I HATE RUNNING.

Usually it has to do with technique and that running is actually tough for beginners.

I hated it at first, too.

It made me want to kill myself.

Now I love it.

Try the Couch-to-5k plan.

It helps you ease into running by using intervals.

Hey, if you hate running, use an elliptical if you can. Has all the benefits of running, but without the impact on your joints. And no leaving the ground. :happy:

Do you mean a beginner to workouts or a beginner to running? Because I'm not a beginner for either I have been taught proper technique (breathing and form) by my track coach in high school (I joined because I thought learning to run would make me like it more- it didn't.) and obviously I work out a lot

maybe it's just not for everyone which is sad because it's so effective.

Then you may not just like it at all. I do it and despise it, but it does for me what it's supposed to and that's burn a good amount of calories.
I would rather kickbox on a bag, but I haven't set up my bag (well my wife doesn't want it in the garage) so I have to run instead.

Hey, if you hate running, use an elliptical if you can. Has all the benefits of running, but without the impact on your joints. And no leaving the ground. :happy:

I am SO in love with the elliptical.

By far my favourite cardio activity. ::)

I loved using the elliptical when my knees were sore, so I could get a break from jarring my joints. And it was easier to listen to music on my headphones because they didn't keep slipping out of my ears. lol

Running involves your core muscles much much more than cycling, elliptical, and inline skating. Elliptical has most of the benefits of running, but not all. Try running slower (jogging) to start with until your core gets used to the continuous exertion. I started out inline skating, pushing hard for an hour at a time, but when I started running I could only run for about 5 minutes before I felt beat.

Running is hard. I will never love it. I have, in August, run my first half marathon. I trained for months. I did it in 2 hours. I still hate running.

Running is more of a mental challenge to me. I'm not much good at getting past the 'this is awful why am I doing this?' line of thought.

Since my half marathon I've run about 2 times, lol. I prefer to go for a long walk than run. That's just the way I am

I hate running too. I tried C25K - it made my hatred worse. I don't mind spontaneous acts of running, like realising I'm about to miss a train and just legging it, but any form of running involving any kind of preparation, specialist clothes, wearing proper shoes, warming up, warming down, etc, just makes me want to scream. I also feel like a massive numpty running around in the street, and am certain that I look quite alarming. I also discovered, on the few occasions that I went running, that it makes my underpants fall down, which contributed to my feeling like an idiot. (I hasten to add, I was wearing trousers so there were no catastrophic/inappropriate incidents)

I've reconciled myself to the fact that running and I are never going to be anything more than very distant friends. Personally, I'm sticking to zumba, hula hooping, long walks and dancing around my kitchen whilst cooking dinner. At least there, nobody can be terrified by my enormous sweaty body lumbering around like a disco-dancing elephant...

I think each exercise is just different. I know I have had years I could ride 100 miles in one day but could barely jog 3 or 4 house before feeling terrible.

Since starting MFP, I have been walking most mornings. I would jog betwen a few driveways and then walk then jog. etc. After nearly 2 months I suddenly realized I was jogging my entire route - a half mile! I can now jog a mile!

So I still do not like running but I feel better since I can now run if I choose to.

So don't run. Not all exercise is for everyone. I hate swimming.

I hate running too. I can sprint, up to 100m, during boot camp and I don't hate that, but if asked to run around the sports ground any more than once and I would rather stick pins in my eyes. So I don't run.

I don't mind spontaneous acts of running, like realising I'm about to miss a train and just legging it, but any form of running involving any kind of preparation, specialist clothes, wearing proper shoes, warming up, warming down, etc, just makes me want to scream.

This is precisely why I've started running recently.

I've always been a weights fiend and I do a bit of cycling here and here, but in June a friend and I arrived at Madrid airport and we had 3 minutes to get a connecting flight. Now, I don't know if you know Madrid airport but it's half a mile long, maybe more, so basically we had to run from one end of it to the other, in boots and jeans, to catch the flight. My friend is as sedentary as sedentary can be, yet he was less out of breath when we got there than I was. I was literally gasping for air, to the point where I could barely breathe. Plus, my shins and calves were on fire.

At that point I realised I had a serious gap in my fitness, and I resolved to put it right.