just a quick question…. Is running steady and slowish good for you? This is the long bit… I run on the treadmill and vary between the 3 types of programmes on the treadmill..calorie burn, endurance and training. I find I am not liking the training at all. I feel like stopping after half an hour. But on the steadier programmes I can run further. I was working on the basis of doing various types of running each time. I run at just under 10 minute miles. I feel today I am not getting anywhere and feel quite 💩for not completing the training programme, but I did continue my run for a further 45mins. Any help or advice appreciated.
I am not looking to run a marathon (or half) in super speedy times. I am just trying to improve my fitness/health and hopefully loose a few excess pounds.
Thank you for reading. Go easy on me I am a beginner 😃
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Hi DawnFreshStart , to answer your quick question directly, yes, running steady and slowish - by which I mean a comfortable pace where you could carry on a conversation and not just gasp out a few words - is good for you. Elites do about 80% of their training at this easy pace.
That said, I'm a bit confused by your post! You describe yourself as a beginner, but mention an under 10 minute mile pace and that you continued to run for 45 minutes after you were supposed to finish. To me, that's definitely not a beginner, certainly not if it means you were running for an hour and fifteen minutes! Have I got that right?
While you're very welcome on this forum and we'll try to help as much as possible, it's primarily aimed at people who are currently doing or re-doing C25K. So if your current typical running is as described in this post, you might also like to have a look at one or both of our sister forums:
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I completed C25K at the very end of June 2020, continued my running, and have actually done a trail marathon event. I'm very definitely still learning, always will be, and I'm inexperienced compared to many runners, but I wouldn't describe myself as a beginner any more.
Nothing to do with having achieved a specific pace, or distance, or anything else. It's simply that if I compare what I know now to what I knew when doing C25K, or the sort of running I can now do compared to what I could do then, the goalposts have moved.
What you're now doing is probably a dream compared to how you felt when you started C25K!
so true. I did more effing and swearing in those first few weeks but I stuck with it. Ran a few half marathons. Just felt a bit defeated today because I struggled with the training programme.
I think we all get frustrated and fed up at times! I see you're already a member of the Marathon forum, so do pop over, we'd love to see you there. We've even got free virtual 10k and HM events in mid-May, if you fancy taking part. 😀
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