Those that are doing a different type of workout (i.e. tempo run)...good for them. 2) Those that…