NSV... signed up for my first 5K

kiltbunny

Signed up for a 5K that my work is participating in... Never, ever thought I would be doing this!! It's in September so I'm going to start "training"... hoping to complete it in 30-40 minutes!!

secretlobster

Yay!! Are you doing the couch to 5k (C25k) program? That would be a fantastic place to start

Pedal_Pusher

Congrats. Kill it.

Runs4Wine

Congrats!! I remember the fear and excitement of my first 5K. Although beware, once you sign up for one you may get the race bug... they're addicting

kiltbunny

I didn't do the C25K but I am definitely eyeballing it now. I don't want to be just one of the "walkers", that's for SURE!

Marks281172

Great goal.. i bet you smash that target time

AveryWays

Congrats!! I remember the fear and excitement of my first 5K. Although beware, once you sign up for one you may get the race bug... they're addicting

You can definitely do this and totally agrees that race bug is addicting!!

spearfox

That's enough training time, you should easily accomplish running the whole race. Good luck.

forewiz

I'll second the C25K opinion. I used it last year to go from a complete couch potato (struggling to run the first 30sec intervals) to running a 25:50 in my first race in 9 weeks. I too was hoping for the 30-40 min finish but the planets aligned just right (cool weather, flat track, and a pace setting friend). Just follow the program and you'll be stunned at the results.