Running - I am so slow! Any advice?

Well I did 10km in 75 mins last year and was pretty proud of that! I wasn't overweight at the time and even at my fittest I wasn't doing more than a mile in 12 mins. I do have short legs though

If you do want to speed up then do some interval training but I wouldn't worry about it. Focus on the achievement!

Do you want to run longer distances or concentrate on getting a better time and sticking at 10km?

I think you're doing fantastic - 3 stone, steady progress this is what most people are aiming for.

I agree with Wallace re. speed work also you should enter some races - nothing like a bit of adrenaline to give you an extra push.

Oh, and join a running club, I give this advice to everyone but it does make you faster.

Wow I am so impressed you can run 10K!! I have been on a novice running program for the last 8 weeks and am still only at the stage where I run for 3 mins, walk for 2 mins! You should be very proud of yourself. Men can usually run faster than women so I wouldn't compare yourself to your dh. TBH if I was you, I would be quite happy to a. actually be running and b. be covering a reasonable distance as you are. There may be some more advanced runners along soon to offer you more technical advice but I think what you are doing sounds wonderful and I am !

Well done - that is a great achievement!

They way to get faster is to do speed work. Stuff like intervals (running fast for short bursts) and hill work.

Even just increasing your pace between two lamposts then doing the next lamposts at a jog, then faster to the next, etc will bring you huge benefits