Articles, tips and advice for beginners – people who are still new to running, have just starting to run or are thinking about taking up running. New runners are advised to always listen to their body, go slow and seek advice from more experienced runners whenever in doubt. Listen to your body. Pain is NEVER good, do not ignore it.
Recommended reading for new runners, or those taking up running after a long pause:
How to start running? 7 Basic Rules to Making A Good Start
11 Questions To Ask Yourself When You Start Running
7 Mistakes Every New Runner Needs To Avoid
Can you start running when older – in you forties, fifties or when even later?
Each running journey starts with a desired goal, something we haven’t done before, something we are keen to accomplish. Something to strive toward. A beginner runner who is very young and talented may dream of the Olympic glory. A 52 year bloke who I was when I started running may be a bit...
Once we have decided that running will be our way of getting fitter and healthier we start feeling positive and content. Next we shop around for shoes, clothes and some accessories, it’s part of the fun. The choice between running in the gym or outdoors has been made. There is now nothing between...
Benefits of running, mental as well as physical, are well known and are the main reason why many take up running. From that starting point onwards we all take different journeys. Many will be happy to jog several times per week or maybe explore their limits by following various running programs....
I sometimes think back of my age of innocence when I began to run. I had nearly no knowledge of anything associated with beginner's running, all I thought was ‘put some shoes on and run’. No idea of the gear, food, training plans, hydration, types of running, let alone something called stretching....
On the surface running is very simple. Basic equipment, simple movements, loads of benefits. And then we begin to discover one thing after another and, naturally, start asking questions. At times there could be plenty of them. Like a child facing a new situation, a new runner will discover many...
In the beginning things were simple, or so I thought. I had a pair of trainers, shorts and a top. And lots of enthusiasm. I wanted to run 5K as quickly as possible, get fit - stay fit and enjoy myself. Except, I didn’t have a faintest idea how to do it. No plan. And you do need a plan when you are...
In the beginning most people know one fact about running - that it’s faster than walking. And that at times both feet are in the air. And soon you figure that you need some trainers, and that you couldn’t run wearing a thick fleece. Or maybe you could if you felt cold. Sometimes as a new runner...
When I decided to take up running all I could think of was my exciting new hobby, the ‘new me’, the wealth of health benefits which I would reap by running in the parks, carefree and healthy with a newly sculpted fabulous body moving majestically at blinding speeds. Alright, maybe not blinding...
Can you summon up courage and silence your doubts? When you were a child you simply ran without thinking. It was effortless fun chasing the ball or being chased by your mates. Then a few years or decades later…
When I first started running I was all out but I didn’t know how to do some things. Running should be simple and yet there were questions to ask yourself when you start running that I could not answer. I wanted to run, I wanted to enjoy it so I simply wanted to know: 1. What to wear when you first...
If you’ve decided that running will be the starting point in your new health plan that will turn you into a fitter, leaner and faster human machine with healthier blood pressure and cholesterol levels, stronger heart and clearer mind, then I cannot complement your decision enough. But where to...