Galloway/gallowalker apology thread

You walked a 5k in 16:48?

30 runner wrote:

30 years old, former D3 runner. Two kids.

PRs:

1:58 800

4:06 1500

15:34 5000

I kept training off and on until I was about 26, ran a 1:14 half and 2:43 marathon. Ran about 10mpw in 2015 and zero miles for the months January-September 2016.

I tried to run again earlier this month, and I couldn't do 2 miles at 8:30 pace without stopping.

I started doing a Galloway method, and within 4 weeks I just time trailed a 5k in 16:48.

I used to scoff at Galloway, but his method is sound and many would be better runners with it.

How are you a better runner if you are over a minute slower?

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moran

slower is better wrote:

30 runner wrote:

30 years old, former D3 runner. Two kids.

PRs:

1:58 800

4:06 1500

15:34 5000

I kept training off and on until I was about 26, ran a 1:14 half and 2:43 marathon. Ran about 10mpw in 2015 and zero miles for the months January-September 2016.

I tried to run again earlier this month, and I couldn't do 2 miles at 8:30 pace without stopping.

I started doing a Galloway method, and within 4 weeks I just time trailed a 5k in 16:48.

I used to scoff at Galloway, but his method is sound and many would be better runners with it.

How are you a better runner if you are over a minute slower?

I don't think you got the whole point of what I was trying to say:

Running 40-70mpw for 8 years, training with a team: 15:34 5K

Running 25 mpw FOR ONE MONTH, with 5 runs a week being alternating walking/running, after taking off close to two years from training: 16:48 5k

I have no doubt that I will be back in the mid-15s in a few months.

30 runner wrote:

slower is better wrote:

How are you a better runner if you are over a minute slower?

I don't think you got the whole point of what I was trying to say:

Running 40-70mpw for 8 years, training with a team: 15:34 5K

Running 25 mpw FOR ONE MONTH, with 5 runs a week being alternating walking/running, after taking off close to two years from training: 16:48 5k

I have no doubt that I will be back in the mid-15s in a few months.

Yes, because you trained well before and will do so again. Not because of Galloway.

slower is better wrote:

Yes, because you trained well before and will do so again. Not because of Galloway.

No, a lot of people who never ran before start Galloway and run 16 for 5K after a month.

After college, I did train for a few years and ran between 16:30-18:00 depending on where I was in training. I know my body, there is no way I could have gone from sedentary to sub-17 doing the same old training.

Can you give us a sample week?

Very few competitive runners don't overtrain, so what your saying shouldn't be a shock to people. Most runners don't realize it until it's too late and then are in denial.

Very interesting and thanks for sharing!