I'm joining my work's Reebok Ragnar White Cliffs relay this year, I'm past the point of no return so I have no excuses.
To give you an idea of fitness, I drink like a fish twice a week, only have two or three cigarettes a day unless drinking, in which case it's usually about 10 a night. Just this week I left my phone on a bus like a dumbass so had to run after it to try catch up. I ran for about half a mile before getting really tired, although this was pretty fast and in work clobber, so I suspect I could do 3/4m to a mile in comfy gear and rested up.
Not good enough, obviously. I have a treadmill at home which is a fairly decent one, nothing spectacular but it has electric inclines, various resistances and programs (actually, it's this exact one) and doesn't seem too bad for my purposes.
Now keep in mind I'm not running marathons or anything so I'm not aiming for zero fat or anything but I need to up my fitness considerably.
I used to be very fit in my younger days (Holland, cycled everywhere) so I don't think it'll be too much to get in shape again but I need a starting point.
What gear am I looking at? I'm obviously not going pro or anything so I don't need £200 shoes but what budget stuff is there? What about nip rip? Apparently this is a thing? What can I do to prevent it?
How much running an I aiming to do in a day? do I just run until I'm borked and then do it again the next day?
Anything else I need to know?
Cheers
To give you an idea of fitness, I drink like a fish twice a week, only have two or three cigarettes a day unless drinking, in which case it's usually about 10 a night. Just this week I left my phone on a bus like a dumbass so had to run after it to try catch up. I ran for about half a mile before getting really tired, although this was pretty fast and in work clobber, so I suspect I could do 3/4m to a mile in comfy gear and rested up.
Not good enough, obviously. I have a treadmill at home which is a fairly decent one, nothing spectacular but it has electric inclines, various resistances and programs (actually, it's this exact one) and doesn't seem too bad for my purposes.
Now keep in mind I'm not running marathons or anything so I'm not aiming for zero fat or anything but I need to up my fitness considerably.
I used to be very fit in my younger days (Holland, cycled everywhere) so I don't think it'll be too much to get in shape again but I need a starting point.
What gear am I looking at? I'm obviously not going pro or anything so I don't need £200 shoes but what budget stuff is there? What about nip rip? Apparently this is a thing? What can I do to prevent it?
How much running an I aiming to do in a day? do I just run until I'm borked and then do it again the next day?
Anything else I need to know?
Cheers
