David Dack
Running Coach | 🌄 Trail Runner | 🌍 Endurance Athlete living in Bali. Inspiring athletes to push their limits one step at a time.
- Race distance doesn’t care how motivated you feel. It responds to exposure. Time on feet, repeated weeks, long runs that don’t shock your system. That’s what makes race pace feel manageable instead of hostile. This isn’t about maxing out hours or chasing mileage bragging rights.
- Runners be like: “My knee hurts. My hip hurts. I slept 4 hours. I’m under-fueled.” Also runners: “Perfect. Long run time, therapy is for quitters.” #running
- Running a sub-20 5K is impressive. Running a 50-minute 5K is impressive. Running a sub-40 10K is impressive. Running a 90-minute 10K is impressive. Running a sub-2:30 marathon is impressive. Running a 6:30 marathon is impressive. Being a hater isn’t impressive. #running
- Most runners have the average half marathon time completely wrong in their head. Not because they’re dumb. Because the internet keeps feeding them highlight reels and “normal runner” lies. Here’s the actual reality check:
- The “typical” half marathon finish is a little over 2 hours and 14 minutes. Around a 10:18 per mile pace. And I already know someone’s gonna get defensive about that number. “Yeah but my group runs faster.” “Yeah but that’s only beginners.”
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View full threadNow I’ll ask the question that usually starts an argument: When you think about your half marathon goal… are you chasing a time because it matches your training… or because you’re scared of being seen as “average”? #running
- The amount of work it takes to be a below-average runner is honestly brutal. Agree?
- Running in the city will never be peaceful. And if you keep trying to make it peaceful that’s already the mistake. #running
- City running is chaos. Noise. Traffic. People who do not see you. Motorbikes where sidewalks should be. Dogs. Potholes. Red lights right when you finally find rhythm.
- I run in Denpasar all the time. Bali’s capital. Motorbikes everywhere. Sidewalks are basically a rumor. If I waited for perfect conditions I would never run. Like ever.
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View full threadHere’s what city running teaches if you let it Patience beats perfection Planning beats bravado Adaptability beats excuses So be honest: Are you learning how to run in the real world or are you waiting for conditions that never show up Full post link www.runnersblueprint.com/how-to-run-i...
- Most runners don’t get hurt because they’re unlucky. They get hurt because they train like they’re trying to prove something. Then they call it discipline. I know because I did it too.
- I used to believe every run had to hurt to count. If it didn’t feel hard, I felt fake. Mileage jumps felt like validation. Like I was finally becoming a real runner. It worked. Until it didn’t.
- Most injuries aren’t random. They’re rushed. Ego grows faster than bones and tendons ever will. That’s the part nobody wants to hear.
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View full threadYou don’t become a runner from one heroic week You become one from boring weeks stacked together So be honest with yourself Are you training to improve or just training to feel tough Full breakdown: www.runnersblueprint.com/how-to-preve...
