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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- Ive been training with the Runna App for over a year, but sadly its time for a temporary split....and here's why!
Injury has dogged my running life where i have had a constant struggle with shin splints, or MTSS (Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome) and no matter what ive tried ive never been able to fix the issue.
After 4 weeks off to rest the shins, Im back with a new plan and sadly that plan means I'm breaking up with Runna, just for a while. In this video I cover my plans for the next 10 weeks as i train for the Great North Run and cover why i need to come out of the Runna App and manage my own training for a while.
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The more I get into running, the more I think that proper training plans are really (in a polite way) repetitive but effective. The problem I have with Runna is that they have to justify the ongoing cost - so they introduce new sessions every week to keep the interest/variety and skew too much higher intensity work. I think it’s because if they did a more traditional plan then no one would justify the cost. I am doing a Jack Daniels plan, which is great (and from a book) but no way would I pay £8-£15 a month to be told I’m doing 2x2 miles or 3x 2 miles and a long run with x miles marathon pace every week then arrange my own easy runs based on what I want to do haha. Hope your injury gets better, easy pace and volume sounds like a great plan.
Good to see you back 😁
Thanks mate, those 4 weeks killed me haha! Good to get the shoes back on and finally starting to get some miles done again!
Like you I have stopped using the Runna App - whilst it guided me to a 47:23 over 70 PB at last year’s London 10,000 where I finished 1st in my age category I was finding that my body couldn’t cope with the sheer volume of sessions which included faster running and in the end I found I was only doing 1 or 2 of the set sessions each week - as such I couldn’t really justify the cost.
I hope all goes well for you leading up to GNR.
Thank you that’s much appreciated
Silly question but with the runna app you can edit the plan and reduce runs per week and you can set it to reduce the load
I'm not familiar with Runna other than having heard about it but only one easy run per week sounds like it could be a significant contributor to your injury frequency? I've not heard of any training method that would use only a single easy run.
It’s the one gripe I have with it to be honest, I think there is too much high intensity in a week for the average runner. I usually train 4 times a week, the first session is always an easy run, but then the next 2 are speed sessions, my long run is a mix of either easy paced or some form of interval long run. For me, that’s too much loading.
I wish runner had an option of how many speed sessions you want to do per week, I’d choose 1, as that’s all my body can take. But I don’t believe there is the option to do that, which is a shame.
@@gimoruns 100% agree. Started using Runna and within 4 weeks, I had an ankle injury and an achilles injury. I wish there were more easy runs in the training plans
Runna seems to have the ratio of easy runs to speedwork wrong - it's a recipe for injury.
@@FoxBox72 I tend to agree, especially as I have ti constantly manage an issue for training. It would be good if Runna would allow you to select how many high intensity speed work session you want to do each week, as automatically scheduling 2, as well as some speed into the long runs, doesn’t work for everyone. It’s deffo doesn’t work to the 80/20 rule anyway!
Love the breakup. 😂 its not you, it's me 😂😂
😂😂 the whole video stemmed from that idea lol!!! I think
I’m also going to ‘SHIN REPORT’ a regular feature in my weekly videos 😂
@@gimoruns 🤣🤣 love it.