Start-Line Checklist: Settle Your Gear, Route and Date
A 20-item checklist for shoes, clothing, route, weather rules and safety, plus a when-to-stop page and a week-one walking calendar.
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The real opening page, word for word. 3 parts in total.
Part 1: How to use this checklist
Welcome. Before you run, walk, or jog a single step, a few small decisions make the first week much easier: what to wear on your feet, where to go, when to start, and who knows your plan. This checklist helps you settle all of them in one sitting, so your first outing is about moving, not about sorting out logistics.
What this pack does
- Gives you a 20-item start-line checklist covering a doctor check-in note, shoes, clothing, route, weather rules, and safety.
- Gives you a "when to stop and ask a doctor" page to keep where you can find it.
- Gives you a week-one calendar with three gentle sessions and room for rest.
What it does not do
- It is not a training plan. It sets you up for one. Any walk-run plan, including the 10-week program sold separately by Whole Life HQ, works with this checklist.
- It does not promise a pace, a distance, or any change in your body. Plenty of people enjoy a first 5K at a walk, at a jog, or at a mix of both.
- It is general wellbeing information, not medical advice. Nobody here has examined you, so your own doctor is the right person for questions about your health.
What is in each part
- How to use this checklist
- The 20-item checklist
- When to stop, and your week-one calendar
What's inside
- 20-item checklist with fill-in lines
- When to stop and ask a doctor page
- Week-one calendar with rest days built in
- Doctor check-in question to take along
Who it's for
For a beginner who wants gear, route and start date settled, with a doctor check-in prompt, before a first walk-run plan. An expert review by a qualified running coach is planned; until then it is general information, not professional advice.
How you get it
- In your libraryCheckout opens at launch. After you buy, it appears in your library straight away.
- Any devicePhone, tablet or computer. Print it if you like paper.
- Yours to keepIt stays in your account, and you can come back any time.