How I did it: I did it by having one person suggest to me that I run about 5 months ago. I started off with walk/run intervals at about 15 minutes. Over the next 5 months, sometimes I worked on my time, other times I worked on sprinting or endurance. Today I decided to go for it. I made sure to keep a .25 distance for every 2:30. If I was slightly behind I picked the speed up for about 30 seconds to a minute, if I felt like I needed a breather I slowed my speed but never took a break for a walk.

Lessons & tips:

• set the goal
• go for it
• walk when you need to
• you're racing yourself, not the time in which you need to achieve the goal

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Jan 26, 2009, 07:52PM PST | 1 comment | 3 cheers