How do you build your stamina?

I'm a weakling, a girl, busy, and I want to start running. Advice necessary!

How do you build your stamina?
If you have not run before start out by running easy until you need to walk and then walk until you feel like running again.


In a few weeks, less than a month you will be able to run the entire distance, you should be doing 20 to 30 minutes from 3 to 5 times each week.





After 1 month you can increase your distance and you should be running 5 times a week.





Depending on your goals you can continue to increase the distance about 25% after each 4 week period until you are satisfied with the time and distance you are training.





If you are just looking to improve and maintain your cardiovascular condition running 20 minutes 3 times each week is enough.
Reply:Walking,jogging or running!
Reply:elevate your heart rate for extended periods of time. begin by elevating it slightly for about 20 minutes or so with light walking or biking, then raise the intensity level but keep the time the same.





Once that becomes easy for you, keep the same higher intensity level but do it for longer and keep working your way up.
Reply:well it sounds like u don't have a habit of running so what I would say is walk for 10 min then jog for 5min do that for about and hour.........then when u think that ur ready to move u can do like 5 min jog and 5 min walk..............what ever feels comfortable to u
Reply:First is balance diet...


then start to jog a few rounds. What I mean is start with what your body can handle and don't exceed your limit. Then make it a day-to-day routine.





Example:


day 1 - jog for 15 minutes


day 2 - jog for 20 minutes


and so on....





You can build your stamina doing it this way and it is much easier. Just don't exceed your limit because its a waste of energy. It will end up exhaustion and make you weaken.


Oh... and don't forget to do "stretching" or it will end up to muscle pain.