What's the furthest distance you've run?
I’m 23 years old and have always been an incredible endurance runner. When I was 8 my mom and I did a mock half marathon and did a 13 mile run. By the time I was 12 I could finish a marathon at 26.2 miles. Now my furthest distance is 54 miles as of Jun 2019. I do running during the Summer and Christmas Break mostly when I have time off University.
This is a question for everyone though I would like to hear from some people with experience in long distance running.
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@Coolguy97 I am not a runner. However I’m impressed by you endurance
and stamina. Do you live in a climate where winter doesn’t
interfere with your running? Cool thumbs up!
I dunno maybe half a mile when i was like 14?
About 10 blocks when I was 8 and was chasing the boy I had a crush on. He was cu-u-u-ute!
When I was in high school I would run ten miles at night, practicing for track and cross country. I ran the half mile in track and cross country races were 3 miles. I was never fast.
I took up running again in my forties, but five miles was about my limit. I had to stop, though, because it hurt my knees. I miss it. I have dreams about running fairly often.
Half a mile. I have no stamina when it comes to running. Even when I was young and thin and danced all night I could not run far.
Without stopping? About 1.3 miles, if I recall correctly, followed by a brief rest and then running another 1.3 miles back. I love going around on foot, possibly all day, and I like running to an extent, but I don’t much like jogging, and I like to be able to stop. I could walk around, stopping when I felt like it, all day long, and I have sometimes, particularly when on holiday someplace good for doing that. But I only ever chose to keep running for long periods of time when someone was compelling me for school purposes, or once or twice when I needed to run home and then back to school because of a written assignment or two I needed to do something with at home and then run back (about a mile each way).
I ran a half marathon two years ago, I the Marin Headlands, with about 3500 feet total elevation gains. It may have been the cause of a heart event.
Up until January of 2020 I would run three to five miles four or five times a week. Last February I had a sudden issue with not getting sufficient breath. Turned out I had experienced a heart event that has resulted in heart failure. No more running for me.
I just concentrated on running 26.2 mile marathons as fast as I could (PR = 2:36:10). Completed 59 full marathons from 1981 to 2010. Over those decades I consistently trained hard running 2000 to 3000 miles per year often running weekend races (mostly 10K, 12K and half marathons). I stayed away from 5k (too intense for me). 5K PR = 15:59. 10K PR = 33:08 and half marathon PR = 1:13:20.
I have many good memories of racing and training with my running buddies around the USA and in a few other countries. I miss it. I use to often win age group awards in marathon races. I won 2 marathons over all (Russian River Marathon) and placed 2nd overall 3 times (Monterey Marathon, Russian River, and Clear Lake). Qualifying for Boston was alway too easy for me (ran it 6 times).
Unfortunately over 3 decades of long distance training and racing has caused my heart to go into various arrhythmias (mostly a-fib). Recent research studies have shown a link of a-fib and long distance running in men over decades of long distance running.
Good health and good running to you!
Two or three miles when I was a student. Never again!
About 2.5 miles. Max. I hope to start again, and maybe eventually improve to 4 miles.
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