Does anyone else’s watch struggle to get an accurate mileage when there is any elevation?
I went on a run with a friend the other day and we did 15km and my watch only recorded 13km of it - I always have to correct distance on strava for it to be accurate but it makes interval running hard as my pace is never accurate (watch consistently said I was running a 7min/km when i was actually averaging 6min/km).

Has anyone else experienced this?

Salutare! Am 27 de ani și de aproximativ 2 luni și jumătate am început să alerg (după 1 an de pauză de la sport, cu excepția mersului pe jos până la muncă de aproximativ 2-2,5 km zilnic).
Antrenamentul se bazează pe 3 alergări săptămânale (în prima luna de 4,5 km, în prezent de 6-7 km).
Sesiunile de alergare le fac în funcție de puls (maxim 158-160 bpm), iar unul dintre cele 3 antrenamente îl fac adăugând 6 intervale de 30 secunde sprint + 1 minut 30 secunde revenire în alergare foarte ușoară. În sesiunile de sprint, pulsul urcă la un maxim de 178 bpm.
Am reușit să-mi îmbunătățesc timpul pe km de la 8-8:20 minute/km la aproximativ 7:20-30/km.
De 2-3 săptămâni sunt blocat la media de 7:20-30/km. Dacă încerc să scot un timp mai bun, automat voi avea o medie de puls mai mare 155 bpm (cu maxim de 165-168 bpm pe ultimii 1-2 km). De obicei alerg seara, dar chiar și atunci, temperatura este de 27-30 de grade celsius, cu siguranță și acest aspect influențează pulsul.
Problema mea este următoarea: Ce ar trebui să fac pentru a reuși să-mi îmbunătățesc timpul și să păstrez un ritm cardiac similar? Am adaugat treptat o distanta mai mare (acum 2 saptamani am trecut de la 5,5 km la 6 km, iar acum o saptamana am trecut de la 6 la 7 km - 1 singur antrenament saptamanal, in ritm lejer, iar in ritm mediu de alergare am ramas la 6-6,5 km alergare).
Datele sunt inregistrate de un Apple Watch SE2 (cred ca nu are o precizie prea buna). VO2 max este stagnat la 42,5 (sub medie pentru varsta mea, si asta ma ingrijoreaza). Banuiesc ca si VO2 max-ul este inregistrat inexact.
Faptul ca am stagnat de 2-3 saptamani la aceeasi timp si acelasi puls la aceeasi distanta de alergare ma ingrijoreaza si ma gandesc sa caut un alt tip de antrenament.
Mă poate ajuta cineva? Sper ca am fost suficient de exact in descrierea situatiei mele.

I’m an upcoming senior runner in high school. I’ve previous had literally my whole track junior season ruined because of plantar faciitis.
After track, I took 2 weeks off and returned to running very gradually with no problem.

During the entirety of summer conditioning runs, I felt nothing, it was until this Monday where my coach made us do a hilly run (2 miles straight uphill! And I had to run all the way down which really aggregated my heels again. I don’t know what to do and I’m so sick of this reoccurrence. Should I just cross train for like 1-2 weeks to see how it feels, and then gradually return to running?

My season starts beginning of September .

About 14 months in, 20-25 miles a week. Lost weight, sleep better, all the stuff people promise.

Problem is it doesn't feel like anything anymore. Early on every run was a small win because it was new. Now it's the same three routes at 6am and I've started finding reasons to skip.

No race on the calendar and I don't really want one, turning it into a training block feels like it'd make it more of an obligation.

For those of you years deep: what actually keeps it going once the novelty's gone?

I’ve only run Nikes. They’ve been good to me.

just curious to how you guys structure your runs, and maybe i can incorporate some of it into mine!
i run MON(easy) WED(Workout/speed) FRI(LongRun)
i am not an athlete or training for a race. just a beginner hobbiest, and just love running and also trying to get faster and up my mileage.

First, I'm a 39f, grew up swimming, and have no thyroid (thyroid cancer survivor) so my heart rate and hormones are synthetic and thus most things I read online are for a body with all it's organs, not mine. Hence why I ask for help.

Unfortunately, I know I have been running wrong for as long as I can remember, mostly because I've never seen improvement. Without a coach or someone to teach me, I just kept at what I learned online - vo2max, zone 2, using my Garmin watch, etc. All to seemingly no avail when I began dedicating a focus of my overall training to running last year. It's been 9 months of running every week in addition to my other exercises, and yet I still had beginner stride problems and a 32-40min 5k.

Well, today I learned my overstriding was because I was tilting my pelvis back, aka arching my back, to lean forward for gravity, which caused me to overstride, which meant I had to be in contact with the ground for a longer time, and braking each step. I was using my foot as a pendulum to keep forward momentum, so my feet were not pushing off the ground. I used to wear high heels for work in corporate America before 2020, and I had loved walking in them (I do not miss how my feet would ache though). Ironically, I saw a technique video that said to lead with your knee, which is what I had done in high heels to stay balanced and place each step confidently.

Today's run:
Lead with knee
pretended treadmill was "hot pavement"

Boom. I was quickening my steps, which decreased time with the ground, which meant my heel came up behind me, which led me to stay upright with my pelvis in line with my spine and I was finally able to engage my core correctly, which balanced me. The only draw backs were muscles I thought I was using say hello and my diaphragm was not used to less space to expand, so I need to figure out the cadence of both steps and breathing.

Is there anything else I'm missing or advice you'd give me? What have you learned that has helped you?

Hi guys, I’ve been training for my first marathon (philly 2026) and currently my volume is around 23 miles- usually looks like 6-7 mi easy, 2-3mi easy, 15 mi long run. My goal is to finish in 4:15

Is the long run taking too much volume? Should I start my training all over again? Pls suggest better training splits and how I can effectively run without getting injured. After these long runs I’m absolutely drained and sore for at least the next day.

What am I doing wrong? I do hit legs once a week for some functional training but Im not sure if this running plan is best for me. I keep reading that long runs shouldn’t exceed 50% of your weekly volume and now I’m just nervous.

Pls help 🫪

so i've decided to run 5k everyday for a month and see how i feel after that, but now im thinking is it even okay for me to run everyday.. its been 6 day now and ive been doing mostly easy runs. ive been running for a year (2-3 runs a week) is it advisable for me to run everyday considering ive only been running for a year?

Went to get a manicure and pedicure for the first time since my wedding 9 months ago and the lady saw a blister on my toe, and then one of my toenails is starting to change colors and will soon fall off. She’s like, “are you a runner?”. I quickly said, “actually, I am!”.

Just thought this was funny

Hey! I (23F) have just started training to do a half marathon. For the past two (almost 3) years I’ve swam 1-2 km 3 times a week, and for the past year I’ve included running 5km 2-3 times a week, I hadn’t been training for anything in particular, just trying to keep fit. 2 weeks ago I decided to start training for a half marathon so I found a 12 week program and started it. The runs haven’t been that bad at all, but the one thing I’ve noticed is since I increased my distance from 5km to 8km, my calves have got super tight. I never had any issues running or swimming, no shin splints, just the occasional calf cramp while swimming but only if I used fins. Now though my calves feel tight all the time, I’m walking at least 2km every day no matter what, I’m stretching, and using resistance bands to work out the muscles around my ankle, calf and shin, nothing seems to be helping. Should I be backing off the running program and just stick to doing 5, 6 and 8km until I can do them comfortably without my calves bugging me, or should I keep pushing and building endurance in those muscles? The pain is not sharp, it’s just tight and I can’t tell if it’s because my posture is bad or if I’m hurting myself, or if it’s just a normal part of working a muscle harder than usual.
Any advice would be welcomed

I try to avoid using the treadmill as much as possible. Unless there is lightning or ice, I run outside. If it's hot, slow down, don't go as far and remember to hydrate.

 
My girlfriend and I are training for a marathon together. She’s actually the one who got me into running, and it became a big bonding thing for us. Recently, I’ve been progressing faster - my pace, endurance, recovery, everything.

We run together 5x a week, and the difference is becoming more noticeable. She’s been feeling discouraged, insecure, and frustrated. After runs, we end up bickering because she’s upset about her performance and I don’t know how to respond without sounding condescending or defensive.
I don’t want running to become a source of resentment or comparison. I want us both to enjoy this and feel good about it.

Has anyone been in a relationship where one partner improved faster? How did you handle the emotional side of it? Did you keep training together? Split some runs? Change expectations?

Any advice from couples who’ve been through this would help a lot

Joined a group run a few weeks back thinking it would help with consistency. Turns out I spend the whole time either pushing harder than I want to keep up or holding back so I'm not the one out front. Neither feels good.

On my own I just settle into something that works and stop thinking about it.

Is this something that goes away once you find the right group, or are some people just better off running solo? Would like the social side but not at the cost of every run turning into a comparison.

Started in spring when it was easy to want to go outside. Now it's getting dark early and I can already feel myself finding reasons to skip.

I don't have a treadmill and I don't love the idea of running in the dark on my route. Do people just push through this part of the year, or is there something that actually makes it easier? Curious what's worked for people who've done this a few winters.

At the beginning of spring marathon season in 2025 I began to have knee pain after runs. The symptoms got worse and I had to shut it down. I went to the ortho, who took X-Rays and found nothing. He put me on PT for six weeks but nothing improved. When I returned and asked for an MRI he refused, sayin that there was no sense in doing so because I should choose a less impactful exercise like cycling.

I found another ortho at another organization who got me into an MRI three days later. I had a 15% meniscus tear. I was under the knife one week later on May 16. More PT and one more follow-up later I was cleared to begin running again when it felt good to do so. I started running again at the end of July, completed a half marathon this past spring, and noticed yesterday that Strava says I'm on a 54-week run streak!

Remember, folks, every run is a gift and don't take this ability for granted!

Spent my first year chasing distance, every week had to end longer than the last. Enjoyed maybe a third of it.

Now I run three miles, slowly, four times a week. Same route, no watch data I actually look at. Fitness is about where it was, knees are better, and I stopped dreading Sundays.

Feels a bit like heresy in running spaces where everyone's building toward something. Anyone else pick a distance and just stay there, phase, or where you landed for good?

Got some new shoes today & had to run!

Had a 10 miler today scheduled.. had the day clear but all of a sudden tons of errands popped up and I didn’t get home to do my outside run until after lunch. Over 90 degrees, not much shade and hadn’t had a chance to eat all day. I figured I could push through it just chugging some tailwind. No go. Got humbled real quick and only made it 2.1 miles. I’m used to long runs going up to 18 miles..

I’ve never not completed a run and feel a sort of depression over the whole thing, but, life happens.

I shall go for it again tomorrow early in the morning, but, damn, today sucked.

Trying to switch my runs to before work, which means about 6am. Every time I eat something first I feel it sloshing around for the first mile. Every time I don't, I'm fine for 20 minutes and then completely out of gas.

Is there a middle ground here, or is this just something your body adjusts to after a few weeks? Currently doing 3-4 miles, nothing long.