Your 12 Week Guide to Running

but remember the goal is to get out of your armchair and finish a 5 km race.

Listen to your body. You know when you are feeling good and you know when you are not because your body tells you. Follow the programme and listen to advice but always remember the best guide you will have is your own body.
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Make sure you visualize your success before you have even taken a physical step towards it. Your mind and body work together as a team and your head is the leader so take time to picture your success right away.

There is only one thing you should be concentrating on right now and that is to start exercising. Don’t attempt to give up smoking and drinking and start eating salads just yet. You are more likely to give up if you try to change too much at once.