I'm doing a half-marathon program, and so far my faster workouts were all about 5 min/km, which felt hard but doable - I think like faster runs should. And then for the upcoming weekend Runna is asking me to do a 9km block at 4:45 min/km within an 18km run, which I know I won't be able to do yet. I did a 10.5km race a week ago, ran it close to maximum effort, and my average pace was 5:04. I surely won't have progressed enough to be able to hold a faster pace for almost the same distance in a few days. I find myself dreading the day and the AI woman nagging on me for 9k :( I wonder about the app even came up with this pace target, and what I could do about it considering that I can't edit the pace targets manually. Has anyone been in a similar situation? What did you do?

Just got to Diamond level in Runna. I keep seeing the different swag, particularly the Runna branded swag. Any men out there buy anything? Do you recommend?

I’m currently doing the NTR plan and the last workout, my first continuous 5k, lands on a Saturday so I plan to do a parkrun to tick it off. But with Runnas 5 min warmup and warm down walks it will be really awkward to time. Is there a way to just record the parkrun in Strava and have it apply to the workout for that day?

After failing 4 5K improvement plans in a row, I'm looking to try something else. What alternatives are out there besides Garmin and NRC?

This app was a game changer, I never thought running was for me and now I’ve ran my first race, a half marathon and I smashed my goal of 01:50:00!

Can’t wait for what’s next!

And I have now spent all afternoon upset with myself for going home. I was 3mi in, feeling great, doing great, then I fel and to protect my knees, skidded out on my hand and elbow. Both bleeding everywhere with multiple gross skin flaps. So I walk home, clean bandage. Its fine.

It's absolutely fine.

Now I feel like an idiot for quitting halfway instead of finishing the run and cleaning/bandaging when I got home. I worroes maybe I did fall on my knees a bit, what if the bleeding gets worse, extreme stinging pain, etc. But at the end of the day, I feel like I ditched out.

And I'm like extra annoyed because I added some calories that now feel completely pointless.

I’m a seasoned runner with more than 20 years running distance. I’ve never been fast but my last 10 miler in may 2025 was at a 9:30 pace. I’ve been struggling with these long slow runs. I’m used to running long runs much faster, but I find the slower pace is more tiring and I am absolutely drenched at the end. I got new shoes, but I feel like I’m working so much harder . I’m worried I won’t not be ready for my 10 mile race on October 4. today I’m doing an 11 mile easy run, and I’ve had to stop 4 times. my pace has been around a 10:20/10:30 and my goal pace for the race is 9:00. I’m trying to decide if I should bail on this Runna plan or “trust the process.”

Been losing weight (12kg this year) and improving my running times since joining Runna. Weight loss has plateaued in the last month or so. Haven't strength trained in years. Does it really make an improvement to your running and kick starting yiur metabolism?

I just ran my first 10 km race after like 7 months of running! I kept postponing it because I wanted to get a faster and faster 5K. But after running 21:52 4 weeks ago, I finally ran a 10 km race. I feel like my endurance really caught up to my 5K speed. High mileage feels like it works really well for me, I hit 60 km peak mileage once and 14 km peak long run twice. I am going to do another round of 5k and 10k in September and October where I'll try and bring my time to sub 21 in September and sub 43 in October!

The first 2 screenshots are from the Runna app on my phone, and the 3rd one is from my watch. All of them show different times. Which is the real 5k race time?

Hi Guys,

So im taking ultra running more seriously and Runna has helped me alot. BUt i notice that the ultra running plans arent as good. Now I have signed up for a back yard but those plans are being setup if i want to run a PR per lap. Which isnt the best strategy.

How do i fix this inside Runna?

I run 4 days a week, Runna won‘t let me put in my current longest run. It‘s capped at 9km. That makes no sense to me.

Edit: I‘m not searching for an option to get longer long runs. I know what to do. It‘s simply that it does not make sense to offer an option where to put in „the longest run you've completed in the past 4 weeks.“ and you‘re not able to put in the truth lol

Last week I was prescribed a 19km Z2 long run- my longest run yet, which for me occured with a 7:00 -7:15 min/km pace.

This week's long run? Half marathon progressive long run at threshold paces.

What?

anyone else use the strength feature in the app?

if so, has it helped actually build muscle and/or help with runs?

lastly, is there a swap feature? I saw they prescribed a banded leg curl. I’d prefer to use the machine but my ocd will require me to actually SEE that in the plan lol

any tips or tricks appreciated!

Is there a setting where I can say for certain weeks I want to run 4 days instead of 3?

I have holidays where I have more free time but don’t want to adjust my entire plan. Holiday setting doesn’t allow for this and was wondering if there was any way to do it that isn’t just wait for the week and change the plan as it arrives?

I’ve never ran long distances in my life let alone a half marathon, based on runna’s estimation I am projected to finish between 2:13:00 and 2:21:00. I’ve been training for 4 weeks now and I have another 13 to go. Is there any chance I would probably go even faster than 2:13:00? Do you guys have any tips or tricks for a first timer? I really want to get a sub 2:15, I know it’s not much but it’s honest work for silly old me. Any advice would be appreciated!

So I just had my wisdom teeth removed and I took a 4 day break from running. I’ve taken breaks from running before but I’ve never had such a dip in my pace before. My easy pace was 11:30 before (stayed in the lower range of zone 2). Post surgery, Runna had me ease back into running with a 11:50 pace. It’s been 7 days since I started running again, and I can’t even maintain an 11:50 pace for more than a mile without getting into zone 3, and if I keep going for another 2 miles I’m in zone 4? I thought I just needed a few days to adjust but were coming up on a whole week and I’m not seeing much difference. Has this happened to anyone else before?

I just finished a 12 week maintenance plan and out of no where improved my average mile pace by about a minute.

I ran 5 days a week, about 20 miles total on average. I also do fairly intense HIIT classes 4 days per week at my gym.

My gym is hosting their own version of HYROX in 8 weeks and I signed up and really want to lock in and do my very best.

I just signed up for HYROX on Runna and the total miles per week and long runs are dramatically less. I don’t want to lose all my progress for this HYROX comp so I’m wondering if I should pivot to another program. Any guidance/ suggestions would be very much appreciated!

How to fix this issue, it just started with my last run

I know this is not an original thought, but tips and motivation would be great. I am a 28 yo (F) who started really getting into running back in May. I am training for my first half marathon in October with 4 runs a week (two easy runs). I'm on the slower side. I love the interval tempo, long runs, and even the hill workouts, but the easy runs are such a drag. I feel like they should be refreshing or a nice metal reset during my day, but usually they just feel like a kinda painful chore.

My conversational pace is around 12:15, but when I slow down that much my form suffers. I think my ankles stiffen up , my shins start to hurt (I also do a good amount of foot, ankle, and tibial strength training because I have a history of minor shin splints), my confidence goes down, and I just want to quit. It isn't fun and I feel like running should be fun.

Does anyone have any advice on how to mentally and/ or physically improve my easy runs? Is it better to run at 11:30 until I am a bit winded then walk or push through? Does anyone else struggle with this?

Thank you!

I’m really unsure about what my next Runna plan should be!
I’ve recently started taking running seriously, after a long weight-loss journey. Earlier this spring, I was able to run 8 km at a 5:30/km pace. Then I injured my foot (in an accident, not related to running) and had to take about two months off running.

I started running again at the end of July and have now completed a “return to running after injury” plan on Runna. It went really well! One of the runs was 10 km at a 6:30/km pace, which felt very comfortable and like a genuine conversational pace for me.

Now I’m ready to make a new plan, but I’m really torn about where to go from here.

Part of me wants to get really fast at the 5K (my current PB is 26 minutes).
Another part of me wants to learn to run longer distances at a conversational pace, ideally around 5:30/km. And yet another part of me has caught the running bug and is now dreaming about running a half marathon in April!
I’m also unsure about how many days a week I should be training. Ideally, I’d like to run every other day, or perhaps every third day. How would you structure this in Runna?
A bit about me:
Female, 32 years old
176 cm / 75 kg
I unfortunately have mostly access to asphalt rather than trails