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started running!

  • 16-09-2009 3:40pm
    #1
    _kier_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭


    ok last night i finally started running... i said i would start a few weeks ago but never got the confidence to go. after a few comments from people on this.....thanks sooooo much! i headed off last night with my podcast which was very good but running is very very very hard i was in bits last night. i went again this morning and felt it was a bit easier but only lasted twenty mins all im doing is the run for one min and walk for a min and a half....did any one find it this hard like last night i was wreked...im starting from no fitness what so ever to be fair!!!


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  • #2
    kennyb3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,724 ✭✭✭kennyb3


    the first time my gf ran she could only do 2.5miles in id say about 35 mins. had to stop and walk then. within 3 - 4 weeks she was doing 5k in under 30mins and few months on and is down to near 27mins. she is well able for 8k (5miles) too. it can be done! just build up slowly and keep at it


  • #3
    RJM22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭RJM22


    I had 4months off training and I've always been fit - I couldn't make it past 2miles in my first session back - it will come to you very quickly.


  • #4
    showry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭showry


    good stuff,
    a lot of people here started off doing just that,
    I wouldn't overdo it, 3 times a week might be enough for a while,

    it doesn't get easier, you just get faster :) in the words of Greg Lemond (ok so he was a cyclist but he knew)


  • #5
    RJM22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭RJM22


    ah yeah it does get easier - there will be days ahead of you where you can keep legging it without a cinch! Those are great days!


  • #6
    krankykitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,518 ✭✭✭krankykitty


    Great to see you in the logs!

    I am very new too, only doing this the past couple of months, but I promise you it will get a little bit easier. There will be days when you think WTF am I doing, but there'll also be days when it will be great.
    I was the same at the start, even running for 1 minute was a big struggle. The podcasts are useful to keep you from overdoing it and expecting too much of yourself at the start.

    Best of luck and keep at it :)


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  • #7
    rainbow kirby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,928 ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    Welcome to the logs, and good luck :)

    I was in your position just over a year ago, unfit as hell - and now I'm hooked!


  • #8
    _kier_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭_kier_


    ya im only going to do it three days a week and see how i get on. today i was dien and felt actually in pain! my sides got very soar not like a stich pain i dont know how to describe it. but im goin to keep at it everyone seems to say it will get easier.. hope i will get there..its scary to think how little fitness i actually have like! im glad other people on this are here and were in the same position it really helps!!!


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