Can only jog 3 minutes, is that horrible?

You are doing well if u can jog 3 minutes. its more than me before i started. As people said just run/walk and then gradually swap some walking for running an you will soon be running 5k . get decent shoes as well and stretch out afterwards

I couldn't run to the next lamp-post when I started. But I figured "if I can walk fast, why can't I run slow?" and started off running (jogging) at my walking pace, or maybe even a bit slower. Built up some endurance, and then started building on speed. I'm much faster now (LOL) and my longest run so far is 23 km.

I couldn't jog for 30 seconds when I started-out... when I tried thought I was going to puke! I began by walking for 2 months, then decided to try the C25K program. I now run 5K 3-4 times a week.

Yep, you can do it!
Nope, 3 minutes isn't horrible, its a good start.

Best of luck to you!

Really, look up couch to 5k. It mixes walking and running and helps you to build up the times you are able to run in a very short time. AND it works.

Hey your doing great put on some music and gently dance. First for just one of your favourite songs and then increase slowly. Have fun.

bendyourkneekatie wrote: »

Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence, caused such silence
Who are we mistaken?
But you see, it's not me
It's not my family
In your head, in your head, they are fighting
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns
In your head, in your head they are crying

Haahaa took me a second, I had to keep singing it in my head. Well played.

Tacklewasher wrote: »

Be sure you can walk for 1/2 hour. Go buy good shoes from a running store that does some kind of gait analysis as shin splints are not fun then fire up the C25K.

I started walking when I was morbidly obese. Moved to C25k. Got shin splints. Got better shoes and Saturday almost broke 30 mins at a parkrun, so I say go for it.

This, exactly.

IF you can walk/run outside, so much the better.

I can only jog about 12 seconds before I feel like I might die. Whatever you can do is awesome, so long as you're doing it. Not everyone is a marathon runner right off the bat.

When I started running I couldn't go for more than a minute or so without thinking that I was going to die.

Slow down, you don't want to be gasping for breath in fact you should be at a conversational pace, if that means walking right no so be it.

When I started my plan was to run (and by run I really mean slowly shuffle) 1 minute and walk 9 & repeat. The I bumped it up to 2 minutes running & 8 minutes walking etc until I could go 10 minutes consecutively and built from there. Now my favourite distance is the half-marathon and I'm doing Olympic distance triathlons.

Feeling tired after exercise when you first start is perfectly normal. Personally I'm convinced it's about 90% mental (your brain is usually your worst enemy with a new exercise program or new challenging distance etc) and 10% physical. It wasn't that many years ago I'd need a nap after running 5km, now 10km is a routine mid-week run.

Other exercises requiring no equipment? I'm a huge fan of walking but you could also look up some programs like "You Are Your Own Gym" which involve body weight exercises and require no equipment.

Keep at it and have fun!

French_Peasant wrote: »

Hey guys, OP probably hasn't been here since fall 2012.

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