Become a Runner Class, Day 1: The Right Way – BRV 036
Release Date: 04/19/2020
BRV 48: Listener Question: How Often Should I Run?
Beginner Runner Village
Determining the best weekly mix of running and recovery days.
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BRV 47: Do This in December
Beginner Runner Village
Finish 2020 strong,ready to make 2021 a breakout year. Many people back off of fitness during the holidays, but that is a mistake. Be consistent, and use your running as therapy to help you through this tough time. Plan now to crush 2021. Use this last month to build momentum, and you will start the next year with the best possible attitude, ready for the challenge of a pandemic that will be with us for a while.
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BRV 46: Beginner Runner Struggles
Beginner Runner Village
For any beginner runner, knowing how to handle certain aspects of training and being prepared for challenges will make it possible to avoid pitfalls, even failures. This knowledge will provide the confidence needed to manage inevitable setbacks and take problems in stride much like the veteran runner is able to do, ensuring success and continued momentum toward that goal of becoming a runner.
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Become a Runner Class Day 10: Diagnostic Test – BRV 045
Beginner Runner Village
This is it! You’ve been learning about what to do for nine days. Think of this as graduation day, the day you get the last, but most critical, piece of the puzzle. Today, you find out exactly what you should do, and I mean you, personally, should do on Day 1 of your running journey. Today, is your diagnostic run.
Become a Runner Class Day 9: Turtle Power – BRV 044
Beginner Runner Village
Beginner Runner Class, Day 8: Running for Weight Loss – BRV 043
Beginner Runner Village
Weight loss – or management – plays a role in the life of virtually every runner. Either they start running to lose weight or they’ve already lost weight, and they want to become a runner to help them maintain that weight loss. Too, some runners run because they’re worried that their weight will gradually creep up if they don’t get lots of exercise to offset the calories of the food they consume.
Become a Runner Class Day 7: Injury Prevention – BRV 042
Beginner Runner Village
When beginner runners don’t succeed, it’s usually the result of one of two problems:
Become a Runner Day 6: Warming Up and Walking Paces – BRV 041
Beginner Runner Village
Many beginner runners don’t warm-up because they think the only reason to warm-up is to prepare to run fast; they know they don’t run fast, so they skip the warm-up. That is a big mistake, but I absolutely understand how a beginner runner might arrive at the conclusion that, for them, a warm-up is unnecessary. You must realize that it’s all relative. For you, walking is the appropriate warm-up.
Become a Runner Class, Day 5: Breathing – BRV 40
Beginner Runner Village
The single most common beginner runner complaint I hear is that they can’t breathe. Often new runners say they struggle to breathe because they feel like they’re breathing through a straw; they say they just can’t get enough air, and that’s a miserable sensation, right?
Become a Runner Class, Day 4: Running Form – BRV 039
Beginner Runner Village
It’s not unusual for coaches of beginner runners to disregard form in lieu of total emphasis on building endurance. I believe the opposite is the far better, more effective route,
Let’s change it up. I got to thinking that beginner runners really need to listen to these podcasts in order, at least the first few, but, unfortunately, often people only listen to the most recent. For that reason, I decided to combine the most critical and basic information from the first 35 episodes into what I’m calling my 10-Day Become a Runner Class. Listen to one a day or binge listen to all ten. Either way, you’ll get ten concise episodes.
This beginner running class is for people who fit any of these profiles:
- not a runner but want to be one
- unfit or only somewhat fit
- or older
- or overweight
My coaching is different from the usual beginner runner program; it’s much more gradual, which I think is the kind of program that’s in much more demand, because after working with beginner runners for a dozen years, I know that success, for virtually every one, hinges on progressing gradually, at an appropriate pace for that person. Too many people go at it with too much intensity and try to do too much too soon. The result is usually injury, discouragement, and ultimately, failure.
In my class, the emphasis is entirely on success, on you becoming a lifelong runner. I believe you shouldn’t be in a hurry to build endurance, to be able to run a mile, non-stop. The emphasis should be on building fitness at a healthy, controlled rate, a rate that keeps you healthy, confident, and happy
We’re after optimal health. If that’s your goal, you’re in the right place.
This 10-day series is for people at the very beginning of their running career, people just building up to their first running mile. I’m super excited to have the role of motivator to help you take your first running steps, and hopefully, to assure that you have the confidence to make the commitment to become a runner in 2017.
In this first class, I explain how to do it the right way, the most effective way to become a runner.
I mention these items in the podcast:
Walk to Run to 5k Coaching Program
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Check out The Human Race, a Documentary here. This documentary will leave you feeling empowered, feeling like you can most certainly become a runner. The film features masters runners over 50, and the message is that any age is the right age to run, that you will be healthier, and you can extend middle age and good health for the rest of your life.
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