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MINUTE RUNS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS YOU FEEL lNE AFTER THE RUN /NCE YOU CAN
RUN WITH A DEGREE OF COMFORT OVER THIS PERIOD IT IS TIME TO MOVE UP 4AKE A

COUPLE OF DAYS OFF FROM RUNNING AFTER A SESSION BUT NOT YOUR OTHER TRAINING
9OU SHOULD HAVE RECOVERED COMPLETELY WHEN THE TIME COMES TO HAVE
ANOTHER RUN

-OVING UP

'ET YOUR WATCH ON AND USING THE EARLIER PROCEDURE PROGRESS TO DOING
AND THEN MINUTE RUNS THE IDEAL DISTANCE 5SE THE CAR SPEEDO TO SEE
HOW FAR YOU HAVE RUN OR MEMORISE THE LANDMARKS IF YOU RUN IN A PARK 4RY

TO IMPROVE YOUR TIMES )F YOU WANT TO CHECK ON YOUR lTNESS LEVEL TAKE YOUR
PULSE AT THE COMPLETION OF THE RUN OR TRY WEARING A HEART RATE MONITOR

7HEN YOU HAVE MASTERED A STEADY MINUTE RUN TRY ONCE A WEEK
VARYING THE SPEED BY SPEEDING UP FOR SHORT INTERVALS ALTERNATING WITH EASY
PACE RUNNING

2UNNING KIT

3HOES

2UNNING REQUIRES RUNNING SHOES PREFERABLY PURCHASED FROM A
RECOMMENDED GOOD QUALITY RUNNING SHOP SUCH AS 2UNNERS .EED 2UN AND

"ECOME OR ANOTHER SPECIALIST OUTLET 4RY NOT TO SCRIMP ON SHOES YOU WILL
BE GLAD YOU DIDN T 9OU MAY HAVE TO TRAVEL A FEW MILES TO lND A SPECIALIST
RUNNING SHOP BUT AS OPPOSED TO THE ASSORTED INJURIES THAT LIE IN WAIT FOR

CHEAP OR UNSUITABLE FASHION SHOES THIS IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY -OST OF THE
REPUTABLE SHOPS ADVERTISE IN SUCH MAGAZINES AS 2UNNER AND 2UNNER S 7ORLD
THESE MAGAZINES ALSO TEST AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON SHOES AND GIVE

SOME GREAT TIPS ON ALL ASPECTS OF RUNNING 7HILE GETTING YOUR SHOES PICK UP
SOME RUNNING SOCKS 9OU WILL NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE FROM ORDINARY SOCKS IN
THE COMFORT OF THE lT

4HE SHOP ASSISTANT WHEN lTTING YOU FOR SHOES WILL GET YOU TO RUN