As I mentioned, the main form of exercise I have recently been getting is at 5-a-side football. I'd been playing bi-weekly but the season is now over and I won't be doing anything else.
There's nothing in the way of me starting training now...
As you would have gathered by now, I'm actually not fit enough to even run a mile yet, though I do come close! For the past couple of weeks I've been aiming to complete a mile circuit and recently notched up a massive 0.9 miles. This is the entirety of my running experience so far and it's time to step it up.
I'll be diving into a running program that I found here - I'm going to start at run two of week two. I'm confident I'm not jumping in too soon by skipping the first few runs. The reason for skipping the first few runs is that I'm really keen to complete the program before an official 5k race that takes place in my local area on May 26th. I'll be entering.
So there's my first target. I have 5 weeks to prepare to run a 5k race (3.1 miles), I don't have a target time though I aim to complete it without the need to stop running. Though I may be naively confident of being able to complete the race without a break I'll also say that if I don't manage to do so, I won't be disheartened! In 5 weeks time I'll be in better shape than I am today, which is good enough in regards to the long term goal!
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