Over 10 minutes since forever?
Yer not slow, you are retarded.../S
I ran 5:54 in high school
She may be on to something. I have been running since high school, more so during my time in the Corps, but have never been a good runner. Both knees have had surgery and I have only run a sub 6-minute mile once. Others I have known smoke just before and right after running and are sub 5-minute milers.
Maybe I should take up smoking...
Take comfort in the fact that slow runners are faster than 99 percent of the adult population; the fact that you are doing it is the important thing, time matters only to you. I ran marathons for years and was usually sub-4 hours, whatever significance that has. I remember one loudmouth after at a race talking about 4 hour+ runners that he called “recreational runners” (about 85 percent of marathoners) and that he ran 3:40 as a “competitive runner”. I responded that while this is a great time, that marathons are won more in the low 2 hour range so that when the winner comes in, a 3:40 runner like him is about at Mile 16 or 10 miles in back of the finish line and would need the world’s best binoculars to see the truly competitive runners. That shut him up.
Back in my running days, I would do road races frequently, usually 10K, sometimes 5K. I was not known for ever leading the pack. About 20 years ago, did one in Lincoln, NE, and I was so slow, they were moving the barricades back out of the closed streets. Someone asked my boss (runner at that time, as well), if they should go looking for me, and he said, “...no, she’ll finish.. just wait.” And I did. Seems that event was attended mainly by much more serious runners.
“Slow runner” strikes me the same as jumbo shrimp, icy hot, natural additives, and modern history.
I am more than happy with my 12 min mile. As my kids remind me I am lapping all those who are still sitting on the couch. At over 55 I’ll take that
Hey, I have always made up for my lack of size and strength by my lack of speed and quickness. You are what God gave you. Training may enhance, but your genes act as a governer.
I’m a jogger, not a runner. I jog. Have for 45 years. I can push for speed, but then my knees start to hurt. I jog at around 8 minutes a mile. 9 minutes when it is hot (90+). But I’m still going 45 years later.
I go on the maxim that you, unless you are in competition, are only racing against yourself! Improvement of your own personal bests indicates improvement. Worrying about someone overtaking you, should only be, at worst, an incentive to try harder if you have the ability. If you know you are at max, let it go!
I’m a bicyclist, a SENIOR bicyclist. I get passed at speed by the younger lycra-clad of both (wry grin) sexes and I cheer their ability without any loss of worth. I still get in good exercise and it is a joy when my physicians smile at my results. Leaving now for a 20+ mile ride before work!
At over 10 minutes, it sounds more like you don’t know how to actually make a running motion. Technique, more than effort if you are reasonable size and have been working at it.
But I was not fast. 8:00 to 8:30 minute miles tops. Suited me just fine.
My goal in any race was always the same. Knowing that I was not fast enough to win them, my goal was not to be last.
To finish anywhere in the pack between 2nd place and next to last, didn't put too high of expectations on my efforts. No pressure to run so hard I ran out of gas or injured myself.
I remember more than a few races where the leaders dropped out because they went out too fast and couldn't sustain it.
I, on the other hand, plodded along at my own pace and always finished and never was last.
I don't run anymore at 71. Had both my knees replaced at age 62 and then a quadruple bypass and valve repair open heart surgery at age 63.
Now I am fit again and walk for 45 minutes everyday to stay active. Being the fastest or the slowest is no matter to me as long as I go out and do it.
My son was a hurdler who was forced to do an 800M to get a PR. Afterwards, he said “I just wanted to be ahead of the pity clap”.
Running at any speed (with very few exceptions) can be part of a healthy lifestyle. Good for your body, good for your mind.
If your goal is to win, 12 minutes isn’t gonna do it.
If your goal is to finish, 12 minutes is just fine.
Bill Rodgers, world-class marathoner from days gone by, once spoke of his admiration for the four hour plus marathon finishers, saying he couldn’t imagine running for four or five hours. I searched for the quote but did not find it, so that’s from elderly memory.
A lot of running is mental. In my mind, I’m still the sub-30 minute five miler and sub-3 hour marathoner I was at 40, but 35 years later the body disagrees.
One can improve their speed but as a general rule if you are not born with the right stuff...you cant get it!!!!
10+ minutes per mile is a walk, not running or jogging.
This endless pity parties by attention seeking people is beyond tiresome at this point.
You are slow. No one cares. Stop being envious of those who are fast.
You are not a runner. You are a jogger. Jogging a sport where you attempt to run but are slower than walking. Yes Ido give you credit as an exerciser. Keep up the good work.