@leon007 How slow would you say you can go without it no longer being running? I've never been a runner but have tried a handful of times and struggled to figure out what the right speed is to build up a base. My perspective is the same as yours, I'm really not concerned about trying to be fast, so if there's something that really made it click for you that you were at the right slow running speed (without just walking I guess?), I'd love to hear it!
Has anyone had a silly “lightbulb” moment while exercising?
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@redgr5 I'm no professional by any means, so take my point of view with a grain of salt lol, but running is just a type of gait-- technically you can even 'run' while standing in place. I feel like there isn't really a speed requirement, so long as you're able to maintain the running movement.
For me, I decided to run a distance I knew I could complete (5k), and ran it slow enough that I was able to breathe through my nose if I wanted to without feeling like I was going to die. Then I checked my overall pace at the end and used that as the pace to run my longer runs. I started out at a 7:30 min/km pace, but as my training has increased I'm now down to a 6 min/km easy pace. I retest this about once every other month during my long runs, usually by starting out at my usual pace and increasing by a few seconds. Sometimes I'll call people on the phone just to make sure I can maintain an easy conversation lol.
For me, I decided to run a distance I knew I could complete (5k), and ran it slow enough that I was able to breathe through my nose if I wanted to without feeling like I was going to die. Then I checked my overall pace at the end and used that as the pace to run my longer runs. I started out at a 7:30 min/km pace, but as my training has increased I'm now down to a 6 min/km easy pace. I retest this about once every other month during my long runs, usually by starting out at my usual pace and increasing by a few seconds. Sometimes I'll call people on the phone just to make sure I can maintain an easy conversation lol.
beyoutifuloutlaw
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@leon007 This is how I became a runner! I had tried c25k before and always had burning lungs and just hated it. Told myself a narrative where I Am Not A Runner.
Then a pandemic started and I decided to build up my cardiovascular fitness just in case so I could give myself a fighting chance of staying off a vent if it came to it. Somewhere along the way I heard you should be finishing each run on the c25k feeling like you could do a bit more. You should be going slowly enough to finish with something still in the tank.
I finished the program and still run. I'm not fast, I've gotten sidelined by lockdowns, quarantines, a hip injury, a bad cold and I still go back for a run whenever I get the chance even though it sometimes feels like starting over again.
I'm now one of those people who runs to feel good. Going slow = going tbh.
Then a pandemic started and I decided to build up my cardiovascular fitness just in case so I could give myself a fighting chance of staying off a vent if it came to it. Somewhere along the way I heard you should be finishing each run on the c25k feeling like you could do a bit more. You should be going slowly enough to finish with something still in the tank.
I finished the program and still run. I'm not fast, I've gotten sidelined by lockdowns, quarantines, a hip injury, a bad cold and I still go back for a run whenever I get the chance even though it sometimes feels like starting over again.
I'm now one of those people who runs to feel good. Going slow = going tbh.
neversadman
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@neversadman I realized half way through the C25K program I was following that it actually had a goal of running a 30 minute 5k, which is honestly a completely different goal than just running a 5k or just running for 30 minutes straight.
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@m32s No pressure if you don't want to get into running, but running slowly and in intervals really helped me. I did a 12-16 (I forget) week couch to half program that started with like "1 minute slow run, 3 minutes fast walk" and built up from there.
It didn't even feel like I was trying because every week I'd just been running a teeny tiny bit more.
It didn't even feel like I was trying because every week I'd just been running a teeny tiny bit more.
marybethpiontek
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castillonewsom
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@tuffbunny I use the Nike Run Club app. The coach on there says the same things about running slower. I was like, "I'm pretty much walking, my dude."
@tuffbunny I have the galaxy active 2, it's part of the suite of exercises you can choose from. I only used it the one time because it was honestly annoying to have the app keep cutting of my music to tell me to slow down and ask if I really feel like running today lol. I think it was trying to keep me in a certain heart rate range.
But honestly by the end of it I was running slower than a pace I would have a brisk walk at, and I really didn't realize that was an option.
But honestly by the end of it I was running slower than a pace I would have a brisk walk at, and I really didn't realize that was an option.