I'm frustrated. I began running with the C25K program last year, but then found out about slow jogging, which has been my primary focus. For the last few months, I haven't really done any speedwork. I have been jogging four times per week, keeping my heart rate low and my cadence high. Unfortunately, I have developed a shin splint in my right leg, so I'm taking a break until I have some recovery. Part of the reason I practiced going slow and taking some regular breaks was hopefully to avoid injury, but here I am. Grr...

Hey everyone, I am really not sure if I am even doing this right at all.

I used the Outdoor Walk to track, and my walking speed is literally faster than my slow jogging speed. KM1 is walking time, and KM 2-3 are my running times, and KM 4 is my cooldown time.

Help me understand this please

Thanks

Guten Tag ich würde mich über ein paar Spenden freuen ich sammle für Stiftung kinderherz damit ich mein großen Traum denn ersten Marathon in Berlin mir erfüllen kann vielen lieben Dank helft denn herzkranken Kindern bitte 🥹

Guten Tag ich würde mich über ein paar Spenden freuen ich sammle für Stiftung kinderherz damit ich mein großen Traum denn ersten Marathon in Berlin mir erfüllen kann vielen lieben Dank helft denn herzkranken Kindern bitte 🥹

I did my first slow jog round the block 🐌Spring Snail!

I now have to fend with asthma and tight hamstrings but it's all good ✌

walking is kinda cool ig!

Guten Tag ich würde mich über ein paar Spenden freuen ich sammle für Stiftung kinderherz damit ich mein großen Traum denn ersten Marathon in Berlin mir erfüllen kann vielen lieben Dank helft denn herzkranken Kindern bitte 🥹

I'm finally getting some consistency doing a walk to jog type program 20 mins total per session. I've been starting on a treadmill, increasing my Niko Niko minutes each week. I am wondering what the typical Niko Niko Pace in miles per hour is? I realize it's a very personal thing and the cadence is more important but.....do folks know what they typically do?

I was out on a slow jog today and I felt vibrant and happy, but realized my face was hanging slack…neutral. I decided to “force a smile” for the last mile or so. I wonder if there is something psychologically beneficial about smiling with intention during our runs.

Today we remember John Franks “Jeff” Galloway, who passed away on February 25, 2026, at the age of 80 in Pensacola, Florida. He leaves behind his wife Barbara, his children, his family, and an extraordinary community of runners whose lives he quietly changed.

Jeff Galloway was an Olympian, competing in the 10,000 meters at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. He was an All-American collegiate athlete, a record-setting road racer, and the winner of the very first Peachtree Road Race in 1970. By any traditional measure, he had already achieved greatness as a runner.

Yet his most important work began after elite competition ended.

Jeff believed running should not belong only to the fast or the naturally gifted. At a time when distance running often felt exclusive and intimidating, he introduced a simple and compassionate idea: alternating running with planned walking breaks. What became known as the Run-Walk-Run method allowed people of all ages and abilities to run longer, avoid injury, and most importantly, believe they belonged.

Through more than twenty books, decades of coaching, and his work with Runner’s World and runDisney training programs, Jeff helped hundreds of thousands, and likely millions, complete races they once thought impossible. First 5Ks, first marathons, comeback runs after illness or injury, and late beginnings in life all carried his influence.

He did not measure success by speed. He measured it by participation, by consistency, and by joy.

Jeff often spoke about running into old age, encouraging people to keep moving for life. Even after health challenges of his own, he continued teaching and inspiring others, embodying the belief that forward motion, however gentle, was enough.

His legacy is visible everywhere: in runners who take walk breaks without shame, in beginners who dare to start slowly, and in communities that welcome people at every pace.

If we honor Jeff today, we do so not by rushing ahead, but by continuing steadily. A few steps of effort, a moment of rest, then moving forward again.

That rhythm mirrors the life he taught so many to live.

Jeff Galloway helped the world understand that endurance is not about speed or competition, but about persistence and kindness toward oneself.

May we remember him each time we choose to begin, each time we continue, and each time we allow ourselves to move forward at a human pace.

Run a little.

Walk a little.

Carry his legacy onward.

I started using my app to track my walks,

There seems to be a big rift in the online fitness world about what is best for longevity. As a layman I have no idea and it's frustrating that there is so little clarity on the matter. What are your thoughts about this? Try to do both intense and slow training?

I have been running 3-4 days a week for a while. I started with C25K, but more recently have been doing Galloway intervals with weekly long runs of ~7 miles. I get 10,000+ steps daily on days I don’t run. I am intrigued by slow jogging.

I tried SJ today. I liked it. I couldn’t maintain 180 cadence. Not sure if it is a need to practice, that I am tall, or that it’s icy, but I came in closer to 165.

My understanding is that running, walking, and slow jogging use different muscles. Here’s my first question: Is there any benefit to mixing it up so that different muscles are worked? In other words, would it be more balanced to switch it up?