The Running Thread --2025

[jmasgat]

Long run used to mean 10ish miles, but I run slower now so these days I call it anything past the 75-90 minute mark.

 

[Naomeri]

ATTQOTD: whatever the longest run of the week is is the "long run"

 

[mmm_texas]

ATTQOTD: whatever the longest run of the week is is the "long run"

ATTQOTD: I agree! But usually for me my "long run" is anything longer than 5K. Right now, early in my own version of Dopey training, that's in the 6-8 mile range.

 

[avondale]

ATTQOTD: I think I've read in various training guidance that a "long run" is something over an hour.

When I'm cheering my connections on Garmin, I don't say it's a "long run" unless it's at least 7 miles. This is sort of to make sure it's over about an hour and so I'm not calling everyone's daily 10k a "long run". If it's something you're doing frequently (like some people do for 10ks), then I don't think it can be considered a "long run".

For me, it's usually my longest run of the week, but even so, I wouldn't call it a "long run" unless it was at least 70 minutes. Since I trail run, I do everything by time, because the distances can be quite different depending on terrain.

 

[FFigawi]

ATTQOTD: Anything 15km or longer is a long run for me because that’s when I have to focus on fueling and hydration planning.

 

[Dopey 2020]

ATTQOTD Depends on your level of experience and where you are if you are following a plan, could just be a few miles for someone starting out or coming off an injury. For me personally it’s 10 miles, that’s my minimum every Monday and goes up from there when a HM or longer is on the calendar.

 

[dobball23]

ATTQOTD: I feel like my standard run is at least 60 minutes, so I would consider a long run to be at least 90 minutes. My longest run I usually do as part of training is about 150 minutes.

 

[marty3d]

ATTQOTD: whatever the longest run of the week is is the "long run"

ATTQOTD: This

 

[Herding_Cats]

ATTDOTD:
THE long run is the longest scheduled run
A long run is at least 90min (for me) although I feel like my current training plan has me feeling more like 2 hours.

 

[PrincessV]

ATTQOTD: the run with the longest distance/time in my scheduled cycle, which for now is a weekly cycle, so the longest run of any given week.

 

[DianaMB333]

ATTDOTD: whatever I have scheduled on Sundays

 

[PrincessV]

Following up on my earlier questions about trail shoes…

I went ahead and bought the Altra Exerience Wild at a nice discount and tried them this morning… OH WOW!!! They were incredible on the wet, mucky dirt & gravel trails. They were equally great on pavement coated in wet leaves, pine needles, sand, mud, and general FL summer muck. Really nice on rocky gravel. They were surprisingly also great on chunky asphalt and even smooth cement - super springy! It was amazing to realize how much extra effort I’ve used for years trying to either avoid patches of low grip surface or tip-toeing and sliding through it. I’m so glad I gave these a try!