Getting Closer
1 month ago
New Personal Best of 34’14”
How to run a 5K in under 30 minutes
It made me 
"Long and hard to keep going, but well worth the effort!"
How I did it: It all started when I injured my knee in September of 2007. I needed to rehab my knee, and my wife and I decided to hike part of the Appalachian Trail in spring of 09. So we started jogging with some friends, and from that followed the goal to get my 5k time to under 30 minutes! This morning at the Jingle Bell Run in Huntington, West Virginia, I posted a time or 28:42!
All I did was set goals, and stick to training with the help of my wife, who is my exercise partner. In the process I attained another of my goals to lose 50 pounds!
Lessons & tips: Basically three things.
1. If you have an exercise goal, do it with someone else. It will keep you motivated to have a partner.
2. Set incremental goals that aren't so high that you can't reach them. Strive for a long string of successes along the path to your ultimate one.
3. Don't be discouraged. There are a lot of people who run all the time and they're faster than you are. That's ok. Run your own race and don't be upset if it takes a long time to make headway. Just use it as motivation to keep you moving along your path.
Resources: Keep track of your progress in a logbook, or journal. In my Lose 50 Pounds goal, I mentioned http://www.thedailyplate.com . It's a super helpfula nd free resource for food and fitness logging.
-GOOD LUCK!
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