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[quote=Anonymous]You know OP if you want to like, run 5k and not feel like incompetent, you could try a different cardio thing that is less hard on your body.

I also had that goal like 'i need to be able to run a 5k without stopping to walk and I felt like a total loser not being able to pull it off. I ran like 14 minute miles, blah blah. Anyway I got sick at sucking at running and got a peloton and got in like, crazy good cardiovascular shape (and relevantly lose a significant amount of weight) and then did a bunch of weight training. And then I went on vacation after like, a year of all this, and went for a jog because no peloton and like. NIGHT AND DAY. I flew. Now I jog occasionally and I can run for an hour without stopping to walk! Like literally me from three years ago would have found that LAUGHABLE. And I do not run much, but I bike A LOT. And that translates although I'm sure I'd be a stronger runner if I was putting all my effort into that. But honestly I have bad feet (flat, prone to plantar faciitis/other stuff) and so running I was always in pain in some way. Even now I can really feel it in my feet if I've been running too much.

So this is a way where I now know I can 'run a 5k without embarrassing myself' but I don't have the injuries that came with running. And I get all that endorphin, working out my issues etc. I do my long rides on Saturday night watching netflix. Just a different path to the same goal![/quote]

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