Thanks again FF. I like that plan. The reason I started with such a short distance is to see how sore my legs get. I remember last time I ran, I used muscles I had forgotten about and man it hurt. So, let me get these legs out of their initial shock and I'll implement what you suggested. Cya, Greg

I quite like FF's plan.

I did the entire 3 miles yesterday. Actually a bit more. I slowed my pace way down and it was actually not too difficult. I jogged 1/2 mile, walked for 30 seconds or so and kept on like that until I had jogged a total of 3 miles. My hips and quads are a little sore today but not too bad at all.

FF has got it goin' on. I took his advice on pace and it made it so much easier. Now that I'm over the mental block of going 3 miles I can work on weeding out the rest stops and gradually increasing my pace. The 5K is 4 weeks from yesterday. By that time I'm hoping to be able to crank it up to a 30 minute pace for raceday, just under a 10 minute mile.

I did have a small blistered area on the ball of my left foot. It was really just the beginnings of one, where the area is sore and the skin a tad bit raised up. I think if I snug up the laces a tad bit on that area of my shoes then I'll be fine. A little more fine tuning and I'll be ready to go the distance.

Thanks for all the support and advice. I'll be crankin' it out before long. I'm even considering doing the "Tulsa Run" in October (15k) but I don't want to get ahead of myself. It always seems to fall on the 1st day of Muzzleloader season for deer so I'll have to see. There are plenty of 5K and 10K runs between now and then for training purposes.

That's it for now. I'll update in my journal. Take care, Greg

Great work mate! keep it up. I think the trick here is to not take it to seriously, and just get out and do it.

Good work on cutting back on the beers!

Have you thought about another goal after you smash out this 5km on March 8?

Backspace, that was over a year ago and I routinely run 3 miles, probably 3-5 days per week now. I actually ran 5 miles Friday. Like anything else, it's more of a process and learning from those that are already good at it. I got tons of advice, applied it and was successful. I've run one 5K race already and am planning on doing another one soon. I'd even like to do a 10K and a half marathon sometime this year. I had lofty running goals but just went through a divorce and bought a house. So, for now, I'm happy with 5 miles. It's not hard or intimidating anymore. My next goal is a 5K road race in less than 29 minutes and a half marathon before the end of the year! I'm right at 195 pounds now, 190 is my goal there (from a whopping start weight of 241.5).