r/beginnerrunning

I’ve just started running recently, half a month ago, this was my fifth run, never ran more than 4km before.
(183cm 78kg)

“Finishing that 5k was the hardest thing I have ever had to do.”

But for real…for my first official 5k, that was a doozy!! The hills were tall and the downhills were slippery! (I may or may not have fallen once) It was a cross country style race all on grass so I think I need new shoes now 😜

It was hilly, hot, and humid! I heard from other racers that there were people getting sick on the course.

But I finished it and the glass of wine at the end was yummy!
🏃🏻‍♀️🍷

Photo of elevation to prove I’m not a total puss!

I am fairly new to running. By fairly new, I mean I never even ran as a kid. Running has recently become sort of a hobby and I am really enjoying it. I am slow and improving. But I have noticed that whenever I am able to push myself beyond 5k, I develop this headache after 2-3 hours. It starts very mildly and I am able to ignore it. But around 4-5 hours mark it flares up. I am someone who regularly struggles with headaches, but this one has been the most surprising. Because I feel like I am hydrating myself and I am eating enough carbs before and protein after. Sometimes it feels as if it is because of a drop in electrolytes so I load up (not immediately). Sometimes it feels as if it is a sinus headache but that's unexplainable why it gets triggered after the runs.

Has anybody else faced it? Please help. I don't want to visit a doctor because of this.

Longest run prior to this was HM back in March. Decided this was work destroying my body for. My feet are very sore but I am proud I did this. Temp was 82°F with humidity in the 80% range. Couldn’t have asked for worse weather lol

10k run with an average pace of 6’05”/km (18M). 55min in zone 5 which shouldn’t be possible so I’m guessing apple watch zones are extremely off? How do I get my real zones?

I am a heavier guy who used to be a good athlete. I am trying to get back into running. I have been running again for a few weeks, usually 2-3 miles (I got a lot of steps at work so I started with a bit long on distance). I wanted to push myself on distance today and went far (for me), but I had to stop and walk frequently.
What should I do? I don’t really have a training plan which is probably part of the problem.
I want to get weight off and get back in shape!
Thanks!

I just got a Coros Pace Pro and was tracking a run. I wad surprised to see my heart rate is almost flat the whole time even if my pace varies.

What does this mean?

I wonder if it means I’m not pushing myself enough.

I usually use Runna, but recently started using my watch. Today I decided to start both at the same time and compare them. I feel like this cannot just be an accuracy situation, as 1.6km in a 12km run is a massive difference, you can see that at one point the watch (2nd picture) shows a cut in the grass, which I didn’t do, me (and Gemini) think that this may be an indication of the watch undercutting. I’m not an experienced runner but the pace also felt a bit quicker than 7:24 min/km. Thanks in advance for the help

Hi all, just for context I’m a 24M running for about 7 months now. I’ve been building up my weekly mileage to about 60km since January, and maintaining that volume since April. Have had nil issues with increasing the intensity in training and managed to bring my easy paces down to 5.45min/km at my “easy” HR of 145-150.

Issue here is since start of June, i noticed my HR increasing quite a bit, I’m now running a 6.10min/km at 155 HR (normally that would require a 5.20min/km pace). My resting HR and HRV have been all over the place for all of June too.

I decided to cut down to 30km a week and only running easy paces, but it’s been 4 weeks now and nil improvement.

I didn’t get sick, nil injuries, nil stressors in life (matter fact i completed two big uni exams end of May and have been on break). It’s Winter in Australia so I don’t think weather is the cause.

Any ideas on what to do? How do I go ahead with training?

Current stats:
5k: 22.00
10k: 45.20
HM: 1.40.00