You are reading a single comment by @PhilPub and its replies. Click here to read the full conversation.
  • Noob question. Should I run for longer at the same pace, or faster in the same time, with the aim of losing weight?

  • Longer at a slower pace. Weight loss - then weight management - is a long term project, so start as you mean to go on. Doing the majority of your running at an easy pace, even once you're experienced and used to doing harder sessions, is the best way to slowly and sensibly build running muscle, and get joints and tendons strong and more injury-resistant. The biggest risk with trying to run every run faster is that you over-stress all these things, causing greater injury risk. Which means (a) you can't train, and (b) you're more likely to get put off keeping it going as a long term habit.

  • This is what I seem to do. Run regularly, get faster and faster (for me anyway...) then pick up an injury.

About

Avatar for PhilPub @PhilPub started