r/AdvancedRunning

56K archived posts · Oct 2011 – Sep 2026

Advanced Running: It's a mindset

r/AdvancedRunning

Discussion about advanced training, racing, tactics, elite running, support, advice, and more. "Advanced" Running is NOT based on your level or race times. It's for individuals with the mindset of improving their running performance, whether they are competitive athletes, experienced runners, or enthusiasts looking to take their running to the next level. This is an actively moderated community, please review the rules/FAQ/wiki, and use the stickied Q&As for short questions/requests.

Created Oct 31, 2011

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Advanced Running: It's a mindset

Discussion about advanced training, racing, tactics, elite running, support, advice, and more.

"Advanced" Running is NOT based on your level or race times. It's for individuals with the mindset of improving their running performance, whether they are competitive athletes, experienced runners, or enthusiasts looking to take their running to the next level.

This is an actively moderated community, please review the rules/FAQ/wiki, and use the stickied Q&As for short questions/requests.

The deciding factor is the type of training you are attempting to use to improve yourself. If the answer to the post is "run more miles" or "try speed work", then that question should be in r/running. We ask users have a basic knowledge of workouts, periodization, training methods, etc. before making a post.

RULES OF THE SUBREDDIT

1 - Follow proper Reddiquette.

2 - Keep simple posts to appropriate forums.

3 - Do not post asking for medical diagnoses or advice on serious medical conditions.

4 - Training Posts must contain enough background info for the community to help.

5 - Race Reports should follow a loose format.

6 - No results spoilers in post titles within 48 hours.

7 - Do not offer coaching services or other advertisements/self-promotion

8 - Links to media sites (articles, blogs, Youtube, Instagram, etc.) must be text posts with a short snippet of information in the body of the post.

9 - No Memes as posts. Comments are fine.

10 - When submitting a thread, please flair it.

11 - Keep simple questions to the Q&A/General Discussion thread.

12 - Threads need to be suitable for r/AdvancedRunning.

LINK TO WIKI | LINK TO FAQ

HAVE A RACE COMING UP? ADD IT TO THE RACE SPREADSHEET

Training Questions: Submitting a training question? Great! In order for the AR community to better assist you please include:

Age
Sex
Current MPW + pace
Previous peak MPW
Workouts you traditionally or recently have completed
Goals (including specific races)
Previous PRs
Other things you think might be helpful to include

If you don't include these your question will be removed and you will be asked to submit again. Please keep general posts to daily threads or check out r/running! Check out the Calculator Page of the Wiki for helping predicting race times and/or workout paces.

Additionally, if you are on a high school/college team, please ask your coach about training concerns. If you have done that already and are looking for a second opinion, please include that info in the post, what your coaches advice is, and why you are seeking a second opinion.

Submission Guidelines:

USERS MUST FLAIR THEIR OWN POSTS

Results: Please follow the format of: Event Name | Results or some iteration as that. Simply, just don't spoil time/place in the title. If you are submitting race results please do not post any spoilers in the title within 48 hours of the conclusion of the race. Failure to submit within the guidelines will result in a removed post and you'll be asked to resubmit within the format.

Spoilers

Your comment should be: [Text you want to be blacked out] followed by a "(/spoiler)"

If you would like to hide race reports from the main page you can do so by going to fc.reddit.com/r/advancedrunning or BY CLICKING HERE.

Want flair? Do you have an upcoming time goal you're shooting for? Want to show off your PRs? Did you achieve All American status in college? Represent a post collegiate team? Run 4:30 in the mile in high school (who didn't?) Go ahead and set your own underneath the "Subscribe Button" and distinguish yourself and your accomplishments. Message the mods if your country's flag is missing.

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