It doesn’t have to be the most practical or common distance. Just whichever one you enjoy the most in the moment. For example I currently run 5 km a lot at the moment due to lower levels of strength in my calves and the practicality of it (5 km doesn’t take much time out of the day), but I definitely enjoy 10 - 12 km runs a lot more and would like to build up to them again. They give me more time to enjoy the sensation of endurance running and I like the harder mental challenge of maintaining a consistent pace over a longer period.
I am pretty overweight. I can run up to about 10km, and my heart/breathing is fine, it’s just my legs that start to give up. I’ve gone for three runs in the last 8 days, longest being 4.7km which I was pretty sore after. The other two were 3.7 and 3.8. I felt much better after those.
9-13 mile (20k) weekend run around a beautiful lake.
I enjoy running on my lunch break at work, so a shorter run is good for me. I’ll run 2 miles most days but every few runs I’ll run 5km, just to see if I’m improving.
My average mile time for a 5k. Is like 9 minutes a mile right now, so I’m not an advanced runner by any means.
Probably the 10k. It’s a nice round number and also the first distance I ran in a race (except for races as a kid). I think it’s also the distance that suits me the best.
10 miles.
It’s long enough to be worth going. It’s enough distance to hold a warm-up, cool down, and whatever kind of tempo, fartleks, hills, or whatnot you’d like to toss in the middle. If you’re just taking it easy around town you can see some stuff. And I get done before I get bored.
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