Joined a run club and I was the slowest - what do I do
so I’ve gotten into running over the last few months and have really enjoyed it as a lot of my friends run too. On average I run 7:00-7:30 pace.
People I know from my gym have made a run club and so I joined their 10k run last week as I thought I’d be fine as I’ve done 10k a few times before (at my own pace). The slowest pace was 6:30.
I stayed to the back and tried to keep up but by 3k I needed to take my gel as I was dying. Luckily everyone was so kind and waited for me and I completed the run but it was a real struggle.
I want to keep running with them as I hope to improve both my endurance and my speed - is this stupid? I know my longer runs are meant to be slower but I’d love to join their run club, or should I train by myself and join again once I’ve improved my pace?
What would you do in my position? I’ve attached my strava and you can see from my pace zones I really struggled!!!!