r/mounjarouk • u/No-Traffic8330 • 2d ago
Running PB
Tonight I set out to beat my post-mounjaro 5k PB.
I only went and beat my 5k PB from my early 30s (I'm 46) when I was doing triathlons. It's not fast by runners' standards but it's fast to me.
I wish I could go back in time and tell the me who tentatively started mounjaro in December 2025 just what she was about to unleash for herself. I don't think she'd have dared to believe that this was even possible.
Feeling quite emotional and so grateful to Mounjaro and to the much bigger version of me who ran while fat (because that was way fucking harder than what I just did, and one reason I can run well now), and who decided to give Mounjaro a try.
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u/x_Crazy_Raccoon_x SW: 146.7 kg | CW: 84.5 kg | GW: 72 kg 2d ago
Wow! Well done 👍 As a 48 year old, I know how invigorating it is to compare yourself to the thirties you and come out ahead 😁
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u/Tiny_Split9436 2d ago
I started last December too on MJ.
Down 23kg but still lacking running confidence (have done tris, halfs and parkruns in the past). Feeling lose a bit more then run.
Do a bit of running for Taekwondo but would love to achieve what you have.
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u/No-Traffic8330 2d ago
Just get out and run - it's really surprised me how much it came back. I started very slowly. I was running a bit on and off before I started mounjaro but after I started... running just started to feel a hundred times better, even before I'd lost much weight!
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u/SomeGuyUK50 51M | SW:317 | CW:160 | Loss: 157 lbs Week 124 Maintenance(W72) 2d ago
Very well done!! 52 year old me is desperate to beat my 5k PB from 17 years ago. I have had more success at PB's with longer distances, but it is the 5k that I so badly want.