Welcome to the Beginner Runners information section
The ‘beginners’ section will provide information about making your first steps, ‘How to start running with 10 easy tips‘ towards your first fun run and how to join a club in your area.
Time-to-Run will provide you with all the information you need to buy your first pair of shoes, what to eat, how to train and where to go to meet ‘likewise’ beginners starting out.
Articles just in:
Starting out: for Absolute Beginners and Beginners
We aim to please with the continual updating of the content.
View : Start at the beginning with
- How to start running with 10 easy steps
- ‘Buying your first pair of running shoes‘
- ‘getting started – the beginning‘
- ‘Warm up routine – gently does it‘
- ‘How to take your pulse – keeping your finger on the beat‘
As a beginner do not get too involved in all the jargon and ‘new’ ways of training until you have achieved the first 6 weeks of training as prescribed. At the end of these 6 weeks you will have learnt a reasonable amount of new running related ‘terms’ to put you further on the road to becoming one of the pack.
Articles: This schedule is for those who started with getting started – the beginning and have progressed to the programs below.
- Prepare for your first 5 kilometre event
- Prepare for your first 8 kilometre event
- Prepare for your first 10 kilometre event
More articles to follow
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Progression, albeit slowly
Welcome to my; me Dizzy Daisy's report back. You can follow me as I dazzle the world with my style and excellence with some exercise thrown in to simply exalt . And do remember, we don't sweat, we glow. We are just exquisite. This is DizzyDaisy’s second report back...
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My first attempt
Welcome to my, me Dizzy Daisy's report back. You can follow me as I dazzle the world with my style and excellence with some exercise thrown in to simply exalt . And do remember, we don't sweat, we glow. We are just exquisite. I was mean, I was keen, I was...
Dizzy Daisy background
Well here I am, the upper levels of Time-to-Run Beginners' department have spoken me into getting my chassis into gear and getting onto a program with them. As a duckling I was never ugly and I enjoyed water sports the most. Yes, I could waddle a little however that...
My first 5km race
Welcome to my; me Dizzy Daisy's report back. You can follow me as I dazzle the world with my style and excellence with some exercise thrown in to simply exalt . And do remember, we don't sweat, we glow. We are just exquisite. This was DizzyDaisy’s first 5km run where...
Prepare for your first 5 kilometre event
Prepare First 5k - Well done. You have made it. You have progressed through the beginners program | thebeginning + week 3 and on | and now you are ready to take a step up to that next level. You are totally honest with yourself and you are able to jog 30 minutes...
Entering the run zone
The sport of putting one foot in front of the other as fast as possible has existed for thousands of years but was largely restricted to individuals who spent most of their time competing at a highly competitive level. It is only since mid-seventies that people from...
Prepare for your first 8 kilometre event
We will now provide a training program which will take you towards your first 8 kilometre event. This training will also equip you to complete a 10K. However, we advise that you first participate in a 5 miler or 8K event. This is a precaution and should be listened...