Summary: Welcome to the first ever episode of the <a href="http://mojoforrunning.com/1214-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Beginner Runner Village Podcast</a>. This information is for people just embarking on their running career, and it is aimed at people ready to take their very first running steps. You’ll get all kinds of guidance here, everything you need to know about how to get started running, the little-known secrets that make all the difference.<br> Beginner Runner Episode topics:<br> <br> * <a href="http://mojoforrunning.com/running-form-explained-brv-009/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">running form</a><br> * <a href="http://mojoforrunning.com/buying-running-shoes-brv-005/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shoe selection</a><br> * <a href="http://mojoforrunning.com/breathe-run-brv-008/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">how to breathe</a><br> * <a href="http://mojoforrunning.com/running-and-weight-loss-brv-017/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">running for weight loss</a><br> * <a href="http://mojoforrunning.com/the-motivation-of-wanting-more-brv-029/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">motivation</a><br> * and much more all included in the <a href="http://mojoforrunning.com/1214-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">archives</a><br> <br> I have another podcast, the <a href="http://mojoforrunning.com/mojo-running-podcast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mojo for Running Podcast</a>, that I’ve been doing for several years, but the content is for people who’ve already been running a while. Over the years, I discovered that many people were using the popular Couch to 5k type beginner runner programs and finding them too aggressive, which is not to say they are bad programs; some are good programs, but they aren’t for everybody. Over time, I realized that most people, and definitely, my people, the beginner runners I worked with, needed much, much more time, that they only excelled when I slowed it down, a lot. <br> I’m driven to share what I’ve learned, working with all those beginner runners. My goal is an almost perfect success rate, and ‘success’ is someone who becomes a runner, enjoys it, loves it, and keeps running for the rest of their lives. Otherwise, really, what’s the point?<br> Becoming a runner is not intuitive.<br> You don’t just walk out the door and run until you get tired. No, if you do that, what you’ll get is injured and discouraged. You could do that when you were 10; you can’t do that when you’re 30 or 40 or 50 or 60, but you can, safely, successfully, become a runner. There is a way, a right way, and this podcast will explain it.<br> <br> It’s not rocket science; it will make perfect sense, and you’ll wish you had thought about it this way before you first set out to start running. I say that because most people coming to this podcast have already started trying to run, and many will say they’ve tried and failed more than once.<br> <br> No worries. I know why it didn’t work. It’s not surprising that you tried to do what you see experienced runners doing, just running. They make it look so easy, right? <br> But they weren’t always runners, and it wasn’t so easy for them, either, not for most of them. They likely struggled, too, persevered through injuries, and eventually managed to keep it up, but for every person you see out there, running, happily, comfortably, there are a hundred who tried and eventually, after injuries and after lots of huffing and puffing and pushing hard and being miserable, decided it wasn’t for them – or they just decided they couldn’t do it – or that they didn’t have the body for it.<br> I have answers.<br> Please listen, because I’ve worked with hundreds of beginner runners,
