{"id":52176,"date":"2026-02-25T16:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/?p=52176"},"modified":"2026-02-25T16:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:04:06","slug":"the-runna-paradox-and-social-comfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/the-runna-paradox-and-social-comfort\/","title":{"rendered":"The Runna Paradox and Social Comfort"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>It&#8217;s ironic that since I started a Runna fitness plan my &quot;fitness&quot; has been going down rather than up. The simple reason is that although the workouts are challenging, they&#8217;re challenging for a short time.<\/p>\n<p>Take this morning&#8217;s bike ride for example. It was short in distance and time, but high in effort and strain. I had to keep up with specialists. By specialists I mean &quot;people who cycle without touching other sports as often&quot;. I walk, hike, run and cycle every day so I&#8217;m excellent at walking, and mediocre at everything else. This is written with humour.<\/p>\n<p>I recently started group running. When we were three I had to ask for the group to slow down to keep up. I pushed hard enough to have a coughing fit, luckily without more than that, before continuing the run, feeling like I couldn&#8217;t handle if every run was like that.<\/p>\n<p>This Monday the run was much easier. Same course, but a more comfortable pace. It was comfortable enough for me to take pictures during the run, and for Runna to tell me off for going to slowly.<\/p>\n<p>If I follow a Runna course, it&#8217;s not to be faster for Runna, it&#8217;s to be comfortable within a group run environment. I want to be able to walk with groups, hike with groups, cycle with groups and run with groups, without being knackered at the end. I want to participate in group activities without feeling overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<h2>And Finally<\/h2>\n<p>With Strava, Garmin, Suunto and Apple it is easy to want to see fitness, speed and everything improve, but what we really need is to be comfortable when we&#8217;re doing something with a group. If we&#8217;re comfortable, then we&#8217;ve achieved our goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>It&#8217;s ironic that since I started a Runna fitness plan my &quot;fitness&quot; has been going down rather than up. The simple reason is that although the workouts are challenging, they&#8217;re challenging for a short time. Take this morning&#8217;s bike ride for example. It was short in distance and time, but high in effort and strain. 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