TheRunZone

Hey everyone, After graduating high school 3 years ago, I quit running because I lost interest, but would still be active by lifting weights occasionally and playing basketball. However, after the pandemic started I almost completely stopped getting in any sort of physical activity. I have been tryi...

Concerning your tempo yes you should slow a little bit. But I guess the main question is : what is the pace of your easy daily runs? Because if Tinman calculator gives you 7:20 tempo pace, it means you should not running faster than around 9 min pace for your daily easy run (as long as you are push...

Thanks you all for your advice but I still have a question. How do I know if I'm training too hard? When I run with the faster group at practice it often feels easy, and I don't feel as if I'm too hard. For example, my 30min tempo runs are under 7 minute pace, but according to Tinman calculator I sh...

It's been a month into the xc season and i'm really struggling. I started off the season 3rd on my team but i'm now struggling to maintain top 10. Worst of all is that I can keep up with some of the faster runners without straining too hard in practice but they blow me out at meets.Any tips?

Hello! I am going to be a junior next year, and it is going to be my second year running xc, but my third year running. My 5k PR is from a tempo run where I ran 19:45. My track PR's are 5:16(1600) and 2:21(800). They are both from early season meets, as I usually don't see much improvement throughou...