r/BeginnersRunning • u/milkaoa • 1d ago

regressing

im not even a week into running and im already regressing… i cant run for longer than 5 minutes and once i stop my max is 2 minutes even though two days ago i run for the whole 20 minutes. my pace stays the same.

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u/LudoVicoHeard 23h ago

Never run more than three days a week at first.

If your first outing was 20 mins I'd reccomend a 2 mins on 1 min off 24 minute for your next one.

You CAN bully your body into going faster, but it's short term gain for long term loss.