Running Beginners

Beginner runner questions, am i doing it right?

hello =) I'm sort of newish to running, I've wanted to start running for a while now but due to my school classes and other things i haven't been able to. Now i just had a lot of my classes finish up and i took all my finals so i have some more free time and i have been running every day for a...

by Trmptxn over a year ago

Will i be able to improve my running in 2 weeks?

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Hey, I'm fairly new to regular running and to be honest do not enjoy it thoroughly. My problem is that I do play college baseball and in the fall we have a mandatory fitness assessment where to begin practicing we have to cover 2 miles in under 15 minutes. My problem is that I usually avoid...

by BaseballRunner over a year ago

What problems do you have while running and listening to music?

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Hi, I'm a 4th year Product Design and Innovation student, I'm currently working on a project to develop a running aid for joggers/runners and was wondering if I could get some feedback from this forum. I'm looking to develop a product which can be used during the training routine of a runner...

by PDIstudent over a year ago

What are your experiences with treadmill training?

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I just started distance running more seriously lately. I've run in the past to keep in shape, but nothing more than 3 miles. I've started training using a treadmill. I find it helps me keep a consistent pace, and I like the fact that I get stats right in front of me. I haven't started training with...

by runningman26 over a year ago

How many jogging kilometres per week?

Dear Forum, Friend of mine is a jogger. Average fitness, 30 years old, 1.85 metres tall, 77 kilos. Currently jogs around 12 miles per week (in three sessions) and rides a bicycle every day. How many miles should he jog per week to maintain fitness? Not training for a marathon or anything like...

by n00b over a year ago

Improving Fartlek/ Speed Training

I'm a first year cross country runner and I always focused on long runs to build endurance and never paid attention to doing fartleks or speed training at a track or anything like that. Mainly because I was more worried about injuring myself by training wrong and its hard to do it by yourself....

by XCRunner2011 over a year ago

Knee problems and long runs

Hi All! I'm training for my first marathon and am psyched to see so many awesome runners here! So here's my problem, I'm on week 8 of my 17 week training program and my knees are hurting pretty bad. After long runs of 12 miles I can hear a clicking on my knee, it hurts to bend it, walk, etc. So I...

by marathon_grl over a year ago

Training both Sprinting & Gymnastics.

My 13 year old son loves doing both gymnastics and sprinting 100m/200m. He is currently training both. Will the muscle build in the different training pose a problem? He has a very muscular upper body(from Gymnastics training), will it cause problem in his speed? He is said to be explosive which...

by roziebl over a year ago

Any experience with manual treadmills?

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Since there is a significant difference in price I was thinking of getting a manual treadmill instead of motorized? Anyone has any experience with manual treadmills? I suppose they may be harder to get going but I was wondering if there are any other setbacks? In my gym I always use a...

by Bad Jenny over a year ago

Returning to running after a stress fracture

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So heres the story. I was enlisted in the Navy waiting to ship out with a SEAL contract. I wanted to push myself as much as possible and really build my running endurance and speed. I played sports my entire life and was always running and never experienced any issues before. I hadn't run much at...

by Stellaris over a year ago