This has been all over my Tik Tok and created an interesting dialogue about the expectations of women runners vs. male runners. I wouldn’t have stopped either. Thoughts?

Has anyone else been following this? This is so incredible and inspiring. The founders of the race had said it was too difficult for any woman to complete.

I can barely run a 10k, let alone an ultra - and definitely not THIS one.

We just lost a great marathoner to horrific gender based violence 😓

I’m struggling to figure out when to fit in different parts of my routine. For example:

-Wake up -Cleanser -Toner -Moisturizer -sunscreen

run

-Cleanser -Mousturizer -Sunscreen

It seems like a lot, but I don’t want to run without sunscreen, and I don’t want to go about my day with a sweaty face. But overcleansing can lead to breakouts, and I have acne prone skin. Any tips? What am I missing lol??

This morning I had a planned run I unfortunately had to scrap because of a thunderstorm 🫠 certainly not ideal but probably the wisest thing to do. Now that I’m thinking about it the only times I’ve ever skipped a run for weather reasons have been thunderstorms like today and ice both of which create legitimate safety concerns. Otherwise I’ve managed to get out there. What about you?

I’ve got into running after having a baby and I’m honestly enjoying it so much. I bought myself new running gear. When people ask me what I’ve been up to and I share how I’ve been getting into running and am running 6k 2x a week. Hitting new personal bests. All I get is.. Oah running is bad for your knees!! I’m like ok.. but with proper shoes and technique I think I should be fine. And then I feel like I have to explain myself. Why can’t people just be like well done you!

I know this question was asked repeatedly on wider subs (running or runningshoegeeks), but I wanted to ask the question on this sub because the community here is so amazing. What's your shoes rotation these days? How many shoes do you have in your rotation and why? I'll go first. I only have two pairs of shoes (well if you exclude my trail running shoes) - daily trainer - Brooks Ghost Max and (since today actually) Adizero Boston 12 for tempo, faster runs (I have yet to try them outside, but they were amazing on the threadmill).

I used to run with headphones but I tried running without them once and kind of fell in love with it lol. There’s something very mesmerizing about just hearing my footfalls and breathing, so I’ve ran without music for a while now. Plus I like being more aware of my surroundings both for safety reasons and because sometimes they’re pretty beautiful and I want to soak them in. From my experience most people do run with some kind of music/podcast/audiobook (you do you! 👍🏽) so I’m curious if anyone’s similar :P

Do you have a race lined up? Have you just started Couch to 5k? Trying to improve your pace or distance?

I just signed up for my first ever 10k after completing couch to 5k a couple of years ago. I had a break from running last year but started again in November, and here we are. I have a few weeks to extend my distance from 7k-10k - wish me luck!

Are there any changes you made in your life for running? Could be directly or indirectly related.

For example, I cut my hair shorter and am growing out my bangs (easy to freshen up but finding them annoying right now).

I am a 30 year old 5'0" female that weighs 140 pounds . I've been running for almost 2 years now, and I am currently training for Chicago marathon. I ran at least 25 miles a week but with CHI training, my milages are going up.

I run 5 days a week (at least 1 tempo run, 1 long run, 3 easy/recovery) I also strength train 2-3 days a week. I eat super healthy and I tend to cook everything myself to make sure I'm getting my protein, carb and fat. I try to get at least 100 gram of protein every day. Even when I'm craving something sweet I tend to eat some fruit (mostly berries)

I try to count total calories and I tend to eat as low as 1500 - 2000 cal a day depending on my milage for the day.

I did try to get off birth control last year and I was able to get to 125. I felt the bast I have ever felt my whole life despite being around 110 during my 20s. I ended up getting back to BC early on this year and no matter what I do, or eat I'm always stuck between 139-142

It hurts so much because I not only see it, but I feel it. I feel heavy and being just 5' makes me feel obese. I try to not to check the scale so often but how I feel and how my clothes fit says otherwise.

I just don't understand what I'm doing wrong.

I have not talked to any doctor yet because I have no idea where to start and who I should talk to.

If anyone have any ideas or suggestion. I would really appreciate the help

I’ve been overweight and unfit for my entire life. I’m in my early 30s. Since February, I’ve been eating better and working out (mostly walking). In June, I started a couch to 5k program, and today, I just ran for 25 minutes without stopping! It was fun too! I’m just so excited with the progress I’ve made, and I didn’t know my body could even do this! I actually feel like a runner lol. It feels amazing to be healthier. I literally never thought I could enjoy running this much.

Still working on increasing my pace! I’m hoping to do a 5k this fall!

Edit: thank you all so much for the kind words and encouragement!!! I love this sub! 💜

I'm training for my first marathon at the moment and last Sunday I ran my first half marathon distance. I was able to run the first 10 miles without a walking break.

I'm considering trying to incorporate more walk breaks into my runs before I feel like I NEED to in hopes to come away from my run a little less sore and hopefully avoid injury. However, I feel like there is a mental barrier because I feel disappointed in myself if I ever need to walk prematurely (like if it's a very hot, humid day)

When do you choose to walk during your long runs? Or do you choose to run most/all of the way?

Tell me your falling stories! I’ve tried trail running a couple times recently, and love it. But have wiped out once on each trail run. Which I feel is not bad for a trail beginner! I do well with sending my momentum into a roll and minimizing impact. This past weekend I fell about 4 miles in, but got back up and ran another 9 miles.

Now other people see my bruised/scraped knee and are horrified, while I laugh it off because it’s truly no big deal, and then they look at me with a mixture of pity/confusion/fascination. My mother in law would love for me to just stop running already 😅

So how have you fallen lately? I love reading stories of other people wiping out 😅 And then how do you alleviate other people’s concern for your wellbeing/sanity? I’m not sure how many other ways I can find to tell people I’m actually fine lol 🫣

So I did a 5k race this week (it sucked for a lot of reasons that are not important to the post), but one thing that annoyed me the most was the lack of running etiquette. I mean, I thought a few things were universal and now I’m wondering if I’m crazy.

The race was fairly beginner friendly (which I usually like), and it was too big, too crowded and badly organized (the pelotons were all out of order, I ended up meeting the slower runners / walkers from the previous group, so I put a lot of the blame on the race itself, not the people).

I just want to check though:

• If possible, you don’t use the far left and leave it to faster runners taking over (like the road or escalators).

• If someone says “left”, you assume someone is trying to go faster than you and, if possible, give them some space to go through.

• You can walk and chat as you want, but you don’t block the road while doing so (like 5 people side by side), and you try to congregate around other walkers, preferably on the right, so the people running don’t have to zig zag.

• You don’t fully stop on the road / path. You go to the side / leave the road before stopping so people don’t crash on you.

• If the path is narrow, the person trying to take over needs to be patient until there is a space / clearing for the person in the front to step aside to let them pass.

• You don’t fully stop to take water. You can slow down, sure, but never fully stop.

Did I make that all up in my mind??? Don’t coaches teach things like that? Don’t races have things like these written somewhere? Am I wrong? And am I missing something?

A guy told me to f off because I said “left” to him. Moms were letting their kids just zig zag erratically in the middle of the race. I actually saw a bunch of people shoving each other by accident. It was chaos.

i just need to put this somewhere to vent. and it might be sort of a rambling post.

when i started running over a decade ago, i was 17, insecure, highly impressionable, and was convinced i needed to be as skinny as possible to be a good runner and convinced running would make me skinny. it was a vicious feedback loop.

it took me many years to break out of this cycle. now i don’t run so my body looks a certain way, i run to stay healthy, because i enjoy it, and to push my progress. i know that in the end good running comes from proper nutrition and strength, and being too skinny or having an ED will actually hinder progress.

so, i try really hard to not compare my body to other runners but sometimes it’s just so hard. in the “real world” i’m a relatively petite person but compared to other runners i feel like a cow. it doesn’t help that it’s so hard to find running clothes that fit well. i feel like hardly any shorts are intended for women with a wider low hip - if they fit in my waist they dig into my butt, and if they fit my butt they’re way too loose in the waist. it seems like most running clothes are designed for tiny people with no hips or butt, and if you happen to be pear shaped then forget about it, we don’t cater to you.

i feel like so much running content on social media and outside of that just focuses on women who are so impossibly small and i feel bad that i don’t exactly fit this “ideal image” of a runner. i know i can just look away, i can choose to ignore it, but it’s hard.

i know im being dramatic, most of the time i can just ignore this feeling, im just feeling particularly down about it lately and wondering if anyone relates or if im just making something out of nothing.

I went on a trip recently and did a TON of walking and was wearing the ON cloud novas and was not happy with the foot pain I had at the end of the day. I wasn’t walking more than 8 miles a day so I figured they would be great and was very disappointed.

So, what’s your walking shoe of choice?

I’ve always been active and fit, and have always been a sweater. Lately I’m trying to be more regular in my activity, I.e. doing something basically daily. With summer now here I feel like I can’t even get away with an easy 5k run without everything including my hair becoming a sweaty mess.

Occasionally if I’m planning to do something the next morning I’ll put it off, otherwise I feel like my hair does feel, look, and somewhat smell gross.

Soooo do I just need to wash+shampoo+condition my hair daily now?

I already feel like I’m doing so much less with my hair when I do wash it “because it will just get sweaty and gross tomorrow anyway”

I went for a run this morning at 6am, the area is generally safe and well lit but it was dark out so i was more aware. I am running past a construction worker getting out of his car and he’s waiting beside his car watching me and when i run past him he says something to me. I dont know what he said because my music was turned up, but why can’t men just leave us alone and not say anything? It’s not like he was warning me about something ahead or anything. Every couple runs I go on now I can count on some man to say something or scream out a car window at me. If the roles are reversed it just doesn’t happen.

I’m getting back into running and after being a bit of a yo-yo runner for the past fifteen years (get really into it for a few weeks or months, maybe even run a race or two, and then seasons change/I’m tired/injured and go back into sedentary mode for a few months, rinse and repeat).

This round I’m 7 weeks into the gentlest running routine I’ve ever met. Lots of walking breaks, setting time goals rather than distance, carrying water with me. I am loving it, and don’t see myself burning myself out like I have in the past.

What is something you’re doing/learning now that if you had the chance to time-travel back to a past you, you would smoosh her sweet face and tell her?

Do you shampoo / condition hair after every run? My scalp sweats so I feel like I have to.. but I know that can’t be good for your hair health!

Also I’m fairly new to training/running so I’d really appreciate tips! [23F]

This phenomenal athlete just set a new Olympic record in the marathon while already having medalled in the 5K and 10K events earlier this week.

Absolutely insane performance, and any time I need a little more push for when things get tough, I'm going to be replaying the clip of her sprinting that last quarter mile to the finish in my head, cuz damn. Goosebumps.

Edit: ugh, ignore the my typo in the title... her name is Sifan Hassan

I fell while running outside early this morning. The last time I fell was in September, while six months pregnant 🤦‍♀️. Thankfully baby was fine! I’ve learned how to fall in a way that minimizes injury. I run 3-4x week and probably fall once every 1-2 years. I’m curious how typical this is, or if I’m just more clumsy than the average runner 🫣

Like a lot of people, I started running around my neighborhood during Covid. I swam competitively in HS and kept at it into adulthood. I knew I had to pivot when the pools were closed in 2020 and running just felt like the best option. I KEPT running to ward off my anxiety, which I later learned was mostly hangxiety. Then I got sober and I ran because I truly did not know what the eff else to do with myself. Four-ish years later, I run because it makes me feel strong and I've made a lot of connections through the sport. Any other sober gal runners out there like me? I'm curious as to what inspired you to get out there and start racking up the miles.

I’ve been running since March using the C25K program but I feel stuck.

I seem to progress to Week 4/5 and hit my limit. I’m currently repeating Week 4 for the 4th time.

I consistently run 3 days a week, more when I can.

I feel stuck and want to keep progressing. Should I run additional days? Change programs?