hi all,
i love running, but im SO slow and cant go very far!! i found a running partner but it was so embarrassing as i run too slow, ive joined two (absolute beginners) running clubs but couldnt keep up! Im 32, and a normal weight and size and health but i just cant seem to make the grade. i do a 12 min mile and the furthest ive got is 3 miles. I gave up running as im so cr@p at it but i missed it so much i started again a couple of months ago. Now im back up to being able to run 2-2.5 miles without a walk included and have a 3-mile race ive entered 17th nov. I did the race for life in may and was gutted that i walked some of the way, i really want to run the whole 3 miles in nov. Any tips to help me would be great as i dont want to give up again !!
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You will get faster. I started running in April this year - very slow, and not pretty to watch but... I did a couple of races, and improved each time. Not super speedy, but there is an improvement there.
Now it is darker / colder I have started going to the gym in my lunch break to knock out 3 miles - it had been taking me about 30 minutes to do 3 miles. Yesterday I got it to 28.26 minutes for 3 miles - I was so chuffed I told all my colleagues (who think I am crackers anyway!).
So, hang in there. The repetition of running over the months will pay off eventually - just take your time, be patient, and one day you will notice you are running stronger, faster, more smoothly than you did.
Well done!
go-slow
Good luck
jim
We're finding it hard to get past the 12min/mile and max of 3 mile mark - but we both encourage each other and without that encouragement we would both give up.
All I can say is that if you keep at it you WILL get better. You know this deep down so just stick at it, you'll regret it if you give up. I've given up in the past before but this time I'm sticking at it!!
Don't worry. Speed will come.
Millipede
stick with it - maybe it is just natures way of making you committ!!!
Good luck
when i first started years ago - I got into the running further and longer is better - but didnt get any faster -got slower
a few years ago i started doing short interval type training and noticed i got more efficient over longer sessions
it easy to get in a rut- have a look at some of the beginners training schedules and try and add some variety
oh and before anyone asks i have just started to run again after 6-7 years and it is slow and ungainly again!
just keep going and it will happen
I have been running for about a year and i remember how incredibly hard it was but i persevered. I also had a target. I had promised a friend i would run the Bath half last march.
Keep pushing back that wall and dont give up, you CAN do it!
Good luck!
I, like Meerkat started running at the end of August. I made great strides early on BUT now I feel that I'm not really getting anywhere as I can't run any further or faster than I did 3 weeks ago. However I was incapable of running 6 miles in August - now I can.
Just stick with it and an improvement will come. BUT don't overdo it. I went nuts on the treadmill - bruised my foot & had to miss my first race because of it. With time, speed and distance will come - be patient (unlike me!) and enjoy your running.
I run on a treadmill three times a week, simply trying to get further and further and so am always the same speed but scared to go any faster as wont be able to do the distance. Yesterday it took me 45 minutes to do 2.5 miles. I checked last years results for the roundhay 3 miler and the slowest was 44.57 !! The guy picking up the cones is gonna be faster than me !! I have to get to 3 miles on the treadmill, then do three miles on the road, then try and get fast enough not to be an embarrasment - in two weeks !!!
But i wont give up !! Thanks for your help and encouragement - i think im gonna like it on these boards :-)