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To anyone thinking of starting running but either doesn't know where to start or thinks he can't do it, look up "couch to 5k".

It's a free NHS audio program that guides your phase so that in 9 weeks you can do a 5k run.

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I can second this. That's the program I started with. I'm now training for a half marathon using https://www.baa.org/races/baa-half-marathon/train/leveltwo and I've shaved like a minute off my mile pace while increasing my milage from 6 mile runs to 12 mile runs.

There's lots of programs for running and most of them seem good for improving performance.

No strength training in this?? I have been training legs for years along with runs (treadmill runs/uphill runs etc)... only problem my timing for the half marathon has gone down from 2h35 to 2h38 and then I had an accident last year which made me unable to run most of the second half of last year which has made things a lot tougher for me to train :(

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