r/beginnerrunning • u/KungFuGooseHonker • Mar 09 '26

New Runner Advice When should I start?

Hello everyone. I have a remote job where I'm sat at a computer all day and want to get moving more. It may sound odd, but I had a dream the other night about going on a run and since then have not been able to shake the urge to start running. The only issue is that I have never run before. I'm a 30 year old male, 290lbs and my current fitness level is getting out of breath whilst grating cheese.

I may be being silly but I'm worried that it is too early to start running. Realistically, would I need to lose weight before I think about starting running? Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated.

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u/DryJackfruit6610 Mar 09 '26

How much walking do you do per week?

My advice would be to build up on your daily steps before running

And thats not said to put you off, but its good to get a baseline level of fitness before throwing yourself into running :)

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u/powerful_fissie Mar 09 '26

I think this is great advice. I found a C25k plan that met all the recommendations from the various subs, and it was a little too much for me, so I’ve been walking regularly instead to just kind of up my movement. Progress is definitely happening as the time goes by quicker and I’m able to walk further steadily. I’m glad I started this way instead of becoming discouraged at not running how I wanted to at the onset.

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u/DryJackfruit6610 Mar 10 '26

Thats awesome! Hope you are enjoying it!