Really Intimidated

1st (and your gonna hate me for asking you a noobie question)...

what are your goals?

You wanna run a mile in 4mins, or 5miles, or 25mile or you wanna be able to run for an amount of time.
Competitive running or running for fitness or fat loss.

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Maybe it would be good just to get a mix.

Do HIIT twice a week and if you fancy and have time go out for a longer run one day a week.

Start with 1mile, if you feel ok then do it again.
Get a heart rate monitor and track your progress. i.e your average heart rate over the whole workout against the time it took.

build up slow. so many ppl go...
"I think I'll start running today, I'll go every day. And I'm gonna run forever"

They they try to run 10miles and ache so much for a week that they never do it again.
 
yes it will for sure.

I didnt mean to sound patronising. I know you can run a mile, but run a mile fast enough so your tired at the end and have to stop. Then... do it again if you think you got the Gonads!
 
ooo, sorry bout that. Ive got my 01.30am eyes on.
In which case run a mile in HIIT style. run, walk, run walk.
 
When I started running in college I couldn't run worth beans. I swam my whole life and running was a different bear. I started with track running cause I was at a university where the track stayed lit late (after my late night classes) so I started with ONE lap and walked 3 (BTW that ONE lap was really hard for me!). After a week or two I tried to add another. It didn't go that slowly the whole time. Your strength and endurance with running will grow exponentially. After you do a half mile pretty comfortably you can soon go to a mile and not so long after that 2 miles will be doable without having to take such extreme baby steps. To keep from getting bored HIIT is great (no matter how little you start with) and you can do some other training "games" to keep your mind in it including keeping a good cross training base. Russ is right on when he says don't increase too fast. Not only do people just hurt like sore hurt after doing that but you increase your chance for injury to disqualify you from other physical workouts including weights, bike, etc. Hip flexors, knees, ankles and feet are very sensitive at the start and it takes a bunch of getting used to. Just really listen to your body!
 
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