Some of the best tips for beginning runners are simple common sense rules. If you really are a green runner then this is what you do. Don’t try to do too much on the first day of training! Otherwise, you’ll be so sore… that you won’t be able to walk for a few days afterward. What you want to do is start running a little more each day.
In addition, you also want to add a few more minutes to your total time. This is the way you don’t hurt. If you try to do too much in one day… you’ll have to rest for several days to recover. Missing a few days early will set you back in your overall training… allowing your mind to question itself with these kinds of questions: Should I really be running? Is running too hard for me? Or even, maybe I’m just destined not to be a runner!
Don’t let your subconscious tell you what to do! You are the boss of your body. You know you can become a runner. Make yourself more attractive and lose several inches off your waist. You will even look up to ten years younger. A well known fact, as related by other runners throughout the ages.
What you want to do every day you get home from work is immediately throw on your running shoes as soon as you open the front door. Don’t sit on the sofa. Turn around and exit through your next-door neighbors’ house. You’re going to take out walking around your block. After you return home, you want to stretch for about ten minutes.
After a few days, instead of walking around the entire block, you want to start jogging just beyond a couple of houses. When you start to get out of breath, slow down to walk. Finish your walk around the block. After a week, start walking around the block twice. After a few weeks, add more houses or run past a few houses. Gradually add more times to run past more houses. At the same time, run more and walk less.
After about a month, you should be able to run your first full lap, then run and walk your second lap. After two months, he should be able to fully run the two laps around his block without walking. On an average size block, this is about a half mile. Two turns around the block is one mile. If you are not sure of the distance, mark it with your car.
Complete with the same scenario in the third and fourth month respectively. By the end of her fourth month, she should be running the full four laps around her entire block without walking. This distance is two miles of running. You should be proud of yourself because you have stood your ground. You have managed to go from being a non-runner to being a full-fledged runner in four months. The distance is two miles.
By the end of the fifth month, you’ll be ready to participate in your first 5K. Don’t sprint for your first race. That should arrive on time. Congratulations! In five months you have gone from being a non-runner to being able to participate in your first 5K!