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**trubreTab** · 01-30-2007, 01:19 PM

2 miles is a lot for a first time runner. I suggest you start with a 20 minute run. Take it easy and keep your heart in the aerobic zone, which is about 60-85% of max. A good rule of thumb way to tell this without a monitor is the talk test - if you are able to keep a conversation of brief sentences going, then you should be OK. If you can't speak a short sentence, you're pushing too hard - slow down or start walking for a while and let yourself recover.

Give yourself one or two days between runs, but don't leave it too long. Aerobic fitness builds relatively quickly, and leaves just as quickly. Within only a few weeks you will see a marked improvement.

01-30-2007, 01:19 PM	#27
trubreTab Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 520 Senior Member	2 miles is a lot for a first time runner. I suggest you start with a 20 minute run. Take it easy and keep your heart in the aerobic zone, which is about 60-85% of max. A good rule of thumb way to tell this without a monitor is the talk test - if you are able to keep a conversation of brief sentences going, then you should be OK. If you can't speak a short sentence, you're pushing too hard - slow down or start walking for a while and let yourself recover. Give yourself one or two days between runs, but don't leave it too long. Aerobic fitness builds relatively quickly, and leaves just as quickly. Within only a few weeks you will see a marked improvement.
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