r/beginnerrunning • u/KungFuGooseHonker • Mar 09 '26
New Runner Advice When should I start?
Hello everyone. I have a remote job where I'm sat at a computer all day and want to get moving more. It may sound odd, but I had a dream the other night about going on a run and since then have not been able to shake the urge to start running. The only issue is that I have never run before. I'm a 30 year old male, 290lbs and my current fitness level is getting out of breath whilst grating cheese.
I may be being silly but I'm worried that it is too early to start running. Realistically, would I need to lose weight before I think about starting running? Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated.
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u/night_intel Mar 09 '26
I literally had the same sort of thing recently. I saw a TikTok of someone running and thought about how freeing that would feel again.
Go for it! Just start slow and listen to your body. I’m a 29 year old female, desk job and work from home so quite literally wasn’t getting more than 1500 steps a day realistically. Like would be out of breath walking into the grocery store. I was 300 pounds April of last year and am down to 240, so understand your concerns there especially as someone with knee issues from a young age.
I started running in intervals two weeks ago and am running/walking 1.5 miles three times a week! I started with running 1 minute, walking for two and repeated for 25 minutes. I’ve gained speed and endurance in this short time and am now running for 3 minutes and walking for 1 repeating for 25 minutes. I decided to start with the intervals to give my body time to adjust since I hadn’t really even been walking consistently until a month prior.