Top 10 WORST Pieces Of Running Advice 

The Running channel. My friend (who has a 12 minute mile, hates running and knows nothing about it) told me to “carb load” before a 5k (that’s right, a mere 3.1 miles) because I would need the extra nutrient and would need to double my carb intake the day before. Um, no thanks. My 5k is nothing compared to the 11-12 mile training runs but you never tell me to carb load then cause it’s not a race. Lol 😂

@@jasperinooo Woah hey less of the 12 min mile snark lol

Silly Willow I didn’t mean any offense. I used to have an 11 minute mile (and when I started running, got better.) my point was that she didn’t like running and had no knowledge of it. Sorry didn’t mean to be offensive.

@@jasperinooo That's fine :) I've been running for four years, and I'm still not much faster than 11min mile - and 12 min miles is pretty much my chatting pace and Im comfortable seeing it on my strava! I have disability and chronic illness which makes running (or rather being fast!) a little tricky for me in various ways that other people dont have to deal with, but I keep at it and Im happy to be able to run at all! I've trained hard for my 11/12 min miles at this point lol Just wanting to point out that a 12 min mile isnt a point of badness, nor should be used to mean someone is inexperienced or has no passion or dedication. Some people are just playing with a different hand of cards! We're all runners :) Even if our bodies are a bit on the wonky, slightly broken side.

Silly willow! Oh yeah definitely! I shreee with everything you said, and wow! Good job for sticking with it. I totally didn’t mean that a 12 minute mile meant you were bad, I was just naming her characteristics when she runs. (If that makes sense) Have a good day :)

Love that.

That was my favorite. I don't train for races or anything. I just enjoy getting a run in. During some of the most stressful time of my life I would take a break from my school stuff and run. I easily got to a 5 k distance going that and will probably never get much further. Now I usually do 2 miles regularly. There is something about a run that I don't get from any of my other exercise routines.

@@joyfuljaj squats is the only exercise I would say comes close to running which is a great stress relief. Nothing better than smashing out some heavy squats to really give you that release. Running does the same when you have a bad day, run faster or further or just get out to clear your heed.

@Rachel Forshee you can even run barefoot!

That’s not right tho is it

😂

Obviously not streamlined enough 😉😂

Would be so awesome to be able to run naked legally lol

only if you shave off all your body hair

@@11bfollowme19 There's at least one nudist resort that holds a naked 5K. Always wanted to run that. It's in the north Georgia woods, and on their own private property, so I imagine it's mainly a trail run. Hopefully, with all the poison ivy, brambles, and thorns cleared off the trail.....

🙌 we love the buggy runners! Major kudos to them

This is all very true! (Anna)

You are 100% correct

Correct! ✅ haha! (Anna)

This. Is. Brilliant 👏 watch this space!! 👀

I'm really going to enjoy those solo 20 mile training runs in March, preparing for a marathon.

After injuring my hip I spent 15 years telling myself I couldn't run. Then along comes C-19 and I decided to try a mile a day in my free time, that was 3 months ago. Last night I ran 13.5 miles and felt like I was running on air. So I spent 15 years telling myself the worst lie of all.

They've made ittttt!!!!

@@NorthEastTrailRunner I bet it was cancelled.

Dan Bradford oh Lordy, can you imagine the pace of his interval runs?

@@abizern665 "Just out for an easy run at conversational pace today lads" (Runs at sub-5 minute mile pace the way)

@@WatcherofVideosSometimes nah the easy pace of someone who can run a 28 minute 10k would probably just be around 6:30 min/mile

@@leocossham uhh. A 28min 10k is just under 5min a mile my friend.

@@RonRonsADork did you read my message? Did you see where I specified "easy pace"?

same thing happened to me😂

I always chuckle at that one, especially when you watch the finish line of many races. Pretty much the only thing that most people have in common visually is that they're all running 😂

Yes, it is daft!

Learn how to tape feet for support when the pain doesn't go way in a day w/ pain relieving cream - might save a doctor visit for anti inflammatory meds w/ warm & cold packs plus sidelined for weeks....

That depends on the injury because some are unpredictable. In one 5k I was limping badly before the race, when I crossed the finish the limp was gone completely, no more pain. Another time I ran on a slightly pulled hamstring, it got better all of a sudden. Still I play close attention and will take days/months off if a problem appears like my knee injury and hamstrings, both required two months off.

Michael Mceniff I ran a stupid half marathon with a stress fracture in my knee and couldn’t even walk for two days. That led to 3 months of no running. Not worth it at all.

In the last marathon I participated in, during 2018, I ended up not finishing because my legs hurt so much that it hurt to walk.. I was at around mile 23.

That’s totally not cool.

Yeap

My dad is in his 60s, has run 20+ miles a week for at least 30 years, still going strong, my mum on the other hand has never run and needed knee replacement in her 50s 😂💀

@@brianshilloby1411 Could be putting the cart before the horse. I have some minor knee issues from running in the Army because the Army was dumb with PT. They never taught us how to properly run. I ran horribly as a high impact heel striker, then I'd have to stand 6-7 hours a day in a shop with cement floors in boots and get yelled at if I sat down. Hell, my E6 got a knee surgery at 38. The army is just dumb about physical health. Its mostly 22-24 year olds telling 18-22 year olds how to exercise based off what they learned from their leadership when they were that age.

@@Jaigarful - I am sure that being required to travel with over 100 lbs on your back could be a factor in knee and back problems,

My father in law always smugly asks me how my knees are knowing that I run. He’s 70, massively overweight and has bad knees himself from playing rugby in his youth. My knees are fine. If running was bad for your knees then EVERY runner would have bad knees when they’re older. And they don’t

The salt thing is a good point, I sweat buckets and took me 8 half marathons before I realised I need to take on some electrolytes and not just plain water, or just eat a salty snack 40 mins before race

You're likely to be doing it wrong (or suboptimal). Proper electrolyte and hydration management is all about adequate nutrition (rather than taking something right before a long run/race) and exercise-heat acclimation: • Chinevere TD _et al._ *"Effect of heat acclimation on sweat minerals."* _Med Sci Sports Exerc (2008 May) vol. 40 (5) pp. 886-91_ DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181641c04 apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a480325.pdf researchgate.net/publication/5443315 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18408609 • Nielsen B _et al._ *"Human circulatory and thermoregulatory adaptations with heat acclimation and exercise in a hot, dry environment."* _J Physiol (Lond) (1993 Jan) vol. 460 pp. 467-85_ DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1993.sp019482 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/jphysiol.1993.sp019482/abstract ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1175224 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8487204 • Takamata A _et al._ *"Relationship of osmotic inhibition in thermoregulatory responses and sweat sodium concentration in humans."* _Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol (2001 Mar) vol. 280 (3) pp. R623-9_ DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2001.280.3.R623 ajpregu.physiology.org/content/280/3/R623.long ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11171638 • Shibasaki M and Crandall CG. *"Mechanisms and controllers of eccrine sweating in humans."* _Front Biosci (Schol Ed) (2010 Jan 1) vol. 2 pp. 685-96_ DOI: 10.2741/s94 researchgate.net/publication/40785731 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866164 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20036977 • Armstrong LE _et al._ *"Responses to moderate and low sodium diets during exercise-heat acclimation."* _Int J Sport Nutr (1993 Jun) vol. 3 (2) pp. 207-21_ DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181641c04 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8508197 • Magalhães FC _et al._ *"Thermoregulatory efficiency is increased after heat acclimation in tropical natives."* _J Physiol Anthropol (2010) vol. 29 (1) pp. 1-12_ DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.29.1 www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpa2/29/1/29_1_1/_article ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20453428 • Leon LR, Bouchama A. *"Heat stroke."* _Compr Physiol (2015 Apr) vol. 5 (2) pp. 611-47_ DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c140017 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25880507 • Frassetto L _et al._ *"Diet, evolution and aging--the pathophysiologic effects of the post-agricultural inversion of the potassium-to-sodium and base-to-chloride ratios in the human diet."* _Eur J Nutr (2001 Oct) vol. 40 (5) pp. 200-13_ DOI: 10.1007/s394-001-8347-4 link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s394-001-8347-4 researchgate.net/publication/11518063 ionizers.org/pdf/3-scientific-articles/Diet_Evolution_and_Aging.pdf ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11842945 _"Exercise-associated hyponatraemia (EAH) seen after endurance exercise (e.g. triathlon events and marathons) is caused by a combination of excessive hypotonic fluid intake and continued ADH secretion (73). Non-osmotic mechanisms of ADH secretion in endurance athletes include hypovolaemia because of sweat losses, intense exercise pain and emotion (74)."_ -Reddy P, Mooradian AD. *"Diagnosis and management of hyponatraemia in hospitalised patients."* _Int J Clin Pract (2009 Oct) vol. 63 (10) pp. 1494-508_ DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2009.02103.x onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1742-1241.2009.02103.x ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19769706

You can alternatively race virtually or try to improve the best times of other runners' over a certain segment or route. It's more flexible (not subject to any schedule) and it's free. That's one of the major appeals of the Strava app. Granted, some users are careless and may upload biking activities as running activities, activities with bad GPS data, or upload a route partially recorded while traveling in a vehicle, usually because they didn't stop recording their route with their geolocation device once they ended their running activity. The good think is that you can flag any shady activity (usually blatantly wrong) for review and that will provisionally remove the user's times recorded during that activity from the leaderboards of all the publicly-shared segments.

😂

Haha! 1) Thanks 2) Thanks! 😂 (Anna)

Thanks 😊

Helen that’s why I keep coming back, it makes my weekend complete ☺️

Wow! Yes, that’s pretty bad.

Haha. Yes, maybe!

Please

I'd buy tht t-shirt

Oh, go on then: therunningchannel.com/collection/you-are-not-a-camel/

Oh my gosh oh my gosh

Deidre - Welcome to the Confraternity of the Pounded Pavement. I started at 40, 11 years ago, and I've worked up to two marathons, 10 or so half marathons, and a whole buncha 10 and 5ks. It's never to late to start. And if you're new, that means you have a whole bunch of PRs ahead of you. Congratulations and have a great run!

madr309 awesome! I’m looking forward to getting a few 5 and 10k’s out of the way then on to marathons.

Ha

Hear hear! Couldn’t have said it better myself! (Anna)

Glad you agree! We are big advocates for running because you enjoy it and only doing it for yourself! ♥️

I have a ruptured ACL in one knee and a torn ACL in the other and I find running helps 🤔 go figure. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

Thanks! 😂

Im a new runner and haven't got good at pacing yet so i always go out as fast as possible and got my 5k pr by nearly sprinting at the start(19:33 is my pr)

Yep! We’ve down a whole video on it too :)

🤷🏻‍♀️ interesting ‘advice’ - good job you didn’t listen (Anna)

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for the suggestion Kevin! (Anna)

I did C25K about 7 months ago. Just ran my first half marathon on Saturday. Keep at it- it's a great programme:)

This makes us to happy! Our pleasure!

Every 400m runner when it gets to indoor season 🤢

Tell that to the guys that run their best PRs in the 5K that you should not go out fast. Here are mile splits for a good high school runner. 5:05 1st mile- 5:11 2nd and hold on to a 5:15. You have to go out fast!

seaturtledog yes, I run mile splits for my 5km as follows 5:08, 5:32, 5:20 for a sophomore high schooler. As a 800m runner though almost nobody runs the second half faster than the first half. normally you go for a second lap 2 seconds slower than your first lap.

seaturtledog and I’m a 800m guy the 5km is far from my best race. I always struggle with the second mile but come back hard for that 3rd mile and the last 170m takes care of itself.

@@ianbusche1471 That is great! That second mile is tough near the end of it. They key is to be in a pack that forces you to hang with them. Running solo is very hard to hold a fast pace. For the 800m the 3rd 200 is key. You have to feel like you are increasing the pace but usually your are lucky to hold the pace. One of my best 800 wins was a tactical race where no one took it out. Splits where 60 and 54. That kind of split was to my advantage as a 1500m runner going against speed 800 guys.

Always worth remembering.

No, you say humor instead of humour not versus humour.

Oh no. Blisters?

I've seen statistics somewhere showing that even in a parkrun you'll get a slightly faster time by doing positive splits.

Glad we could help!

Thanks Dave! 🙌

Thanks Rob!

Thanks so much Keith!

Yes!! Have you sent your co worker the video we made about ‘Is Running Bad For Your Knees?’ 50 miles seems sensible - definitely nothing new on race day! (Anna)

The Running Channel I did! That was finally the video that made him go “ok ok I get it and agree” :D

I’ve had 3 knee surgeries, was always told this and REFUSED to run for years. Once I started running, my knee has never felt better.

Thanks David!

Good advice! (Anna)

Ha. Thanks Sherry 🙏

Haha! Good one! (Anna)

My knees are fucked because I did run a lot. So swings and roundabouts a

Glad you enjoyed!

We love you too

Haha! That’s not very friendly! 🤣 (Anna)

Alex Chapman can you elaborate that heart rate stuff?

Crikey, that would take me about ten years the way I'm progressing! 3 years ago (when I started): 10 min/mile at 165 beats. Now: 10 min/mile at 160 beats (on a good day).

😂😂😂

Rest days are important too!

Anna!

VERY bad advice!!

I am experiencing knee pain but it is caused by over compensating for a weak ankle. You may want to look at what else could be the problem like hips

Don Shields I saw a sports medicine doctor who told me I had IT band pain due to weak butt muscles. I’ve done the exercises for 2 months now and the IT band pain in my left knee is gone. However, now I’ve got pain in my right knee that’s nothing like the pain that sometimes reoccurs with the left one. It feels like it’s in the middle of my knee behind my patella, almost inside it. I’m going to make another appt with him to see what he says. It sucks being sidelined when my cardiovascular health isn’t holding me back anymore. Gah. 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

@@Whit23ney It is wise to see the doctor again. Sometimes something is happening somewhere else causing the pain. Kind of like when you have shin splints. The pain is in the front but those muscles are being pulled by stronger muscles from the back.

Glad you like them!

Check out our video all about knees! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jUG3mAdrIUU.html

Sivalingam Sankar They can’t run far if they are obese lmao 😂 usually they start with walking first for 20 minutes every day and then eventually turn it into a light jog

I've been a fat runner for years. I run 5k every day and I've never had any injuries. But it would depend on how much extra weight a person is packing and their fitness level when they take up running.

That's good to hear Al, glad you found the video helpful too.