A good starting distance for beginners is 1-1.5 miles (1.6-2.4 kilometers), focusing on a combination of walking and running intervals rather than continuous running. Understanding Starting Distances Beginning runners should focus more on time spent moving than specific distances. Start with 15-20 minutes of combined walking and running, which typically covers about a… Read more »
Posts By: Katharine Teeling
What Is A Good Running Routine For A Beginner?
A good beginner running routine consists of three 20-30 minute sessions per week, starting with a walk-run approach and gradually increasing running intervals while allowing rest days between workouts. Starting Your Running Journey Beginning runners should focus on building consistency before tackling distance or speed goals. The ideal starter routine incorporates three non-consecutive… Read more »
Take control of your life in a world that seems out of control. Run.
(Written 11 March 2020) It is hard not to lose the run of yourself at the moment with all of the information that is spreading around about the Coronavirus, never mind about the spreading of the disease itself. It is on everyone’s mind. It is the topic of almost all conversations be they work, social,… Read more »
My biological clock: My new running race time clock
Everyone knows that as we age, we get slower. I have always known this in terms of my running and for quite a while now I have said it’s only a matter of time before I stop setting new PB’s. What I didn’t know however was that it is the time of the month or… Read more »
You Can Teach an Old Runner New Tricks
I have always classified myself as a long distance vs short distance runner. By long I mean anything over 10km. I ran my first 5km park run in February 2016 when testing the park run as a possible end of course goal for Coast Road Runners debut 0-5km running course. I did it in 21.42…. Read more »
Turn’s out it’s not just a man’s world – it’s a man’s running world too
I think we all know some of the lyric’s of James Brown’s 1966 hit It’s a Man’s World and no doubt these words would cause uproar if written in today’s world. But for me it has always just been a tune that you hear sometimes and when you hear it, it kind of stick’s in… Read more »
