Last year I took up running as a way to lose weight. I am 166cm and was around 72kg.
When I started, I could not even run one km and tried C25k but found it was progressing too fast for me. After 6 months of doing 3 work outs a week, I had still only managed to run around 3km incredibly slowly but had lost a load of weight!
After about 12 months, I had gone under 60kg which was my target (I had actually lost a bit more than I planned) and my running started to go a bit better. I found I could do 5km as long as I took the first km v slowly (so my time was ending up around 37-40).
I was just happy I had made it tbh and the next 6 months, I was v busy at work and only managed 2 runs a week instead and in this time, it's just gone backwards. I ran this morning and only managed 3.5km.
I now have a watch that measures my heart rate and I can see that it's going over that maximum heart rate calc (220- age then multiply the answer by 85%). Is that a problem? Do others have that issue? I just don't know whether to pack it in or keep trying?
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Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? After 18 months of running, I'm just getting slower and slower
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WorkToDeath · 13/10/2019 19:21
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