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The second key run should be a speed session, with a warm up, a warm down and some harder efforts sandwiched in between – such as 4 x 4 minutes hard with 2-minute recoveries. The first key weekly run should be a longer one, where you build up over the weeks and months to 2 hours 30 minutes of low intensity running. Once you have built up to running 30 minutes, you can then base your training around three key runs per week. If not, slow down or include some walking sections. Your runs should not feel too intense at this stage either – ideally, you should be able to talk while you’re running, as a way of knowing that you’re not going too hard. If you ignore this, you increase your risk of getting injured. If running non-stop feels too hard for you initially, include periods of walking until you’re eventually fit enough to jog without stopping.Īim to increase the duration of your workouts by no more than 10% per week. As a general guide, beginners should start by aiming to run two or three times per week, starting with 15 or 20-minute runs.

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