Comments on: How To Train For Your First 5K https://www.veggierunners.com/2015/06/10/training-for-your-first-5k/ Running, Fuelled Right Fri, 27 Nov 2015 14:20:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7 By: Training for your First 5K - Leeds Foodies https://www.veggierunners.com/2015/06/10/training-for-your-first-5k/#comment-319016 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 08:10:43 +0000 http://www.veggierunners.com/?p=6345#comment-319016 […] Training for your First 5K […]

]]> By: How I Fell in Love with Running (and You Can, Too) https://www.veggierunners.com/2015/06/10/training-for-your-first-5k/#comment-318510 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 14:38:27 +0000 http://www.veggierunners.com/?p=6345#comment-318510 […] in this series, I wrote about my running first ever 5K race. Spoiler alert: it did not seem to be the foundation of a lifelong relationship. It was a bad date […]

]]> By: Duncan Reed https://www.veggierunners.com/2015/06/10/training-for-your-first-5k/#comment-318073 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 07:27:53 +0000 http://www.veggierunners.com/?p=6345#comment-318073 Although I’ve been running for 15 years plus now what would i advise?
1. When you are starting out find someone to run with. This is how I started, with another soon to be Dad, at anti-natal classes! The camaraderie, shared enjoyment and joint motivation is priceless. Particularly if no-one around you runs then your running partner is someone you can celebrate achievements with, moan at and generally emphasize with! You get the perfect combination of motivation and guilt from your running partner, and of course that goes both ways!!

2. The right running shoes – not necessarily expensive but ones that work for your feet. It will make everything else so much easier and more enjoyable. Go to a running shop that sells lots of different brands and see what fits you.

3. Think about joining a running group. This is a hard one as it can be difficult to tell what a running group or club is like until you’ve actually joined. Some are much more ‘racing’ focused and that may not be what you want at the start whereas others can be much more social and there to support you in whatever your goals might be, others offer both!
But there are enough free groups out there that you don’t need to fork out first to then find that running clubs aren’t for you. As a shameless plug I’d have to suggest the running group I help run – Farsley Flyers in Leeds. https://www.facebook.com/FarsleyFlyers

4. These days Park Runs are a great goal for any new runner. http://www.parkrun.org.uk/ Register online and a whole world of opportunities across the UK are available to you on a Saturday morning for free. Sure some people will set off like scalded rabbits but these are RUNS nor RACES – families walk them, Mums and Dads push buggies round them (although sometimes pretty fast!!) and young, not so young and kids run, potter or walk around. They are great place to meet people too – perhaps that elusive running partner or group you are wondering about!

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