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I was 5'11" 220 pounds when I started running at age 35. I too signed up for a May half for motivation, which at the time was about 5 months away. I ran 1:36, and a year later ran 1:27 while getting down to around 180 pounds.

I averaged about 34 miles for the year with a peak of 50.5, no workouts, just ran at a pace every run where I felt like I was "getting a good run in."

Old, but not dead yet wrote:

Pr's as 22 Year old include

26:11 8k

17:05 5k

10:31 3200m

4:37 1600m

2:00 800m

54 400m

Weight 145 pounds

Havent trained in over 10 years, now 32

Now Weigh 190 pounds

Running 15 miles a week in 2 and 3 mile runs

avg. 9:30 a mile ...sometimes can avg. 8:15 when Im flying

Problem is i've been running for 6 weeks with no improvement?

Any advice,

is it possible to get down to 7min/ mile avg for 4 or 5 miles?

How long will it take and when should i start doing any types of workouts...tempo hills etc.

Thanks, for the help

2 fat 2 furious

This was almost exactly me Jan 2016 32almost 33 190+ lbs. you have better PRs but I like you hadn't ran or trained in 12 years

What I did was pretty simple, I ran as many miles as I could and stay healthy and did not wear a watch. Just got in miles. .

Went from 190-165 within 3months just eating healthy. And then down to my current weight of 151-153 slowly (6ft tall)

For me that was plant based I recommend it as I feel crazy fantastic but anything is fine as long as it is almost all whole food and not pre packaged crap.

Progressed to 50 pretty easy by June held that until September and peaked at 95one week in Jan. Averaged about 80-85 mpw that month

5k October 19:03

5k November 17:58

8k feb 29:50

10k march 36:11

Half marathon tomorrow.

The key is consistency and small gains every week and month. If you but enough tablespoons of water in a bathtub eventually it fills up. Take a long term approach.

"runrincerepeat" - Crush that half tomorrow bro! Check back.

checking in again,

firstly, good luck on the HM's fellas, keep us updated.

Secondly, I got a decent run in saturday evening. 4.5 miles at 9min pace and felt great, but today was hell. i got 2.5 miles in at 9:35 pace and it was a struggle.

lastly, I have a terrible pain in my right calf, can't tell if it's a shin splint, strained calf muscle or perhaps a minor fracture. I can almost pinpoint where it hurts the most which is a little concerning... im stretching and using "the stick" to massage it out.

any feedback is much appreciated!

Following a random drunken bet over the Christmas holiday period I started off the new year with a project to get my lardy arse from very lazy club runner to decent age grouper before the end of 2018...

The aim by the end of the project is to be fit and fast enough to run a sub 2h:45m marathon, or 164 minutes...

It's safe to say my progress has been steady so far...mainly down to the fact that I've been eating way to much and not loosing the pounds. That said, as I posted on hear earlier, I still managed to run a 71 minute 10 mile road race in very tough conditions, despite being 190 pounds on the day.

I've renewed my focus on nutrition and weight management as this is where I can make some huge breakthroughs in performance. The last 7 days has seen me drop 4 pounds and I'm aiming to be 178 pounds or less come my next race, the North Lincs HM on 7th May.

Your easy runs aren't easy enough. You should maybe run hard/fast and do a long run once a week. I came back after a 16 year layoff from training, but already at my college running weight and in good shape. I did almost every run hard to pretty hard. Got fast really quick (16:2x 5K) but then the injuries started to pile up. Take a few days off here and there. Get on a bike, elliptical, or hit the pool.