Hey I need some help in the worst way. I am 20 years old and I am 5 foot 3 bout 170 and I am joining the army. So I need to lose a lot of weight in a big hurry and need to run 2 miles in under 14 min. I am by no means a runner but I want to be. I am totally out of shape and have next to no endurence but I am not letting that stop me because serving my country in the U.S Army is a life long dream. So if any of you could help me get started on building endurence and lose the weight I would very much in debt to you.
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futerarmygirl,
First off.. congrats on taking the necessary steps to living your dream of serving the USA. Running is very challenging, but probably the most rewarding in improving your fitness levels.
The first key is being consistent with your training. Make sure you build up endurance before anything else by doing longer, slow paced runs. If you want to improve on your speed. add one day of hill training to your runs to start and some interval training(short distances with a faster pace of running)
Also, take some energy supplements along with your runs to maintain endurence.(energy gels, running specific sports drinks, energy bars) Also try to cut off foods that have no nutritional value.
I hope this information helps, good luck!!
First off.. congrats on taking the necessary steps to living your dream of serving the USA. Running is very challenging, but probably the most rewarding in improving your fitness levels.
The first key is being consistent with your training. Make sure you build up endurance before anything else by doing longer, slow paced runs. If you want to improve on your speed. add one day of hill training to your runs to start and some interval training(short distances with a faster pace of running)
Also, take some energy supplements along with your runs to maintain endurence.(energy gels, running specific sports drinks, energy bars) Also try to cut off foods that have no nutritional value.
I hope this information helps, good luck!!
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Why do you need to run under 14 minutes? That is a nice goal, but a 20 year old male has almost 16 minutes to complete the 2 miles. Females have considerably longer.
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