How is it?
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It’s good. I’m a few chapters in now. I find it interesting that running is a recovery tool for so many different addictions. She had an eating disorder before starting. I also like the parallel of needing support in ultra running and recovery. Neither can be done alone
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@Runner4 Pardon my digression, but check out Rupert Sheldrake for an interesting theory on why birds and fish can move as one group like that.
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Thank you for the recommendation!! Morphic resonance is fascinating - esp bc of the “controversy!” Ha - always interesting when science doesn’t like to delve into areas of the unexplained phenomena …
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Feeling good. I struggle with running long distance and then ramping my effort up to an all out but today was a good day at orangetheory. The coach prompts you thru the run. I ran at 7.8 for 3min then 9.2 for 1min then 60sec walk for 25 min. Feeling empowered. And i noticed the negative “i cant do this. This is hard” thoughts were gone and it was more like “fuck yeah im badass” today. I seem to have better results with a coach vs me and the runkeeper app but im a work in progress. Maybe ill hit the pavement later today. Rain chances went down and its a beautiful day
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This was suppose to be a easy recovery run but the sun made it a zone 5 run
I think I’m gonna take myself for a birthday pedicure today (not till friday but 
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@Cjp I do better with the guided runs too. I love coach Matt on runkeeper. He is so very encouraging
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I want to start jogging but haven’t done this in 20 years….
Any advice, tips or tricks for a novice runner?
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Try a couch to 5k plan as it does all the work for you apart from the running bit!
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- get fitted for shoes at a local running store. If you don’t have a store in your town then go online to asics website or brooks and they have a questionnaire to find out what kind of shoe fits you best. I personally like asics but everyone is different.
- Find a plan. I use to use runkeeper but now I use the nike app. I’m working through a 10k plan at the moment. The app plans your runs for you. I also tried the runna app but it’s paid and I didn’t find it worth the money.
- don’t increase mileage quickly because you will find yourself with an injury but the plan should handle this part.
- have fun! cause running is hard, worth it and fun
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I did a two Kms run today before my yoga class and it felt nice to stretch the legs. I’m planning a five Kms tomorrow on the treadmill before my pilates class. Didn’t leave enough time today.
It’s always good to have done my 10k steps before lunch 
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Speed followed by recovery today. I have such trouble with fartlek running. I much rather interval cause of the walk break lol
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@Runningfree thanks so much. This is really interesting, I have some homework to do. I’ll check out the apps and hopefully get out there this week.
Thanks @Tragicfarinelli couch to 5k will be the goal!
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@skhan Another tip, if you are gonna get shoes for running (def makes a huge difference), check out runrepeat.com for the best breakdown on every shoe with lots of filters like if you heel strike or want a wide toe box etc etc (I’m not affiliated at all, just found that site super helpful to narrow down a couple of choices to then go and try on at a physical store)
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I’m an ASICS fan as well, need to get a new pair soon my old Cumulus are overworked.
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Asics team here as well
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I get my new ones off amazon. I like to get last years model of the same shoe I have cause it’s cheaper
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100 days sober and I seem to be setting Strava PRs on every run at the moment. It’s insane the difference to when I was trying to balance drinking with running last year. I’m comfortably half a minute faster per km and, crucially for me, there’s just so many more enjoyable runs. I’m flying out there and loving it.
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My tip, don’t worry about repeating a week of the couch to 5 k. I stayed on week 6 for literally weeks and weeks. And don’t worry about having “off” days where you struggle to do what you did last week. Just keep getting out there. A bad run is better than no run.
Today I ran for 6 songs, walked a song, then ran for 5 more.
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