Does anyone else have a hard time finding women who can even maintain 7-8 min/mile on a typical run?

one more off the list wrote:

xenonscreams wrote:

I'm definitely not engaged

And TRG is married to or dating Nikeman.

I guess none of you got the hint... I said, all 3 guesses are wrong.

You are delusional.

OP, where do you live? I feel like if you live in a city with a lot of runners- Portland, Boston, Minneapolis, Austin, etc. you'd have a really good shot at what you're looking for, because it also happens to be where there are a lot of colleges and thus, young people. I think you just need to try a little harder.

To be clear, there are women who can run 10 miles with you at a 7-8 min pace. But they will be that small pool of women/athletes who have their own agenda in terms of date/time/route/distance/pace.

I have coached female athletes for many years and if they are a serious runner, don't expect training run to suite you.

Your Next Bold Move wrote:

I guess none of you got the hint... I said, all 3 guesses are wrong.

I saw that, but there are only 3 girls on LetsRun, so it was still hard to believe.

My username is the title of an Ani DiFranco song...how much more proof do you need?

Be careful what you wish for. I'm a fairly decent runner (17-18:00 5k), but I dated a girl who was faster than I was. You talk about an ego-buster. Fortunately, I was man enough not to let it bother me (and I even used it for comic relief among my friends), and fortunately, she didn't seem to mind that I was slower, even when she had previously dated much, much faster men before she met me.

A word of advice: If you think that whatever pace a woman can sustain is the key to a relationship, brother, you're barking up the wrong tree. Relationships are so much more than that. Plus, if it isn't running, there are other things that you can do together.

You should know better than to ask this group anything about finding women. They are clueless on the matter.

Bumping this thread. OP how did you go with your agenda?

I think she’d have to be a decent runner and be training consistently and most likely doing some sort of speed work to be able to run 7min miles for an easy day (5m or longer). I bet you’ll find more that can run 8 though.

I occasionally see someone running around 7 7:30 but then you see them walking a mile later so it isn’t a consistent. The faster college runners do run around that pace though on easy days.

Nothing wrong with speculating on the benefits or costs of running slow mileage.

5 miles doesn't have a cost, its not enough to cause a greater training adaptation that the rest of the week. 26 miles, say you pace her for a marathon. Well if you're a marathoner and this is no big deal, then again you wont have negative adaptation. If you run the mile, this will require dropping speed work for a week. You could work it into your training plan, maybe even benefit, but its not something you want to include haphazardly.

So the real question is, why are you planning to do 100 percent of your training with a lady? Sounds like stage 5 clinging.

Join a lady for her runs to keep her company. Be a man and do your own runs without a pacer.

I've gotten to know most of the local elite and marathon OTQ chicks in my city since I race so often and am involved in the running community and I'm always able to find a few who are down for early AM runs (recovery/easy at like 7 flat) and they are able to hang comfortably.

9-10 min pace is where the sweetest booty is at, bro.

Holy hell you guys are bashing the OP acting like this is a priority of his when finding a partner. In case you can’t decipher what he means, he’s just acknowledging that it would be fun and enjoyable to have a female partner fast enough to run with. Don’t get your panties in a wad.