Running thread

[BlueHammer85]

Lost all my mojo.
Managing a daily run but pace has dropped massively.

 

[Fazz28]

My mojo is well and truly back. Decided to start again in January and struggled my way to 5ks.. I’m now going out and doing 20k in just over an hour & 45. Running 4 days a week

 

[Craig]

My mojo is well and truly back. Decided to start again in January and struggled my way to 5ks.. I’m now going out and doing 20k in just over an hour & 45. Running 4 days a week

Impressive that. I’ve never really run always struggled to motivate myself unless chasing a football or playing squash. I’ve done 4 in the last week of between 5/6k. My times are pretty poor and during the first I was thinking how do people motivate themselves to keep doing this. During my 3rd and 4th though I started to enjoy it a bit and get it.

 

[franksinatra]

Lost all my mojo.
Managing a daily run but pace has dropped massively.

Same here not having any events to train for. Gone from doing 10Ks and one long run a week to 5Ks which are a bit of a struggle even at a much slower time. Being at home all day the diet has gone to pot and my legs now feel heavy which I think is down to being more sedentary of late.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Same here not having any events to train for. Gone from doing 10Ks and one long run a week to 5Ks which are a bit of a struggle even at a much slower time. Being at home all day the diet has gone to pot and my legs now feel heavy which I think is down to being more sedentary of late.

Yeh. Think anxiety has affected me aswell. Everything going on in the world plays on my mind running

 

[chesterbells]

Same here not having any events to train for. Gone from doing 10Ks and one long run a week to 5Ks which are a bit of a struggle even at a much slower time. Being at home all day the diet has gone to pot and my legs now feel heavy which I think is down to being more sedentary of late.

You do eat more when you’re at home all day don’t you? Well, I do anyway, the temptation to graze is hard to resist and sometimes I don’t even realise I’m doing it.

 

[Rammy Blue]

I’ve done Heaton Park parkrun 5k route, old route and new route, 14 days running. Seeing how many I can clock up on the trot.

 

[franksinatra]

You do eat more when you’re at home all day don’t you? Well, I do anyway, the temptation to graze is hard to resist and sometimes I don’t even realise I’m doing it.

Yeah. That is all I am doing. So easy to pop in the kitchen, make a brew, grab a biscuit etc, where previously, until I got home at 6, I would probably only have a sandwich and maybe one or two of the office biscuits. Today at dinner it was chips and veggie burgers on a muffin.

I did a 5k today at a pace no different to what I was expecting to run a half marathon in (three weeks ago) and felt exhausted at the end of it.

 

[franksinatra]

I’ve done Heaton Park parkrun 5k route, old route and new route, 14 days running. Seeing how many I can clock up on the trot.

That is excellent. Not that my advice is worth much but I did notice significant improvements when I started to add a few longer distances (even if much slower) and adding a hill run or speed run (fartleks) here and there.

Of course all depends on what your aiming for.

 

[franksinatra]

Yeh. Think anxiety has affected me aswell. Everything going on in the world plays on my mind running

Must admit when I am running I am pretty good at switching off but have also been listening to a few running podcasts which has helped also.