Things you should have known at that start

Hog-mouse

Pain.

Nayan

LSH88 wrote (see)

Run your hard days hard and easy days easy

this

Philomena Cunk

How else would you run them? 

[Deleted User]

Don't get hung up on any magazine plan. Take the bits that suit your lifestyle and fit them round you.we all have different commitments and work patterns.

Bam86

It's normal to have your legs feel like jelly for a few weeks - it does get better



Learn to walk down the stairs sideways



Train with a friend but run the race at your pace - I left my friend after 17 miles at her pace and finished 30mins quicker than she did....although it may have helped me not hit the wall too hard!

[Deleted User]

The Grinch: When I started running. I would at times run my easy days too fast. 'Stupid Boy !' as Capt Mainwaring would have said in 'Dads Army'.

The new version of your favourite shoe can often be purely comsmetic.eg  Colour changes.

Then last years shoe model can often be found with say £20 or more off the price,

Nayan

"Dont pull up your potatoes every 5 minutes to see if they are growing"

(ie dont do all your training runs at 'fast' pace, or race too much)

[Deleted User]

Best advice I had was "it'll never get easier, you'll just get faster!" Too many people ask early on if it gets easier. It's better to be honest.

Hellywobs

Ja5onW wrote (see)

I wish I knew about it earlier in life. Who knows where I would be now 

totally agree - and I wish I'd started going to parkruns earlier

Bearsted Plodder

Parkruns are making it easier but there are still lots new runners need to know to make it more enjoyable

Philomena Cunk

I see there was a page dedicated to this same question in the Trail Runner magazine this month. Most of the answers were utter tosh. 

Bearsted Plodder

The Grinch - sometimes people think too deep into things instead of looking for obvious. At end of day if you don't enjoy running why do it - tact is to get people enjoying from start

Philomena Cunk

I agree.