https://asynkrunner.com/tags/training/Recent content in Training on The AsynKrunner: Bytes, Bites & MilesHugoen-usSun, 30 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://asynkrunner.com/posts/find-your-starting-line-the-race/Sun, 30 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://asynkrunner.com/posts/find-your-starting-line-the-race/<p>You have started running regularly. You struggled in the beginning, but as you put in the days, you discover the hidden <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliud_Kipchoge">Kipchoge</a> in you. More walk-run sessions are slowly transitioning into longer stretches of running. You feel you are a couple of months away from your first race, but which race?</p> <p>How do you find races?</p> <p>My go-to resource is the <a href="https://runningintheusa.com/classic/find-by-state/">Running in the USA</a> website.</p> <p><figure> <img src="https://asynkrunner.com/images/find-your-starting-line-the-race/Screenshot-2025-03-28-at-10.48.25-PM-1-1024x415.png" alt=""> </figure> </p> <p>It lets you filter by month, region, or specific state, and race distance. Once you find a race close to you or in the city you want to run, look up the race on the site <a href="http://raceraves.com">Raceraves</a>. Read race reviews to find out what runners of the previous iteration of the race think about it, focus on what they say about race organization and difficulty.</p>https://asynkrunner.com/posts/my-running-journey-from-zero-to-half-marathon/Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://asynkrunner.com/posts/my-running-journey-from-zero-to-half-marathon/<p>I am asked this question or a variation of it quite often.</p> <blockquote> <p>How to start running from 0?</p></blockquote> <h2 id="getting-started">Getting Started</h2> <p>I am often asked about my running journey.</p> <p>Before I started, I had no experience running long distances. I only took up running when I turned 40. It took me about two months of training by following freely available training plans online. There are many plans out there, including ones titled <strong>&quot;<a href="https://marathonhandbook.com/couch-to-half-marathon/">Couch to Half Marathon</a>.&quot;</strong> I highly recommend checking out <a href="https://marathonhandbook.com/podcast/" title="Marathon">Marathon</a> <a href="https://marathonhandbook.com/">Handbook</a>, whose podcast I regularly listen to and enjoy.</p>