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I've been able to establish a good rhythm on the treadmill and a good pace. Running continuously for about an hour at 6.2mph. But I have just started running outside and it almost feels like I am starting from nothing again as I am finding the changes in elevation and the treadmill not acting as the propeller a real challenge and a very big hurdle. Any tips on helping with this transition? I have my first 10K in 2 months so I want to make sure i can handle the outdoor elements that the treadmill does not pose.

I’m 49 and relatively new to running. I’ve set myself a progression of:

Oct 2026: 10K, sub-60 minimum goal
Spring 2027: Half marathon, sub-2:15 minimum
Fall 2027: Marathon, sub-4:30 minimum

The times are floors, not ceilings. If my fitness develops faster, the goals move with it.

I’m using AI as essentially a training partner/coach. After workouts I feed it my pace, HR, distance, strength work, how the run felt, any pain, and next-day recovery. We use that to adapt the training rather than blindly following a fixed plan.

Right now I run every other day and strength train as well. My latest treadmill run was 44 min / 5.85 km, finishing with time at 6.0 mph, average HR 132, no pain issues and excellent next-day recovery.

I've mostly been doing progression runs so far, but we're now moving into a phase with easy/endurance runs, intervals, tempo/progression work and gradually longer runs. The plan is to eventually exceed 10K in training before my October race.

I’d love some experienced runners to poke holes in this approach.

Am I progressing appropriately? Anything missing? Anything you would change now before the mileage starts getting much higher?

I'm particularly interested in whether using workout performance + next-day recovery to drive progression makes sense, and whether you see any blind spots in an AI-assisted training approach.

i believe it started while i was coming back from covid inactivity.

area lower than my calves gets stiff (even when walking!) after just a few minutes. then after a while my feet start to go numb? eventually i think it even effects the direction my feet travel, as on the forward stride they point out then flick back to a more straight angle when my legs stop moving forward in the stride.

i've tried really good warmups, extensive time off, fast paced, slow paces, different terrain, and it even persists between shoes.

just totally lost here and need advice or pointers in the right direction (or even a different subreddit to post to!!)

After several months of routine jogging, I found my pace for long runs and easy runs are around 9:10 minutes/km or 14:45 mins/mile.

I am building my mileage, planning to get HM distance for my long run. Although that will make me running 3:15 hours.

In competition, I could set pace 7:11 for 10k, 6:28 for 5k. But that could be due to adrenalin, water stations, or fun atmosphere.

In the long term, I want to increase my pace, not for competitive sake, but because running 3 hours are boring and exhausting. Any advice to improve my pace?

Hello. I would like to have some help with my running so i can improve. Does online running coaches work for you? Can you recomend any? I was looking at the Coach Match of peaktraining.... is it any good?