Getting Started with Running: From Walking to Running

I have been running for a long time, every week and often every day. It has also been several years that I have had to start, restart and follow a plan to run more, longer, longer distances or even to get back into it because I had to stop running for a period X.

In short, I am not a running champion. On the other hand, I am a champion of perseverance. I am taking up running again. And I am taking up again and again from the beginning a progression plan from walking to running.

Why adopt a race plan?

You should always start with a plan to progress slowly but surely towards continuous running. With each injury, fall, end of season, in other words, each time the running training ends, then you should also go gently for the recovery.

"How is your running progress?" is a question I get asked very frequently. The truth is that I run when I'm at the top of my game, the rest of the time I'm progressing, otherwise I'm sure to get injured.

Running is a very special sport because it demands a lot from our body. Our body needs to be used to the stress of the impact on our bones, muscles, ligaments, etc. We need to take it gradually. And after a few weeks we think back to those days when getting dressed and putting on our running shoes took LONGER than the prescribed few minutes of running.

We think back to the joy of running with flexibility and strength. And we finally succeed with perseverance in propelling ourselves forward with ease! It's an incredible feeling!!!

A racing program for you

I would like to give you this gift of sharing this program with you! A gift that I hope will do you as much good as it does me!

It was designed by the excellent "coach" Anastasia Polito. Don't hesitate to follow it and go gently, in progression, while remaining attentive to your body. You can even take all the time you want to increase the volume. You can repeat the same training several times if it is too difficult. The most important thing is the happiness that we get from it day after day and the satisfaction of fulfilling ourselves, of expressing ourselves through physical activity.

I wish you a BEAUTIFUL and very ENJOYABLE walking-running activity.

Please feel free to give us your feedback or ask questions. We are always happy to listen to you or read your comments.

Catherine Claude, co-owner of Sportive Plus