New Beginner Runner

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  • Hellavaloosa
    Hellavaloosa Posts: 57
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    Excellent advice here! I too never liked running - now I go for an hour or more sometimes and I LOVE it!!! Slow and steady wins the race. Keep at it - runner's highs are not a myth and they are sooooo worth it. All the best to you.
  • HypersonicFitNess
    HypersonicFitNess Posts: 1,219 Member
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    You can begin with the C25K, but you can also use the Jeff Galloway method (there is an app out there) and you can do whatever interval (run:walk) you want to start and move up. 1:1, 2:1, 3:1, 4:1, etc.

    I was in a car accident (small, but got whiplash) and I was previously a runner...but that is what I'm doing to get "running" again. This will allow you to build up to running. And make sure you start on an even, flat surface...as you build up you can go for trails and hills but don't start that way....it's too difficult. Start on a track or even a treadmill if you have to...but try to stay on a flatter surface to start while building your muscle and stamina (and lung/heart capacity)

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