Message Category: New!: First-Timers/Wannabes
Topic: want to run & gotta get started .

Reply: From: Date:	first things first Zeke 8/29/10 10:44:19 PM ET
Reassess your game plan. Chill on the marathon for now. Become a runner first and foremost. Determine if you even have a passion and/or aptitude for distance running. This is essential. Additionally, runners over 45 —especially those new to training— have to be very careful about courting setbacks due to injury. My advice: Enter a 10K race. After that, a half- marathon. Then assess from there. Not everyone's suited for the marathon, and if that's true in your case it's not a character flaw at all. Good luck! Post a reply on the Bulletin Board
Message thread: want to run & gotta get started . - [peg 8/29/10 4:59:01 PM ET] where to start - [RitaT 8/29/10 6:08:53 PM ET] first things first - [Zeke 8/29/10 10:44:19 PM ET] be reasonable - [Dan 9/6/10 10:52:44 PM ET] You can do it! - [Destiny 9/12/10 4:59:05 PM ET] LogYourRun.com - [Sara 10/20/10 11:30:37 PM ET] If I can do it so can you! - [Kris Wenzel 10/21/10 9:44:27 PM ET]

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