A beginning runners adventure :)

[Alex20]

Hello Everybody

My name is Alex and I am a 19 year old (almost 20) and I live in The Hague in Holland I downloaded the get running Iphone app sometime ago and tried it for a while but after a week or two I couldnt stuck with it if you get what Im saying Today I did run 2 of week one and it went well I think I hope writing up my progress on this website will help keep me motivated and help me to stick with it And I also hope that I will be able to help others do the same thing. Well I am going to rest tomorrow so Ill go out running this friday again

Thank you so much for reading my message

Alex

[Alex20]

Hello again

Well this is the night of my third run of week one. today,s program was eight one minute runs. I did it right after coming home from school today and I ran through the park. I always try to wear a little too much clothes whilst running so it will make me sweat a little more. Well what I noticed most of all is that for some reason the first run was the hardest. But I got through it okay It was just a matter of putting one feet in front of the other.
I felt a lot of uhmm...how shall I describe it, felt my legs less? My legs felt weird I suppose thats the best way I can describe it i think, twingy maybe? achey? Well I think it went well I am supposed to rest now untill monday so I will do that.

I have one question for you, how important is the speed that you run at?

I shall write more this coming monday thank you so much for reading my little posts.

Alex

[benjohn]

Hi Alex,

Well done on finishing your first week!

If you find the first run hard, try doing a few 20 or 30 second jogs in your warm up, rather than just walking.

It's up to you, but I wouldn't try to use running to get yourself sweating. I think you'll find you want to be cool, especially as you start to run for a longer time.

Choose a pace that you are comfortable with, is my advice. It varies hugely from person to person. A part of starting to run is finding the speed that you are comfortable at. A guide is that you should just about be able to have a simple conversation while you are running. If your breathing is too heavy for that to be possible, then you should probably slow a little. If you can run and sing opera, you probably need to speed up a bit

With your tingly legs, are you using running shoes that are suitable for you? Also – make sure you really stretch at the end of your run. You want to hold each stretch for half a minute, so you'll be taking a few minutes to do all your stretches.

All the best,
Benjohn

[Alex20]

Thank you very much benjohn for your kind advice . I shall use your advice into my next run on monday and I shall let you know how it all went and ill write a more detailed summary on how i implemented all your advice.

Thank you very much again.

Alex