Couch to 5k was where I started running a year ago. I've just finished my first half marathon. I had planned to run/walk in the same way C25K teaches when I first started training, but by the time I got to the race - I only had to stop and walk once throughout the distance. Run/Walk is a great way to either run long term, or bridge the gap between newbie distances and (what feel at the time) like unachievable "non stop" distances. Either way - or for whatever reason, I would 100% recommend Run/Walk - especially for newbies.
I would but very often the timing is a bit short. In 5 hours I wouldn't be able to walk run a marathon. I did run 2 semi-marathon this year, while only starting to run in 2020.
I literally decided yesterday that this is how I am going to run Lochness this year, I am recovering from injury, watching this has given the the VERY much needed boost that I can do it! Thank you Sarah and The Running Channel - bring on 1st October 2023
I started running with you guys in January 2019! I have now ran my first marathon, Loch Ness 2022 in 04:41:29! What an experience 🍻🏃🏼♀️ Tip for anyone planning on running one… don’t get drunk the night before 😂
I did the second Loch Ness Marathon, however many years ago that was! The hill at 18/19 miles doesn’t look much but it nearly finished me off. I’ve tried run-walk in ultras and remember being asked 5 mins in why I was walking, and was I all right… but I ended up passing loads of folk who were quite clearly really suffering further on.
WAAAHHH that’s me finishing right behind you 😂 amazing to see it on video! I run walked but wasn’t deliberately jeffing, just wasn’t fit enough due to injury disrupting training, I basically walked the hills 😅
Good luck. Make sure you do some downhill running in your training. A lot of the opening half is downhill and my legs were in bits by halfway when I did it in 2019 as most of my training had been on the flat (due to injury)
Love Jeffing!!! Have been using it ever since I did my first Garmin coach training and selected Jeff as the coach. As someone who has weak ankles and has suffered from injuries and niggles a lot, this is just awesome. It gets you running further, but without pushing too hard and causing injuries. I can definitely say Jeffing has changed my running for the better!
I actually got to run along with Jeff’s daughter at the WDW HM at the start of this year and she was brilliant to talk to and told me loads about her dad. Helped the first 4 miles disappear!
It was my first marathon too. Did it as a family for my 50th. Loved it, gorgeous route (obviously struggled on the hills esp the Monster), really good organisation. Hadn't a clue about marathons before that but glad it was my first.
I ran my first marathon 25 mins running then 5 mins walking. Having only had 8 weeks to train, and only started running 2 months earlier, it was essential! I’d never have finished and I raised over £1k for the hospitals that saved my son’s life when he was born.
I just did the Loch Ness Marathon 2022 and wish I had tried this method--I considered it but decided I could gut out the grades and hills--finished in regulation but didn't meet my personal goals. However, I have to disclose I had lung surgery for metastatic kidney cancer and am actively on chemotherapy/immunotherapy so I was weaker in preparation for this race! The scenery was incredible!
Very interesting never knew there was an actual method. Hard part is telling myself it is OK to walk Running such a mind game! Well done Anna, looked like a beautiful course.
I ran/walked a 30k trail race in Sweden and ended up running 10 minutes faster than when I previously tried to run the whole thing! My recovery was also nearly unnecessary because I wasn't sore the next day at all! (Completely the opposite from the first time.) I didn't use specific intervals, but rather walked the hills. Loooove this method!
I’m a fully paid up jeffer and for all the doubters out there - it’s not just for beginner runners or those coming back from injury. It’s a proven method and strategy and works beautifully at all distances. I ran for 60 seconds and walked for 30 seconds from the start for a marathon and finished in well under 5 hours so I think that tells you just how amazing it is!
Run/walk is how I started running at 38, did my first 15-18 marathons like that until I actually tired a different training program. Still to this day, if I get into trouble/injured/pains during a marathon, I’ll revert back into run/walk just to finish.
I did a run/walk strategy of run 3 miles walk 3 mins at the RunDisney marathon in 2020, it was crazy hot that day even at 5am so just took it nice and easy, worked an absolute treat 👌
It's funny you uploaded this today because this morning I had a long run (training for my 1st marathon) and I've had a cold for 5 days last week. I told myself and I would walk/run this run. So I ran 1 mile, walked 30sec. Finished 16 miles and feel good. I also noticed my time was faster which was weird
I employed the run walk method training for my first half marathon and it was great for feeling like walking was ok and not dying 4 miles into the run and dreading the rest
It's not a real Anna racing video until Anna sings motivational lyrics! ❤️ Also, I have much respect for Jeffing! The marathon in my city is a Huge proponent of Jeffing! Any way you slice it, you completed that distance! 🎉
I did a half marathon in summer 2021 on an extremely hilly course. I decided to walk most of the uphills and run all the flats and downhills. I managed to shave by 8 minutes off my best half marathon. I will definitely use that tactic again.
I’m training for a walk/ run marathon now 😊 It’s going to be a book in the future. Probably titled something like, ‘Average dad to marathon’, or ‘Unfit dad gets off his arse’, or even, ‘Why the xxxx am I doing this?’ 🤔😂 I want to link it with a virtual or a virtual medal challenge. You’ll be glad to know I have binge watched The Running Channel for every piece of advice and motivation possible 😊 You are all amazing!! Anna, do you remember in the NY marathon, you said if you had ever inspired anyone, they should let you know so it would make your life? Yeah, you did, you do, and you’ll carry on doing it 🫶🏼💪🏼 I just walked a 10k, so I need to find a warm down video 👋🏼🖖🏻
@Anna Harding It was a great video. Don’t get me started on the Berlin qualifier video. Oh my days! How I held myself together, I do not know. 😂😂 Well, if talking to myself while I am out walking/ trying to run, mumbling, ‘Smile a mile. Smile a xxxxing mile you unfit, old man! Anna can do it. She can do anything. Stupid, nearly 47 year old legs!’, then yeah, I hold it together all the time 😂😂
@@runningchannel It was … erm … more walk than run 😂 It’s the reverse of Jeffing 😂 Seriously, though, great. About an hour and a half, so I need to get the time down if possible. If it turns into a marathon, or should I be positive and say when? … that will mean 7ish hours 🤔😮💨😴 Hang on, genius idea. 🤔💡 If I add an extra bit on the end, it becomes an ultra. Then, I can change the rules and spend the whole time eating while I walk 😂
I did Jeffed when I was recovering from injury during training for my first 10k. I had never ran more than 5.2k and the thought of 10 seemed like a dream. But after doing the method, I got up to 12km and I didn't feel tired at all. It helped me to realise that the distance was not unconquerable, as I always thought. I recommend it to my friends who are new to running but they never listen.
Anna you are the best! whenever I see you running I feel the urge to get up and run. 😃I did my 13k today and now thinking about the same strategy for my marathon in April. 👍
Thanks, Anna for this one, I was having a zoom beer with a former colleague from the USA and we saw and discussed this Race. I woke the next morning to find he had registered for it. I couldn't let him fly over to do it alone. So I signed up for this as my first EVER Marathon.
Definitely an advocate for run/walking and I guage it on the day. So sometimes I might run for 5, 10, 15 or 20 mins and then take a break. All depending on what my body is feeling on the day, but will keep to the same regular pattern throughout that run. Also the longer I run the longer my walk break is but no longer than say 2 minutes. I am definitely a recreational club runner. I.e. there is nothing speedy in what I do. But the run walking helps me be a bit speedier. Knowing I can take that little breather and body re-jig at certain times. Congratulations Anna. 🍾🥂
just ran/walked the nyc marathon (did 8/2 min intervals). i love it because the walk intervals give me a change to do all the maintenance things (like eating) that are hard to do while running. since i have run/walk alerts on my garmin on, i just pick up wherever i am in the interval after a pee break.
I LOVE the run walk method! Thank you for sharing this, Anna. I started it to recover from ITBS and now using the same approach to recover from a hamstring niggle. I have never run a marathon, but this would be a great way to run my first….some day! 😅😂😊
This years Loch Ness was my first marathon, though I didn't run-walk it. Maybe I should have because I certainly didn't look as fresh as you Anna at the end❤
Hi thanks for the video. Big inspiration I'm going to run the Loch ness Marathon, well walk and run. I'm currently running around 5k twice a week so looking to increase, I have done a half, but always wanted to do a full one. Your video and you seem to make it possible. Thank you.... first Marathon at sixty.......................
I started jeffing after recovering from breast cancer. I enjoy it and psychologically it’s amazing. I did Loch Ness too and I remember saying to my husband, I’m sure that’s Anna from running channel. Well done x
Loch Ness was my first (and only - to date at least) marathon 3 years ago and I wish I’d done run/walk. So much of the first half of the course is downhill which sounds great but can take it’s toll on the legs (it did to mine), so as much as walking downhill seems weird, I might have been less broken at the finish if I’d tried this approach (and I probably wouldn’t have been any slower as a result). Oh and yes I remember that hill around mile 19 - so many false tops to it - you see a brow ahead thinking you’ve made it, only for more uphill to reveal itself as you get to the brow - again and again!!!
Thank-you so much for experimenting on this Anna! I just tried it this weekend for my long run. I've never felt better. No soreness and energized the following day.
Thank you so much! Coz this video I decided to run/walk my second marathon! And it really worked out well for me! I finished strong and I can even go up and down the stairs a day after the marathon! I did a 9 minutes run and 1 min walk. Thanks again!
An excellent insight to a different approach to long distances. It must be odd to adjust to but you looked fresh at the finish. It's a beautiful part of the world, well done Anna.
A few points you made which I found to be true for me as well. In training I can run further than with just running. I finish much fresher than just running. I finished a marathon once ahead of people of my level who overtook me at my first walk break and asked was I OK. I might have been running 5 minutes and walking one. It was a lovely feeling knowing that the break was coming. Never had trouble restarting the run bit. I think it's important to remember that this method starts at the beginning and not when one gets tired, too late then. I'm glad I saw this as I am struggling to get back at running, am 67, and I am going to re visit this method tomorrow, happy St Patrick's day from ireland.
I'm doing this as part of an injury recovery as one of my friends suggested Couch to 5K - and it works! I can run 5K but not without getting hurt so run-walk is perfect and a great and effortless way of covering distance! I'm thinking of doing a marathon next year - fingers crossed.
The scenery of this marathon looks stunning. I visited Scotland a few years back and to this day it was one of my favorite trips, but I only got a quick glimpse of Lock Ness - after getting into to marathons during COVID, I might have to add this marathon to my bucket list.
I ❤ this video! I “found” Jeffing accidentally when coming back from an injury, the going on TH-cam and looking at Ultras, slippery slope! I hated the lung busting feeling of a “fast 5k” and wanted to go longer. I now do all of my running, including short training runs, using run/walk. I’ve tried lots of different ratios but now tend to set my timer to 30secs run/30secs walk. That way, if I decide I want to run for 60 or 90 seconds then I can, and it still drops back into the 30/30 when I want it to. I’ll use run/walk on the flats, walk all the hills, and even walk some of the downhills! I’ve found that’s the best way to protect myself, and with the timer being set to 30/30 it’s easy to drop back into a routine. In the last 6 weeks, using run/walk and walk the hills, I’ve done; 30 Miles at a 6 hour event 57 Miles at The Berkeley Marathons 47 Miles yesterday at The Thames Trot Jeffing works! And really reduces injuries. 😊😊
I trained for the Edinburgh full marathon in 2022, I managed to get up to 23 miles in training without stopping. I thought great,then on the day I hit a wall at 18 miles, it was very warm and I just dehydrated and started to get a lot of pain in my back and groin. So I had no choice but to walk run. I was looking for a 5 hour run and I came in at 5 and a half hours. I was happy but a wee bit disappointed. I thought not bad for a 60 year old. I know others older than me can do it faster, but I didn’t get a lot of training in compared probably to a lot of runners. Thanks for the video, I may give it a conscious effort the next time.👍🏻🏃♂️
I’ve always been a run/walker, but I found doing it at scheduled intervals rather than exhausting myself running then walking to recoup was SO much better for my endurance and overall run time. Knowing I had a walk break coming up made me push myself to pick up the pace during my run intervals, so my pace per mile actually got faster! I also find I enjoy the run more as I can slow down and take in my surroundings. Win/win!
I use run/ walking every spring, after taking the gnarly winters off. I tried my last trail marathon that way, but had to pitch it because it had me running every hill and walking every flat! I'd definitely try it again on a flatter marathon or 50k. BUT only after running the first few miles, to soak up the excitement and atmosphere at the start. Great job Anna, congratulations!!
Thank you so much for this video! I have a place for LLHM 2023 but am struggling to find time to train for it, and I was considering giving it up. With the run/walk method, I think I may be able to manage the 13.1 miles after all.
Great work Anna, I hope to one day finish a marathon looking that together 😂 Regarding Jeffing, I did an ultra where I pre planned to run the first 10 miles and then walk/ run for the rest once it’s thinned out a bit. But have never done it from the start. I may adapt a similar strategy for an upcoming marathon. The main benefit I have found is it really mentally breaks it up for me, and anything over a half marathon I am not really going for a time, just a good time! Haha
Hi Anna I've been thinking of running a marathon for years now. Your video has inspired me to do it, using the walk run method, I'm sixty years old fairly fit, but by no means a marathon runner, just about running about 30mins at the moment . Going to do 4min runs 1min walk ! here I go, thank you for the inspiration.
Hi I did London marathon in Oct 2022 and I’m running it again in 2 weeks ish time. My predicted time using run walk method is faster than my run time (4:48). My splits are consistent and my recovery is so much faster. Fueling on the long runs is easier to do when walking too. The walk part is not a stroll though it’s a power walk. It’s like magic. But nervous about having to walk early at London with all the crowds but I know I’ll be grateful to have something in my legs post 20 miles! I think it’s great 👍
Anna, I think worthy of mention is that the run walk run method is great for us aging runners who can no longer maintain a steady running. It allows me to continue my running journey and reduces my chances of injury.
This is the method I use for getting around Parkrun, started it a few weeks ago and it’s been so useful. 😊 got me a PB today and yes I might try a 10k this way and build it up
Been using run / walk since about year 2000. Even my marathon PB and BQ used Galloway’s method (30 sec walk every water stop). Now that I’m much older, I always use it. I just ran a 25k trail run today with hills from hell, so my walks were much much longer
1st Spartan Beast in Texas I finished in 5 1/2 hours. 2nd attempt the next year I finished in 4 1/2 hours doing run/walk. I had a lot left in the tank the second half of the race opposed to the first.
Yes Anna! Great to see run walk being used on longer distances. 👍I've been Jeffing since I sprained my ankle really badly last summer. Have Jeffed 2 10k s and training for my next in November, I always get my walk break on a downhill too! Oh and always run across the finish line too 😁
I finished my first marathon in 4:28, and then adopted a 9 minute:1 Minute run/walk strategy for my second marathon and improved ny nearly 20 minutes. I've definitely found it an effective way of maintaining a good race pace for longer, with less drop off toward the end of the race. As for hills, when they are fairly steep I switch to 60 seconds:30 seconds run walk until I get to the top of the hill.
Have been doing run walk for the last 15 months after achilles problems and, if I can stay injury free, will do the Doncaster half using the Jeff method.
Jeffin’ it is the only way I can continue running! When I come to a hill, I walk up the hill & run down, depending on how my knees are feeling. I just pick up my intervals at the bottom of the hill. I’m currently Run/Walking :30/:45 after an injury. I’m averaging 13:26 minute miles & my goal is :60/:30 and 🤞🙏 I can obtain between 10:00-12:00 minute miles by the end of the year. I’m 55 & started running at 52.
Your comment on not being able to get into a flow really resonates. I did a lot of run/walking in the past. This training cycle I dialed back the pace and focused on running consistantly easy and I am finding a lot of joy in that approach.
Jeff Galloway would say that no one has to go into the method kicking and screaming. Do what works best for you. I think it takes time for people to get comfortable with the constant walk breaks.
Years ago I did a my first 10k race walking and running no strategy as I did not know about it then. The following year I entered the same race and was using it as a training run for a half marathon so my aim was not to walk. I ran the whole thing. There was one minute difference in my times. From then on if I have wanted to walk I have. I did the half a few months later running for 10 minutes walking for 2. Which for me was about a mile. It’s got to be fun.
It is good to remind ourselves that throughout training it’s okay to walk on runs if needed or stop to adjust something. But I don’t think I’d ever use the walk/run method for a race (ultras excluded). It just seems like it interrupts any flow/rhythm I’d be get into. But hey if walk/run works for you, right on 👍
Set myself 4 challenges (10k, half marathon, 24hr100k) this year and this was my last challenge hadn't done a marathon in 7years but I had to run/walk this and was so surprised I got a PB . Did spot you Anna on my flight home but to shy to say hello.
Absolutely would. I was the kid who (even though relatively athletic) could never run. I started the Garmin Run-Walk program a couple of years ago at 30ish, and now can at least do 10kms no problem. Maybe not fast, but not feeling like a heart attack and it's comfortable. Now if only my knee wasn't holding me back...
After several iterations of taking up running and then injuring myself within a year, I started run-walking three years ago. By the second year, I was running up to 5k without walking, and this year, I made it past 10 miles four times while training for my first 10k race. I suppose I'd run-walk if I ran a longer race, at least as I am now. Maybe later, I'll be able to run a marathon or a half.
I'm so happy to see you profiling this method! I'm a jeffer. I try to stick to my ratio but if I need to walk a hill I do. Also if I'm going downhill and feeling good I might run through a walk section. I will ALWAYS run through to the finish:)
I was thinking to myself should I sign up for this marathon,well after watching the video yesterday and chatting with another one of The Running Channel faithful I signed up for it yesterday.Great video
I’ve been running for 3 years nearly I use run walk. I restrict breaks to no more than 30 seconds all of my fastest 5K times have been run/walk. I use run/walk to help my asthma - it’s usually because I can take my inhaler in the break!
I love run/walk and have used it a lot. For hills, because I mostly use 30/30 intervals I just keep going with it, saying “it is only 30 seconds of running uphill”. But I also find when I am with a group that I am trying to stay with, I can let them go a bit on the uphill and then push my interval a little harder and catch them on the downhill.
Great video. Really interesting. I haven't used the run/walk method, but I recently did an 18 mile trail race and decided that I would walk the hills. It was great! I used those hills to refuel (much easier to eat when you're walking) and I finished quicker than I think I would have done if I had run the whole thing. Loch Ness looks like a beautiful marathon. Well done Anna!
I prefer Fartlek running or Fast Slow in english (a less structured Jeffing). Really useful when running BIG hills on trails. Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must, just don't stop!
I ran the first 18.5 miles of my first marathon, but had to run/walk the rest of it in order to finish. I was hard on myself at first but then had to tell myself run/walking is a perfectly acceptable way to finish a marathon.
Definitely going to try this on my next long run! Seems like it'll be a better mental strategy for me than just straight running. I also live in a very hilly area so I might change it up a bit at times to help with those hills
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Have you ever run/walked a marathon? Would you consider giving the run/walk method a try? 🤔
Couch to 5k was where I started running a year ago. I've just finished my first half marathon. I had planned to run/walk in the same way C25K teaches when I first started training, but by the time I got to the race - I only had to stop and walk once throughout the distance. Run/Walk is a great way to either run long term, or bridge the gap between newbie distances and (what feel at the time) like unachievable "non stop" distances. Either way - or for whatever reason, I would 100% recommend Run/Walk - especially for newbies.
I've known a lot of people manage the couch to 5k, a few that have never gotten past the run walk part and gave up. This is what they need to see.
I would but very often the timing is a bit short. In 5 hours I wouldn't be able to walk run a marathon. I did run 2 semi-marathon this year, while only starting to run in 2020.
Run, walk, stop, even sit and rest, everything in a marathon, just to finish!!!
Pretty much my Marathon strategy - definitely the case in Amsterdam last week 3 weeks after recovering from Covid
I literally decided yesterday that this is how I am going to run Lochness this year, I am recovering from injury, watching this has given the the VERY much needed boost that I can do it! Thank you Sarah and The Running Channel - bring on 1st October 2023
I started running with you guys in January 2019!
I have now ran my first marathon, Loch Ness 2022 in 04:41:29!
What an experience 🍻🏃🏼♀️ Tip for anyone planning on running one… don’t get drunk the night before 😂
Hi, would you recommend Loch Ness Marathon for first timer? I heard it's very hilly.
I did the second Loch Ness Marathon, however many years ago that was! The hill at 18/19 miles doesn’t look much but it nearly finished me off. I’ve tried run-walk in ultras and remember being asked 5 mins in why I was walking, and was I all right… but I ended up passing loads of folk who were quite clearly really suffering further on.
WAAAHHH that’s me finishing right behind you 😂 amazing to see it on video! I run walked but wasn’t deliberately jeffing, just wasn’t fit enough due to injury disrupting training, I basically walked the hills 😅
Nothing wrong with walking hills
Signed up for my first ever marathon for Loch Ness 2023 and been binging Running Channel videos recently so glad to see this one pop up!
Good luck. Make sure you do some downhill running in your training. A lot of the opening half is downhill and my legs were in bits by halfway when I did it in 2019 as most of my training had been on the flat (due to injury)
@Matt Swainston Thanks for the advice Matt! 👍
Love Jeffing!!! Have been using it ever since I did my first Garmin coach training and selected Jeff as the coach. As someone who has weak ankles and has suffered from injuries and niggles a lot, this is just awesome. It gets you running further, but without pushing too hard and causing injuries. I can definitely say Jeffing has changed my running for the better!
I actually got to run along with Jeff’s daughter at the WDW HM at the start of this year and she was brilliant to talk to and told me loads about her dad. Helped the first 4 miles disappear!
Ahh, Loch Ness, my first marathon. Such a great race. I remember that hill at 19 miles, it was a beast.
It was my first marathon too. Did it as a family for my 50th. Loved it, gorgeous route (obviously struggled on the hills esp the Monster), really good organisation.
Hadn't a clue about marathons before that but glad it was my first.
@@abqp7158 Definitely a great atmosphere there. I did it with a mate. Sent a few days there a did the whole tourist thing. 🙂
I ran my first marathon 25 mins running then 5 mins walking. Having only had 8 weeks to train, and only started running 2 months earlier, it was essential! I’d never have finished and I raised over £1k for the hospitals that saved my son’s life when he was born.
did it last year anna and its a great one
Good job Anna! I always run/walk in a race, helps this 63 year old to run
I love the run/walk method! I just completed my 5th half this way and got a 12 min PB. Absolutely never going back!
I just did the Loch Ness Marathon 2022 and wish I had tried this method--I considered it but decided I could gut out the grades and hills--finished in regulation but didn't meet my personal goals. However, I have to disclose I had lung surgery for metastatic kidney cancer and am actively on chemotherapy/immunotherapy so I was weaker in preparation for this race! The scenery was incredible!
Very interesting never knew there was an actual method.
Hard part is telling myself it is OK to walk
Running such a mind game!
Well done Anna, looked like a beautiful course.
I ran/walked a 30k trail race in Sweden and ended up running 10 minutes faster than when I previously tried to run the whole thing! My recovery was also nearly unnecessary because I wasn't sore the next day at all! (Completely the opposite from the first time.) I didn't use specific intervals, but rather walked the hills. Loooove this method!
Oh, and I ran a marathon with Jeff once. He absolutely uses his own method. :)
Congrats Anna for finishing another one!! Once you complete the first marathon and it is hard to stop!
I’m a fully paid up jeffer and for all the doubters out there - it’s not just for beginner runners or those coming back from injury. It’s a proven method and strategy and works beautifully at all distances. I ran for 60 seconds and walked for 30 seconds from the start for a marathon and finished in well under 5 hours so I think that tells you just how amazing it is!
Run/walk is how I started running at 38, did my first 15-18 marathons like that until I actually tired a different training program. Still to this day, if I get into trouble/injured/pains during a marathon, I’ll revert back into run/walk just to finish.
I did a run/walk strategy of run 3 miles walk 3 mins at the RunDisney marathon in 2020, it was crazy hot that day even at 5am so just took it nice and easy, worked an absolute treat 👌
It's funny you uploaded this today because this morning I had a long run (training for my 1st marathon) and I've had a cold for 5 days last week. I told myself and I would walk/run this run. So I ran 1 mile, walked 30sec. Finished 16 miles and feel good. I also noticed my time was faster which was weird
Anna's vids are always the best 💪
Thank you 😀
I employed the run walk method training for my first half marathon and it was great for feeling like walking was ok and not dying 4 miles into the run and dreading the rest
It's not a real Anna racing video until Anna sings motivational lyrics! ❤️
Also, I have much respect for Jeffing! The marathon in my city is a Huge proponent of Jeffing!
Any way you slice it, you completed that distance! 🎉
I did a half marathon in summer 2021 on an extremely hilly course. I decided to walk most of the uphills and run all the flats and downhills. I managed to shave by 8 minutes off my best half marathon. I will definitely use that tactic again.
I’m training for a walk/ run marathon now 😊 It’s going to be a book in the future. Probably titled something like, ‘Average dad to marathon’, or ‘Unfit dad gets off his arse’, or even, ‘Why the xxxx am I doing this?’ 🤔😂 I want to link it with a virtual or a virtual medal challenge. You’ll be glad to know I have binge watched The Running Channel for every piece of advice and motivation possible 😊 You are all amazing!! Anna, do you remember in the NY marathon, you said if you had ever inspired anyone, they should let you know so it would make your life? Yeah, you did, you do, and you’ll carry on doing it 🫶🏼💪🏼
I just walked a 10k, so I need to find a warm down video 👋🏼🖖🏻
Love the book title ideas Jason! 😂 So glad you've enjoyed our videos and have taken inspiration from them 😁 How was the 10k??
@Anna Harding It was a great video. Don’t get me started on the Berlin qualifier video. Oh my days! How I held myself together, I do not know. 😂😂 Well, if talking to myself while I am out walking/ trying to run, mumbling, ‘Smile a mile. Smile a xxxxing mile you unfit, old man! Anna can do it. She can do anything. Stupid, nearly 47 year old legs!’, then yeah, I hold it together all the time 😂😂
@@runningchannel It was … erm … more walk than run 😂 It’s the reverse of Jeffing 😂 Seriously, though, great. About an hour and a half, so I need to get the time down if possible. If it turns into a marathon, or should I be positive and say when? … that will mean 7ish hours 🤔😮💨😴
Hang on, genius idea. 🤔💡 If I add an extra bit on the end, it becomes an ultra. Then, I can change the rules and spend the whole time eating while I walk 😂
I did Jeffed when I was recovering from injury during training for my first 10k. I had never ran more than 5.2k and the thought of 10 seemed like a dream. But after doing the method, I got up to 12km and I didn't feel tired at all. It helped me to realise that the distance was not unconquerable, as I always thought. I recommend it to my friends who are new to running but they never listen.
Well done Anna. I loved the loch Ness marathon, even though I tore my hamstring at mile 16, I was only 2 minutes off pb using a longer form of jeffing
Congratulations Ralph! Ouch 😳 is it feeling any better??
@@runningchannel yep. Now planning Rob burrows Leeds marathon training plan
Thank you for doing a video like this. I’m such a slow runner and I have to run/walk right now. It’s nice to see something I can really relate to.
That's a perfect strategy to build your base on. Enjoy!
Anna you are the best! whenever I see you running I feel the urge to get up and run. 😃I did my 13k today and now thinking about the same strategy for my marathon in April. 👍
Thanks, Anna for this one, I was having a zoom beer with a former colleague from the USA and we saw and discussed this Race. I woke the next morning to find he had registered for it. I couldn't let him fly over to do it alone. So I signed up for this as my first EVER Marathon.
Definitely an advocate for run/walking and I guage it on the day. So sometimes I might run for 5, 10, 15 or 20 mins and then take a break. All depending on what my body is feeling on the day, but will keep to the same regular pattern throughout that run. Also the longer I run the longer my walk break is but no longer than say 2 minutes. I am definitely a recreational club runner. I.e. there is nothing speedy in what I do. But the run walking helps me be a bit speedier. Knowing I can take that little breather and body re-jig at certain times. Congratulations Anna. 🍾🥂
I ran it as well and got a picture with Anna before the start .. Made my day.. 😁😁😁
Two weeks ago I ran/walked the return leg of Hafan Pwllheli parkrun. Today I ran the whole thing. The run/walk time was faster!
We have proof! Will you be using the method again Paul?
@@runningchannel Possibly, especially at Pwllheli. My heart rate nearly hit the max today.
just ran/walked the nyc marathon (did 8/2 min intervals). i love it because the walk intervals give me a change to do all the maintenance things (like eating) that are hard to do while running. since i have run/walk alerts on my garmin on, i just pick up wherever i am in the interval after a pee break.
I LOVE the run walk method! Thank you for sharing this, Anna. I started it to recover from ITBS and now using the same approach to recover from a hamstring niggle. I have never run a marathon, but this would be a great way to run my first….some day! 😅😂😊
This years Loch Ness was my first marathon, though I didn't run-walk it. Maybe I should have because I certainly didn't look as fresh as you Anna at the end❤
Hi thanks for the video. Big inspiration I'm going to run the Loch ness Marathon, well walk and run. I'm currently running around 5k twice a week so looking to increase, I have done a half, but always wanted to do a full one. Your video and you seem to make it possible. Thank you.... first Marathon at sixty.......................
I Jeff’d a 5k, 10k, and half. I followed his program exactly for 1.5 years. It definitely helps prevent injuries
oh Anna I love you!!
I started jeffing after recovering from breast cancer. I enjoy it and psychologically it’s amazing. I did Loch Ness too and I remember saying to my husband, I’m sure that’s Anna from running channel. Well done x
Loch Ness was my first (and only - to date at least) marathon 3 years ago and I wish I’d done run/walk. So much of the first half of the course is downhill which sounds great but can take it’s toll on the legs (it did to mine), so as much as walking downhill seems weird, I might have been less broken at the finish if I’d tried this approach (and I probably wouldn’t have been any slower as a result). Oh and yes I remember that hill around mile 19 - so many false tops to it - you see a brow ahead thinking you’ve made it, only for more uphill to reveal itself as you get to the brow - again and again!!!
Thank-you so much for experimenting on this Anna! I just tried it this weekend for my long run. I've never felt better. No soreness and energized the following day.
Thank you so much! Coz this video I decided to run/walk my second marathon! And it really worked out well for me! I finished strong and I can even go up and down the stairs a day after the marathon! I did a 9 minutes run and 1 min walk. Thanks again!
An excellent insight to a different approach to long distances. It must be odd to adjust to but you looked fresh at the finish. It's a beautiful part of the world, well done Anna.
Loved the Loch Ness marathon! Did it in 2012 but will do it again someday
A few points you made which I found to be true for me as well. In training I can run further than with just running. I finish much fresher than just running. I finished a marathon once ahead of people of my level who overtook me at my first walk break and asked was I OK. I might have been running 5 minutes and walking one. It was a lovely feeling knowing that the break was coming. Never had trouble restarting the run bit. I think it's important to remember that this method starts at the beginning and not when one gets tired, too late then. I'm glad I saw this as I am struggling to get back at running, am 67, and I am going to re visit this method tomorrow, happy St Patrick's day from ireland.
I'm doing this as part of an injury recovery as one of my friends suggested Couch to 5K - and it works! I can run 5K but not without getting hurt so run-walk is perfect and a great and effortless way of covering distance! I'm thinking of doing a marathon next year - fingers crossed.
I’ve BQd 4 times doing 9 n 1s ….I think this is a great strategy! It works!
The scenery of this marathon looks stunning. I visited Scotland a few years back and to this day it was one of my favorite trips, but I only got a quick glimpse of Lock Ness - after getting into to marathons during COVID, I might have to add this marathon to my bucket list.
Glad you loved it up here! It’s loch not lock and doesn’t have the harsh sound at the end like lock 😊
It's fantastic. Highly recommend it.
DEAR ANNA....I HAVE JOGGED/WALKED EVERY MARATHON/ULTRA SINCE OCT. 2002.....AND PROBABLY FOR THE REST OF MY EVENTS......
Great! Glad it works so well for you!
Loch Ness Marathon is awesome! I had such a great time there this year! Great job, Anna!!!
I ❤ this video! I “found” Jeffing accidentally when coming back from an injury, the going on TH-cam and looking at Ultras, slippery slope!
I hated the lung busting feeling of a “fast 5k” and wanted to go longer.
I now do all of my running, including short training runs, using run/walk. I’ve tried lots of different ratios but now tend to set my timer to 30secs run/30secs walk. That way, if I decide I want to run for 60 or 90 seconds then I can, and it still drops back into the 30/30 when I want it to.
I’ll use run/walk on the flats, walk all the hills, and even walk some of the downhills! I’ve found that’s the best way to protect myself, and with the timer being set to 30/30 it’s easy to drop back into a routine.
In the last 6 weeks, using run/walk and walk the hills, I’ve done;
30 Miles at a 6 hour event
57 Miles at The Berkeley Marathons
47 Miles yesterday at The Thames Trot
Jeffing works! And really reduces injuries. 😊😊
I trained for the Edinburgh full marathon in 2022, I managed to get up to 23 miles in training without stopping. I thought great,then on the day I hit a wall at 18 miles, it was very warm and I just dehydrated and started to get a lot of pain in my back and groin. So I had no choice but to walk run. I was looking for a 5 hour run and I came in at 5 and a half hours. I was happy but a wee bit disappointed. I thought not bad for a 60 year old. I know others older than me can do it faster, but I didn’t get a lot of training in compared probably to a lot of runners. Thanks for the video, I may give it a conscious effort the next time.👍🏻🏃♂️
Grate work Anna. I ran/walked my first half marathon. 👍
I’ve always been a run/walker, but I found doing it at scheduled intervals rather than exhausting myself running then walking to recoup was SO much better for my endurance and overall run time. Knowing I had a walk break coming up made me push myself to pick up the pace during my run intervals, so my pace per mile actually got faster! I also find I enjoy the run more as I can slow down and take in my surroundings. Win/win!
I use run/ walking every spring, after taking the gnarly winters off. I tried my last trail marathon that way, but had to pitch it because it had me running every hill and walking every flat! I'd definitely try it again on a flatter marathon or 50k. BUT only after running the first few miles, to soak up the excitement and atmosphere at the start. Great job Anna, congratulations!!
Thank you so much for this video! I have a place for LLHM 2023 but am struggling to find time to train for it, and I was considering giving it up. With the run/walk method, I think I may be able to manage the 13.1 miles after all.
I love this! I've run/walked marathons before, and loved it! It's such a nice way to enjoy the distance and do a lot less damage to your body.
Great work Anna, I hope to one day finish a marathon looking that together 😂
Regarding Jeffing, I did an ultra where I pre planned to run the first 10 miles and then walk/ run for the rest once it’s thinned out a bit. But have never done it from the start. I may adapt a similar strategy for an upcoming marathon. The main benefit I have found is it really mentally breaks it up for me, and anything over a half marathon I am not really going for a time, just a good time! Haha
Thanks for that. I’ve just entered this years. Love Scotland 🏴
Hi Anna I've been thinking of running a marathon for years now. Your video has inspired me to do it, using the walk run method, I'm sixty years old fairly fit, but by no means a marathon runner, just about running about 30mins at the moment . Going to do 4min runs 1min walk ! here I go, thank you for the inspiration.
You can do it!
I did it! thank you for the advice and inspiration thank you Anna
Hi I did London marathon in Oct 2022 and I’m running it again in 2 weeks ish time. My predicted time using run walk method is faster than my run time (4:48). My splits are consistent and my recovery is so much faster. Fueling on the long runs is easier to do when walking too. The walk part is not a stroll though it’s a power walk. It’s like magic. But nervous about having to walk early at London with all the crowds but I know I’ll be grateful to have something in my legs post 20 miles! I think it’s great 👍
Yes! Anna is back in the house.
Did the Loch Ness Marathon a few years back- loved it and yes did the run/walk method although not as disciplined as you😂 (hills are for walking up👍)
I would love to hear the pipes during a run! So comforting. Reminds me of the HM The Queen. ❤
Doing it for the first time on October 1st so can't wait.
Anna, I think worthy of mention is that the run walk run method is great for us aging runners who can no longer maintain a steady running. It allows me to continue my running journey and reduces my chances of injury.
I'm a run all the way, but it was great to see the video footage of the marathon. Loved this particular race.
This is the method I use for getting around Parkrun, started it a few weeks ago and it’s been so useful. 😊 got me a PB today and yes I might try a 10k this way and build it up
Been using run / walk since about year 2000. Even my marathon PB and BQ used Galloway’s method (30 sec walk every water stop). Now that I’m much older, I always use it. I just ran a 25k trail run today with hills from hell, so my walks were much much longer
1st Spartan Beast in Texas I finished in 5 1/2 hours. 2nd attempt the next year I finished in 4 1/2 hours doing run/walk. I had a lot left in the tank the second half of the race opposed to the first.
Was cool to meet you on the day Anna! Great race, you should be well proud of that! Awesome to see the Coach Jeff method in action 👏🏼
This is the best method of enjoying our runs🤗
Yes Anna! Great to see run walk being used on longer distances. 👍I've been Jeffing since I sprained my ankle really badly last summer. Have Jeffed 2 10k s and training for my next in November, I always get my walk break on a downhill too! Oh and always run across the finish line too 😁
Thank you for including jeffing on this channel.
I finished my first marathon in 4:28, and then adopted a 9 minute:1 Minute run/walk strategy for my second marathon and improved ny nearly 20 minutes. I've definitely found it an effective way of maintaining a good race pace for longer, with less drop off toward the end of the race. As for hills, when they are fairly steep I switch to 60 seconds:30 seconds run walk until I get to the top of the hill.
Have been doing run walk for the last 15 months after achilles problems and, if I can stay injury free, will do the Doncaster half using the Jeff method.
Jeffin’ it is the only way I can continue running! When I come to a hill, I walk up the hill & run down, depending on how my knees are feeling. I just pick up my intervals at the bottom of the hill. I’m currently Run/Walking :30/:45 after an injury. I’m averaging 13:26 minute miles & my goal is :60/:30 and 🤞🙏 I can obtain between 10:00-12:00 minute miles by the end of the year. I’m 55 & started running at 52.
So weird, I literally came across the Loch Ness marathon & 10k through Google the other day and it looked awesome. Congrats!! 🏃♂🥳
My marathon race hill strategy: 1. Start the hill with a fast walk. 2. Middle of hill, just walk. 3. End of hill crawl.
Your comment on not being able to get into a flow really resonates. I did a lot of run/walking in the past. This training cycle I dialed back the pace and focused on running consistantly easy and I am finding a lot of joy in that approach.
Jeff Galloway would say that no one has to go into the method kicking and screaming. Do what works best for you. I think it takes time for people to get comfortable with the constant walk breaks.
I used the run/walk method when I came back to running. I also use it when I do some of my long runs.
Glad to see you back Anna !
Woooww Anna, loved this video , yes it makes it lots easier mentally and i actually ran faster🎉 way to go. Thank u for sharing
Years ago I did a my first 10k race walking and running no strategy as I did not know about it then. The following year I entered the same race and was using it as a training run for a half marathon so my aim was not to walk. I ran the whole thing. There was one minute difference in my times.
From then on if I have wanted to walk I have. I did the half a few months later running for 10 minutes walking for 2. Which for me was about a mile. It’s got to be fun.
It is good to remind ourselves that throughout training it’s okay to walk on runs if needed or stop to adjust something. But I don’t think I’d ever use the walk/run method for a race (ultras excluded). It just seems like it interrupts any flow/rhythm I’d be get into. But hey if walk/run works for you, right on 👍
Set myself 4 challenges (10k, half marathon, 24hr100k) this year and this was my last challenge hadn't done a marathon in 7years but I had to run/walk this and was so surprised I got a PB . Did spot you Anna on my flight home but to shy to say hello.
Absolutely would. I was the kid who (even though relatively athletic) could never run. I started the Garmin Run-Walk program a couple of years ago at 30ish, and now can at least do 10kms no problem. Maybe not fast, but not feeling like a heart attack and it's comfortable. Now if only my knee wasn't holding me back...
After several iterations of taking up running and then injuring myself within a year, I started run-walking three years ago. By the second year, I was running up to 5k without walking, and this year, I made it past 10 miles four times while training for my first 10k race. I suppose I'd run-walk if I ran a longer race, at least as I am now. Maybe later, I'll be able to run a marathon or a half.
Good job Anna!! Always love seeing you taking up another challenge.
I'm so happy to see you profiling this method! I'm a jeffer. I try to stick to my ratio but if I need to walk a hill I do. Also if I'm going downhill and feeling good I might run through a walk section. I will ALWAYS run through to the finish:)
I was thinking to myself should I sign up for this marathon,well after watching the video yesterday and chatting with another one of The Running Channel faithful I signed up for it yesterday.Great video
Yes i will try this as a newbie planning to do my first marathon next year 😁 2023
I’ve been running for 3 years nearly I use run walk. I restrict breaks to no more than 30 seconds all of my fastest 5K times have been run/walk. I use run/walk to help my asthma - it’s usually because I can take my inhaler in the break!
I love run/walk and have used it a lot. For hills, because I mostly use 30/30 intervals I just keep going with it, saying “it is only 30 seconds of running uphill”. But I also find when I am with a group that I am trying to stay with, I can let them go a bit on the uphill and then push my interval a little harder and catch them on the downhill.
Great video. Really interesting. I haven't used the run/walk method, but I recently did an 18 mile trail race and decided that I would walk the hills. It was great! I used those hills to refuel (much easier to eat when you're walking) and I finished quicker than I think I would have done if I had run the whole thing.
Loch Ness looks like a beautiful marathon. Well done Anna!
I prefer Fartlek running or Fast Slow in english (a less structured Jeffing). Really useful when running BIG hills on trails. Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must, just don't stop!
I ran the first 18.5 miles of my first marathon, but had to run/walk the rest of it in order to finish. I was hard on myself at first but then had to tell myself run/walking is a perfectly acceptable way to finish a marathon.
Definitely going to try this on my next long run! Seems like it'll be a better mental strategy for me than just straight running. I also live in a very hilly area so I might change it up a bit at times to help with those hills