Get Running! Zero to 5K for Absolute Beginners (Or People Who Let Their Running Slip Away, Cause, Winter)

A gentle approach to getting in running shape

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Hi, Readers

Listen to this conversation where a new, mid-thirties runner was trying to make me feel bad for my slow, mid-fifties running:

Jonas: Are you entering that 10 K race at the end of the month?

Me: No, I don’t want to feel pushed to run that fast on concrete.

Jonas: But you run 12 K every Sunday, right?

Me: Yeah, on mountain trail…