Field notes.For slow runners.
Practical, calm reading for slow, beginner, returning, and back-of-pack runners — for starting out, staying in it, and going long without apologising for your pace.
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Why I Built Slow Runners Club
Sixteen years of running slowly and seriously — and why none of the usual advice fit. The founder story behind Slow Runners Club.
Finishing long races
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Running a Marathon When You're Slow
The back-of-the-pack pillar guide: training to finish, fuelling a long day, and planning for the realities nobody warns you about.
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How to Fuel a 6-Hour Marathon
Fuelling a six-hour marathon is a different problem from fuelling a fast one. A calm primer for eating and drinking through a long day on your feet.
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How to Train to Finish a Marathon in 6–7 Hours
A training approach built around finishing, not racing. Time on feet, walk-run, and a gentle long-run progression.
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The Walk-Run Marathon Plan
Walk-run isn't a fallback. For a long, slow marathon it's the smart design. How to choose your ratio and run the whole way on rhythm.
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Marathons With Generous Time Limits (and No Cutoffs)
How to find races that give you room to finish at your own pace — and run without the clock hanging over you.
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What Happens If You Miss the Marathon Cutoff?
The fear is usually worse than the reality. A calm answer — and the simple things that make it unlikely in the first place.
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You Can Be a Serious Runner and Be Slow
Slow doesn't come with an asterisk. Why pace is the wrong measure of a serious runner — and why the back of the pack is full of the real thing.
Starting out / staying in it
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How to Start Running When You Are Slow
A practical guide for runners who are starting from the back, not from a motivational poster.
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The 20-Minute Slow Run
A low-pressure session for building proof, confidence, and a small running habit that survives real life.
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What To Do When You Are Always At The Back
A confidence guide for runners who finish late, start nervous, and still belong on the route.
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Running While Taking GLP-1 Medication
A careful slow-runner guide to starting or returning to running while using GLP-1 medication, without drifting into medical advice.