Beginning runner plan

Want to start running but don't know where to begin? Don't let the thought of starting a running program intimidate you. Click to learn about some important guidelines for aspiring and beginning runners to keep in mind, as well as get the answers to some of the most common new runner questions. Also included is a training plan to get you from the couch to your first 5K in only 8 weeks.

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When I was 17 I tried to learn how to start running. I failed. I wanted to be a runner like my boyfriend. It looked fun! He ran cross country in high school. And I went to the gym. Occasionally. So one day I threw on some old sneakers and (cotton, eek) sweats and went out for a run. How hard could this be, right? Hard. But only because I had no idea how to run (or how to start running the right way). I literally did everything wrong. I made it about 1 mile, and that's a generous assumption,