Everything I Wish I Knew BEFORE I Started Running

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↓↓ Recognise yourself in any of those? Or maybe there’s something else you wish you knew before you started running? Tell us in the comments! ↓↓

[Jinx-igfz]

I wish I knew that running slower would make me a stronger and better runner.

[Stevenc]

Anyone looking to start running in 2021, believe in yourself, you can do it!

[allenh]

I wish I knew how euphoric finishing a run was, when was the first half mile was sooo hard.

[Sam_W]

I wish I knew some runs are just gonna suck, and that’s totally fine! Bad runs make the good runs even better!

[jodwai]

I didn't expect this to be so inspiring. The clip of with Anna 'watch me because I can and I have' made me feel emotional. I've started and stopped running (with the aim of doing a charity race) so many times because of the doubts that other people put in my head saying 'you will never be able to do that'. I need to stop letting fear and other people's opinions stop me!

[jamesbenjamins]

I wish I had been told, you don't need to run fast!

[thedude]

I wish I knew that the hardest part of a run was lacing up those trainers and getting out.

[alusarmiento]

I wish I knew running would be the best antidote for my panic attacks!

[emilycoryschirer]

This is priceless! I just started running in the past year at 41 years old. The Running Channel has been a source of education and inspiration. Keep up the amazing work!

[crazydave]

I wish I knew how much better running outside is than running just on a treadmill.

[STEPHAN]

I wish I had started years ago, how different my life would have been

[paulburns]

Totally loved this video, it had me smiling and agreeing with just about everything. I wish I’d known how uplifting it can be to be out running early before everyone else is up, and how smug I’d feel for the rest of the day!!

[galeriestrasbourg]

I wish I knew (earlier than my mid-twenties) that running would give me a different perspective on what is actually hard and difficult and how much I could take and keep moving forward. It is running that made every other life challenge seem a lot easier. I wish I knew it would make me stronger and better prepared for everything.

[raymondmorrow]

I wish I knew how many people a socially ackward guy like me would become friends with over years of running.

[TruthSerum]

"Almost no run should never make you feel absolutely destroyed"
David Goggins has entered the chat:

[kentburke]

I wish I'd known that managing your expectations and starting out slowly was the key to starting running and enjoying it and I possibly wouldn't have waited till I was 56.

[andrewcole]

I wish i knew that being out run by a seventy two year old in a half marathon would give me so much motivation and optimism about starting running at fifty two, never to old

[narrowboatlongpod]

I wish I'd known that one pair of shoes was never going to be enough.

[jameslloyd]

Great channel, I work for a large company and since lockdown, I provided a health and safety proactive document where I promoted my personal experience with running and within this I promoted the Running Channel as a clear source of advice and motivation. Personally lost 2 stone in weight and from not being able to run 200M, I completed 2 solo half marathons last year.