Don’t buy new running shoes yet. Don’t announce it on social media. Just put on any old sneakers, find a Couch to 5k app on your phone, and go outside for twenty minutes.
Walk for five minutes to warm up. Then do your first interval: run sixty seconds, walk ninety seconds. Repeat that eight times. That’s it. You are now officially a person who is doing Couch to 5k.
If you feel like you’re dying, slow down. Run at a “conversational pace,” meaning you can say a few words without gasping. If you can’t speak, you’re going too fast. The goal is to finish, not to impress anyone.
