r/runna

I've signed up for a 5km run and honestly I always run out of breath like after every 5 mins. I have access to a taredemill and im doing like 30 mins run or jog the speed is usually 7.6 and the pace is about 7:45

Is that good enough practice what should I change cause running outside or in the park I find it much harder

Sharing a research opportunity for current NCAA and varsity high school athletes in the Dallas area.

We’re looking to hear from athletes who regularly incorporate speed training into their workouts and train in running shoes (not sport-specific cleats).

The research will be conducted in person in Dallas, Friday, August 21st at 3:30pm, lasts approximately 90 minutes, and selected participants will receive $225 for their time.

If you’re an athlete who may qualify or know someone who might, feel free to message me and I can share the study details.

I have used Runna for 1 1/2 years and love the feature where it syncs to your Apple Watch fitness app. During my last plan the workouts would stop giving me audio feedback midway through and now in my new plan (started 2 days ago) the workouts aren’t in the Apple fitness app at all.

Here is what I have tried:
- restarting my watch
- updating my watch
- restarting my phone
- double checking permissions in apple health app and toggling off and on from the watch side and phone side
- unsync and resyncing watch within the Runna app and toggling on/off the sync functions
- opening Runna on my watch, which does show the workouts
- logging out / in of Runna app
- uninstalling / reinstalling Runna app on watch
Yet I’m still unable to see them in the Apple workout Watch app
iPhone 17 iOS 26+
Apple Watch 10 iOS 26+

Anyone else have this issue? What was your fix?

Going to NYC marathon November 1st and did my first 28k last Sunday (3h32).

Im concerned about 30-34km long runs as it will take me more than 4h (at least for 32 and 34km).

Contacted Runna support and they say its expected .

But recovery from those 4h runs will most likely be a bit tough.

I did a 12 week 5k plan a while ago and honestly, my time did not go up much, no where near what Runna predicted. I did an 18 week (I know, it, was longer whuch made it more effective) half marathon plan where I did much better what Runna predicted. I went from a 2 hour to a just under 1:40 half marathon.

I was doing 3 runs a week, 3 weight sessions and eating in a calorie deficit.

I really really want to get a sub 20 min 5k. Over the next 3-4 months I will be doing more heavy weights (hopefull big compound weights), 3x runs a week and eating in a calorie surplus. Should I do another half marathon plan or a 5k one and trust the Runna process?

Hi everyone, looking for some advice/guidance with the Runna app. I'm currently in the middle of a plan for Manchester Half Marathon in October, however I have also signed up for Benidorm Half in November (I have ran two half marathons previously so this is not my first HM).

As far as I'm aware, there isn't enough time between the races to start a completely new plan, but I would like to keep some structure including long runs and speed sessions between the two races.

Is there any way to add an additional race to the end of my existing plan? Or will Runna let me create a 5/6 week plan following Manchester Half?

Any help appreciated, thank you!

I feel like there's no way the Runna's calculated pace for my HM is accurate?

I feel like I've maybe read a few variations of the post I'm currently making, but I feel like I've not seen such a disparity in timing difference? Have I tricked Runna into thinking I'm faster than I am?

My fastest long run has been at a 12:48 pace. And I feel like I was really pushing. Runna says my target race pace is 11:15? How does it expect me to shave a minute and a half off? I'm on week 9 of 13 of my training plan.

I am a complete newbie, have only been regularly running since the beginning of June before I started this training plan. The paved trail I run does have some hills, while the race I'm signed up for is flat, known for being to set PRs on apparently. Does that plus adrenaline add up to 11:15?

I will say I'm not super concerned with my time, I really only care to be under 3 hours which I believe to be achievable. I'm just trying to wrap my head around whether or not this algorithm is accurate.

Reposted because this post got booted from r/running. Boy does that sub have a lot of rules.

5 weeks into Runna training for my first marathon and really enjoying it so far. It’s adjusted my pace a few times, and my predicted finish has dropped from ~4:30 to ~4:00. I was coming back from an IT band injury so put in a 5k estimate of 29 mins, and no 10k time when I set it up.

Here’s the weird part: my 5k, 10k, and HM “current times” all line up closely with (or are even slightly slower than) what my Garmin predicts. But for the marathon, Runna reckons I’ll only add 13 minutes onto 2x my half marathon time. That seems… optimistic, I’ve only been logging 30-40 kms per week.

Longest run so far is 18km, so still early days — but has anyone else noticed Runna’s marathon predictions run hot compared to other tools?

There seems to be two coaches for the warm ups and cool downs, a male and a female one. I MUCH prefer the female coach’s warm ups and cool downs (I feel like the guy rushes through them all so quick I have to constantly pause and rewind)

Is there a way to adjust it so I just get the woman each time? It’s always such a disappointment when I open a warm up or cool down and it’s him 🤣

Hey all, I have a problem with the app and since the support page is not working I'll try to share my experience here.

I'm training for a marathon on Runna and tried to add a B race (a half marathon). The app itself told me the ideal week for a B race of such a distance was Sept 21-27.

Found a half marathon on Sept 20, tried to add it, got this error:

"This B race isn't compatible with your A race. This B race would prevent us from preparing your long run distance at the required pace for your A race. We recommend choosing a B race of similar or greater distance to your planned long run for the week you want to race."

I figured maybe it was just the 1-day mismatch (20th vs 21st). So I tried adding a random race in the exact week the app suggested (21-27 Sept) but i got the same error, even though it's literally the week Runna itself recommended.

I contacted support about this weeks ago, they kindly said they'd look into it. The big problem is that now every time I tap "Customer support" in the app, the page just spins forever and never loads, so I can't even check if they replied or what's going on with my ticket. I already tried to unistall and reinstall the app.

Anyone else experienced something similar? Do you have any suggestions?

Any tips appreciated and thanks a lot for your help!

I've been running for about 1.5 years and for about a year with Runna. I feel like most session are either "Easy run" or Tempo/Interval runs which either are much slower or much faster than my targeted race pace. Some long runs have race pace involved in them but I rarely get those sessions. Maybe this is normal but I feel like it's hard to predict how my race is going to turn out and it feels a bit odd that I am going to try find a steady pace in a pace range for which I rarely run in. Shouldn't there be more practice to "learn" how to find a good rythm and technique for the given pace I am training to run in?

Example for my current training program, I aim to run a HM in something like 4:35 min per km pace (1:35 - 1:40). These are my paces

Easy runs / Long runs: 5:30 - 6:10 min per km

Shorter intervals: 3:35 - 3:55

Tempo/ longer intervals: 4:00 - 4:35

So there is a very small volume with "race pace". Is this normal for training programs?

Hey all! I’m a new runner who signed up for Runna to train for my first 10K. I absolutely love my program and having something to actually follow. So much so that I’m signing up for my first half marathon in April to keep training! However, my 10K is in October and my half is almost exactly 6 months after that. Is 6 months too long to be on a program? Should I set a different goal and then start my half training in January? Any suggestions would be great! I have a feeling I’m going to constantly need to have a goal in order to keep up with my running, at least for the first year or so.

*Even if I'm laying on the GROUND

I have an ultra 2 watch and an iphone 15 pro max. I have auto-pause turned OFF on both devices. Sometimes when I'm running I will wipe away sweat from my forehead and if I forget and use the arm that my watch is on it will pause activity. Worse yet, some of the time it won't let me know that activity has been paused. I want this to STOP happening!!!!!!

Ironically, I've literally stopped running to test the auto-pause feature and when I do that the watch doesn't always pause. It seems to have something to do with the movement of my arm. If I elevate it to high or something. When I wipe my forehead, the watch is facing away from my head (the band is what could potentially bump something, not the watch face).

Even worse, once the watch has paused, it totally messes up the split time as well as the average pace time... and I can't edit the split to what I believe it should have been. It seems to give me the split time of whatever time it takes to finish the split after it came off of pause.

The thing I don't undestand is who even wants the auto-pause feature??? Wouldn't the vast majority of people think "let me tap pause" if they actually want to take a break? Either way, this annoying bug is making me explore other options.

Any ideas on a way to stop this auto-pausing?

I’m currently following a marathon plan with lots of long runs on the weekend. So to make them interesting I’ve signed up to a lot of races with those distances to make my training less boring.

But will Runna allow me to add those b races? Nope. Some it’ll let me but others it won’t. I can’t even override the plan. Why not? Even if all of the b-races are done easy, it won’t let me add. So frustrating!