My endurance really sucks!

Question

Three weeks ago, I picked up running on the treadmill to get me in shape for the fall (I'm planning on rowing). I've been doing this every day, Mon-Fri.

It often happens that I haven't finished a mile and I feel really tired and am out of breath. I usually run at a 2.0 incline and 6.4 mph. I'm 5'1'' / 113 if it matters - am I possibly running at the wrong speed?

I'd like to actually finish a mile without having trouble - any tips on improving endurance?

Answer 1

you should definitely run at a slower speed. this will allow you to run a longer distance. after running at that distance and speed for a while, it should become easier to you and then you can gradually increase distance and/or speed.

Answer 2

Whenever i'm coming from the off season I go for distance first.  I find that on the treadmill i want to go straight into a full on sprint right after my warm up, maybe because i feel like i'm not getting anywhere.  Try taking it down a little bit maybe even get rid of the incline for at 3/4 of that mile then kick it up a notch.

Answer 3

Run instead of doing a treadmill it helps you get in shape faster. To start off with run 3 miles at a easy comfortable pace. Do hill workouts once a week. Also this workout once a week. Run 3 minutes at a all out pace try to be consistent. Do 3 of them and see how far you go. You get a 3:45 minute rest. Before that work out do a 1 mile warm up and cool down. On the hill workouts run up the hill as fast as you can then going down just do a nice easy shuffle. In about 6-8 weeks run 5 miles on your easy run days. Run Mon-Sat. Run 6 miles on Saturday at a nice easy comfortable pace. Run 6 days a week. Take 1 day off to let your muscles recover and let your body rest.

Answer 4

try lowering the speed. And slowly increasing it. In reality you'd never really be able to run at the same pace for like 15 minutes. so start off at a lower speed then increase it in the middle of your run then slowly decrease it until you finish the miles