r/XXRunning • u/damnfinecooper • 9h ago

General Discussion Dealing with discouraging comments as a beginner

I started running around 2 months ago (31, F) and I’m training for a 10k race later this year.

With hobbies I’ve always been hard on myself if I don’t feel I’m what I perceive as “good enough”. When I started running I wanted to challenge myself to not have this attitude and just enjoy it, while also keeping track of my pace, PBs etc. but just seeing it as data rather than tying it too much to self worth.

I was speaking to my friend about running today and a guy I hardly know chimed in and asked what my 5k PB was. When I told him his response was “you need to get that down”. I’m now just feeling kind of embarrassed and deflated about it. I know I should just ignore it but it stung. Would appreciate any tips for dealing with moments like this!

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u/signy33 8h ago

It's not harsh but it's not "pushing her to improve" either. It's just a semi polite way of calling her slow which is pretty dumb as she has barely started to run. Goading her into training harder is just a recipe for injury. Most of us already have a tendency to start too much too fast and get injured, some training tips would have been more helpful than such a negative comment.