If you run with music blasting in your ears then you are missing half of the experience.

I used to run with Wu Tang in my ears because almost every song has that magical 178-182 cadence…so.I would run to the beat. Then one day, my batteries in my mp3 player died (yeah I’m that old) while at the turnaround on a 14 mile out and back. I didn’t have the beat of music to guide me. I didn’t have the volume of the music to ignore my pain. My cadence fell apart. My breathing got ragged. I started to FEEL that run on the way back…is was ugly and wonderful all at the same time.

The next time I went out, I didn’t have the music, and I found out that I my mental was more connected to my physical. Rather than ignore the pain…I EMBRACED it and dealt with it. I paid more attention to my breathing, found my own cadence, regulated my arm swing, was more aware of the birds, the wind, the trees, the cars, etc. And it was liberating. I had the best runners high ever

That was years ago…now I only use music for speedwork.

All World Marathon Majors should require a previous marathon time to gain entry into.

setting goals to under 10 minute miles for starter, & 5k 30 minutes in the long haul, without stopping.

Your shoes don’t fit your feet and that’s a huge reason why you get injured. Weak, cramped feet lead to weak ankles, leads to weak knees, leads to weak hips, etc.

Thankfully this is starting to become more common knowledge with th brands like Altra becoming mainstream. How the shoe fits is enormous.

I like going fast

I don’t care how fast you ran the race distance. If you didn’t win, you’re a “finisher” just like me.

The wear and tear on the body will eventually catch up with you.

Running clubs in my area spit on casual and non-competitive runners. So my hot take is that running clubs are for assholes.

People that have bad posture or form when running.

The best butts are in 10ks.

I actually really dislike running and I do it just to stay fit and conditioned

Most distance runners are the same caliber of individual as cyclists when it comes to ego.

90% of people undertrain for the Marathon, and that’s very reflective in their finishing times. Running a 4:30 (obviously there are some age/sex/situational nuances there, but on average) simply means you didn’t put in the work.

Long run should cap out at about 20-22 miles but let’s use 18 as a bare minimum.

Long runs should also only be about 30-35% of your weekly mileage but for Marathon training you can probably push it to about 40% for a couple weeks.

That means bare minimum marathon training involves getting up to 45 miles a week (18 / 0.4). and I really stress minimum here. If you want to enjoy your day it should really be at least 60.

https://www.runnersworld.com/training/a20807557/runners-with-more-training-miles-finish-marathons-faster/

Simply running the bare minimum safe mileage to train for a marathon gets an average finish time of 3:50.

The clock keeps ticking when you are at a red light. “Moving time” is a cope for people taking frequent rests.

I hate running.

Cycling, swimming, rowing, l will do.

Still hate running.