Running is probably one of the hardest activities to start next to swimming... my team swims 3 times a week and that's it... (feeling a little burned out too)... BUT, I'd like to start running - and was wondering on if you guys have any tips.
I've googled it a bit and a lot of people say to start slow - walk a majority of the time and run in little spurts and build up from there.
Anyways, fellow swimmers - any other advice to give?
Lots of good advice already, and I tend to agree to be careful about iPods on roads/trails... differences of opinion on this will fill pages, but I tend to feel safer w/out the headphones etc. However, I think on the 'mill you're pretty much okay using one.
Here's a site that a lot of people use to start off--Coolrunning's "couch to 5k" program (not that you need to feel obligated to run a 5k at the end, but it's an option).
You may find that you can progress faster than it says, since you're starting out more fit than someone who has just started from scratch. But even so, what the others said.. better to err a little on the side of gradual, at least at first. My start as a runner was kind of trial and error, although I found helpful a book by Bob Glover's "The Runner's Handbook." This also uses walking/running and gradually transitions to running.
Lots of good advice already, and I tend to agree to be careful about iPods on roads/trails... differences of opinion on this will fill pages, but I tend to feel safer w/out the headphones etc. However, I think on the 'mill you're pretty much okay using one.
Here's a site that a lot of people use to start off--Coolrunning's "couch to 5k" program (not that you need to feel obligated to run a 5k at the end, but it's an option).
You may find that you can progress faster than it says, since you're starting out more fit than someone who has just started from scratch. But even so, what the others said.. better to err a little on the side of gradual, at least at first. My start as a runner was kind of trial and error, although I found helpful a book by Bob Glover's "The Runner's Handbook." This also uses walking/running and gradually transitions to running.
