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How To Start Running 5K Distances if You’re Not a Runner

I didn’t use to be a runner. Now I run ultras.

I remember when I started running longer distances. At first, when I was in high school, I dreaded the 1-mile run at gym class. I hated the long runs in track. I played football, so I wanted to develop as many fast twitch muscles as I could to be faster. I had in my head that if I ran more…

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Runner's Life is a publication for advice and stories from the intersection of running and life. By runners, for runners.

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