Slow down to speed up 🐌

[Speedy60]

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Found this on Facebook. Interesting reading for anyone obsessed with speed.

[Wenderwoo Graduate]

That’s great news as far as I’m concerned 👍😁

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Slow and Steady gets you anywhere...and everywhere...believe me!

[Tigertailor Graduate]

That's a great post/read! I've noticed how much better I run and my endurance/stamina to make it to the end of my runs when I've dropped the pace! It works!

[Roxdog Graduate]

This is great! Every run I do is slow and I'm not going to think about distance and speed but just keep at it! At the age of 60 I'm amazed I can run for 30 minutes. I mean - that's a long time!

Was going to use apps and tracking devices but may leave that for a while until I decide to get a bit more competitive with myself! For now will just consolidate but run in different places, particularly now the spring is near.

We're a hardy lot those of us who have done this during the autumn/winter!

[Nilsam Graduate in reply to Roxdog]

We will be brilliant by summer...😎👍

[Joanney69 Graduate in reply to Roxdog]

30 minutes is a long time 😁 well done 😊

I feel like doing this through the winter is good, if you can run in the wet/cold/wind, you'll definitely be ready for summer 😂

[Rigpig Graduate in reply to Roxdog]

30 minutes is a long time indeed

I use the Nike Run Club app and find the coached runs and statistics very motivating, worth a look when you are ready (oh, and it's completely free!)

[Roxdog Graduate in reply to Rigpig]

Might give it a go - as long as I don't have to listen to any of their music choices!

[Rigpig Graduate in reply to Roxdog]

You can either listen to the coach without music or link it to your Spotify or Apple Music accounts.

[Mum22boys Graduate]

I think, purely by accident, I do this 😂 my typical running by myself 5k time is 37-38 minutes... my best parkrun 5k from a couple of weeks ago is just under 31 minutes... I'll keep happily plodding along in my evening runs then 😉

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate]

Oldfloss will love this...it’s so true...slowing down means you can run for longer 😁

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Mummycav]

I do...it got me to a 26 minute 5K!!!

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

that’s a fantastic time Floss xxx

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Mummycav]

One off..🤣

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

doubt it x

[MrWomble Graduate]

This approach sounds like the 80/20 approach outlined in a book called '80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower' which I've heard mention of.

I've not read it yet, it's on the Amazon wish-list.

[Nilsam Graduate]

I can go very slow...🐌🐢

[Roxdog Graduate in reply to Nilsam]

Haha! Me too!

[Speedy60 Graduate]

I think that's one of the problems with Strava. I love Strava; I record all my runs; make notes about how I feel and the weather etc. Today I ran the furthest distance I've ever run - 8.6k. Slowly. No medals, no segments, no PBs. No rewards for running slowly.

[Hidden in reply to Speedy60]

🥇 here you are 👏

[Speedy60 Graduate in reply to Hidden]

😍 Love it, thank you. I'm obviously very needy. 😁

[Hidden in reply to Speedy60]

😂😂

[Joanney69 Graduate in reply to Speedy60]

The reward is how good it makes you feel ☺

8.6k is impressive 😮 🥉 👏 🎉

Good job 😊

[Reluctantrunner40 Graduate]

This is good to hear! Slow and steady all the way ☺️

[iain-strachan Graduate]

Nice article except the bit where he says a 10 or 11 minute mile is little more than a shuffle! My 8.5 km run tonight was at TWELVE minute mile pace, so it seems that really is a shuffle! Mind you I haven't run more than 5k since December 10th due to back problems, so took it easy.

[Speedy60 Graduate in reply to iain-strachan]

Oh to be a Kenyan Olympic runner. Don't worry though, I hear it's all in the shoes. 😉

[RunningMigster Graduate]

I'm going to try this next week. Amazing how hard it is to slow down from your normal pace.

Heading to gym to use a guest voucher tonight, so I'll be doing 5k on a treadmill for the very first time!

Starting the Magic plan next though, so I will definitely incorporate this 80/20 plan into my running.

Good find!

Mig