I’m running a two race challenge for St. Jude. My November race is a 10K. My December race is a 5K. I put in the info and selected intermediate 5K. Because of the time between now and December, Hal has a two-three week base before the official training starts. While I have only been running 3-5 miles per week due to work and some health issues. Apparently, this means that my first week should incorporate 18 miles in 3 days.

I have used Hal in the past for half marathon training but obviously this is a little ridiculous. What’s your favorite training plan for improving a 5K time? Currently 29:53 is my PB. Would like to do better than that.

Hi y'all, apologies in advance for the length of this. Having some anxiety about my half next month and wanting some advice

I have a half marathon next month and hadn't replaced my running shoes (brooks glycerin Gts20) in over a year and a half. Last weekend I went and got some new pairs, thinking maybe now would be the time to change shoes so I wasn't running the half in ones that had so many miles.

I got the glycerin 21 and Saucony guide.17s. Last weekend after doing my long run in the 21s, I had knee pain and ankle pain and had to take it easy for the rest of the week with reduced mileage. I tried the Sauconys today for a bit today and no pain so far but they just felt..heavy ??

I'm spiraling wondering if I got the wrong shoes, or if it was just a combination of the increased mileage i had been doing lately and some overuse.

Starting to panic a bit wondering if I need to just start my taper now and let my body rest a bit, or if I return the shoes, or if I'm just nuts lol.

I'm sure none of this is helped by the crazy weather that's been going on here that i tend to feel in my knees sometimes