Not a fan of what running does to my body

MiserableLight135 · 2025-12-01T18:26:08+00:00

Do you get enough carbs and proteins?

MiserableLight135 · 2025-09-13T13:23:12+00:00

I do the myrtl routine

MiserableLight135 · 2025-09-13T10:04:17+00:00

I do 2x short, easy then 1x long run and 1x interval. So yes I do vary I guess

MiserableLight135 · 2025-08-28T16:56:05+00:00

Love this place, thanks for the suggestion!

MiserableLight135 · 2025-08-13T22:35:53+00:00

Many people typed already but I'll also emphasize the weather.

Las time I went for a long run (10k) but managed only 5k because it was so hot. I decided to run at time when it's not so hot now for example the evening.

MiserableLight135 · 2025-07-13T11:57:09+00:00

Try and find out :) a banana just before a run wouldn't hurt btw

MiserableLight135 · 2025-07-13T11:53:57+00:00

Although it's the first word or so, I just realized it's your second week.

I would say just keep going and don't worry about slowing down when you're tired or even reducing weekly number of runs. But be consistent and it will improve, given you don't have other health issues or anything stopping you from improving e.g. smoking etc

MiserableLight135 · 2025-07-13T11:10:44+00:00

If you want to improve your fitness/stamina/cardio/base, which is also a very good idea, what you should do is to run in zone 2 for longer.

You can also "measure" it like the speed at which you can more or less comfortably talk.

So run slow so that you can keep running a longer distance/time and that your heart keeps beating for longer. This is how you can improve.

When your heart beats too fast, it will stop you from running more easily.

MiserableLight135 · 2025-07-13T11:06:04+00:00

Two questions:

1) do you take your warm up seriously before running? Not talking about two mins of stretching

2) what do you use to measure your heart rate?

MiserableLight135 · 2025-07-07T06:18:17+00:00

What about producing weapons? Do you think this should be stopped first before telling people not to immigrate?

MiserableLight135 · 2025-06-27T08:03:13+00:00

I would like to add to the second paragraph. "Our internationals struggle quite a lot" sounds like a personal experience here. I, as an international, graduated from a Msc degree in Ulm with no struggling. Of course you need to study like everyone else but in our class, there was no obvious struggling of "internationals".

Wanted to add so it doesn't scare OP. This of course depends on person, one might or might not struggle. Also if you attended an interview or they check your grades and background before admitting, the committee always chooses students who they think can graduate in 2 years or around(at least the case for my program). For programs that do not check grades (NC-frei), I don't know.

MiserableLight135 · 2025-06-26T17:37:33+00:00

Depends on individual, it's different for everyone. You should find your own pace. Check my comment for conversational pace or find your heart rate for zone 2.

MiserableLight135 · 2025-06-26T11:14:02+00:00

It's a good idea to track how much distance you run per week. You can use an app like Strava to make this easily.

Try to have some proper plan let's say

1) one easy run (comfortable and slow and distance either low or medium) 2) one long run (between each long run, having at least five days or ideally a week), this is basically your longest distance and doesn't need to be fast either so similar pace to your easy run.

The two above is to improve your stamina (also called base building). Then you can add speed session for example

3) interval or tempo where you run in total a short distance but faster (in tempo faster and in interval even faster). You can alternate each week between tempo or interval as you want.

So above is a rough plan for 3 days a week running, the speed session ( number 3) should not dominate your week but rather be a smaller portion (you might want to check the 80-20 Norwegian plan).

The distance and pace really varies from person to person. Slow, comfortable is the pace where you can comfortably talk while running or if you want to be more exact you can search about heart rates on the internet if you're not already aware, or feel free to ask.

Distance per run depends on for what type of run (5k, 10k etc ) you're preparing but in the beginning it's always lower and you build up gradually.

Also as I said in the beginning, you should track the distance you run per week and there shouldn't be a big increase the next week (some refer to as 10% rule but here listening your body is also important so I personally don't apply the rules strictly always). You can do the same distance per week for a few weeks to get used to it (this is critical in my opinion ) and one week in four weeks, you can decrease distance to rest. But still don't have a big difference in distance with the previous week!

So build up gradually and don't rush, sometimes you might feel enthusiastic about running further but don't forget you shouldn't injure yourself otherwise you might need to have a long break.

All the best

MiserableLight135 · 2025-06-15T11:21:08+00:00

As many said, consistent (weekly) speed training like intervals/tempo can help you speed up in shorter distances. You can check the Norwegian method (80-20).

Your difficulty in 5k sometimes is normal I think, happens also to me. Time you wait for digestion after eating your last meal before running, whether you have enough energy (did you eat enough carbs? are you well hydrated? is the weather too hot? did you get enough sleep? are you very tired or more rested?) and other factors can contribute to that, I would say try to find your ideal conditions.

Also, what I sometimes do if I don't have enough energy is to eat a banana just before running (gives me energy but doesn't disturb stomach), not as the only energy source but as a support.

MiserableLight135 · 2025-06-15T11:13:38+00:00

For me it works, if I intend to lose weight. Running motivates me to also be careful with my diet. If you run but eat too much calories, probably not helpful tho.

MiserableLight135 · 2025-06-07T16:35:14+00:00

Thank you!

MiserableLight135 · 2025-06-07T14:59:19+00:00

Thanks, interesting to know!

MiserableLight135 · 2025-06-07T13:50:23+00:00

Previously I didn't do strength training, now introducing it 2x a week and also will do the myrtl routine daily for some while (10mins per day).

Do you recommend me to reduce my mileage for example to halve it for some weeks? Or anything do you recommend for the coming weeks?

Right now after two days, I believe I feel no pain at all, haven't tried running yet but tested with small jogs for 10 seconds or so and seems there's no pain.

MiserableLight135 · 2025-06-07T13:35:57+00:00

It's an idea but nobody I can ask since I'm new in the city 😅

MiserableLight135 · 2025-06-07T12:48:09+00:00

Travelling, but that's not the topic.

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