Taking up running?

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I am an impossibly slow runner but have run a couple of half marathons with no injuries and I always tell my friends who are getting started to just start at a pace that would almost feel embarassing if some one saw you. Especially if it has been a long time since you ran (for me it had been twenty years). You can always run faster after you have a base. But be ridiculously slow for a while and see if that doesn't help.

Of course this means that I have never run more than 30 miles a week because that would take me ages.

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Of course this means that I have never run more than 30 miles a week because that would take me ages.

My peak mileage in a single week was 55, IIRC. I think it took me about 10.5 hours. A few fast guys I know cover 80-90 miles in that time.