Run a 5K??? YES! You Can!!

Depending on your current fitness level, running a 5K may sound insurmountable. The important thing is to honestly assess your potential and plan accordingly. If you've been leading a sedentary lifestyle, and you're 25 + pounds overweight, your immediate goal will have a softer edge. The goal might be to start walking 20 minutes a day. After a few weeks, increase to 30 minutes and so forth. Keep doing that, and you WILL get to the point where running a 5K is totally possible!!! For those of you who have been moderately active, running a 5k is a goal you can reach for right now. No more waiting. No more excuses! What I think about is the feeling I'll have after I complete such a goal: confidence, achievement, success. Great, great feelings. But for most of us, we wonder how do we go from walking a few days a week to actually competing in a 5K race? Well, there's LOTS of information on the Web to help you. I want to start equipping you find the information you'll need to motivate yourself, to encourage yourself, and to give you ideas into the health world that you never thought about before!

This first Web site is great! It's all about how to train and get yourself to the point that you're fully capable of running in a 5K race:

http://health.msn.com/dietfitness/runningarticlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100166036

This second link is a "running" Web site - with loads and loads of great information! But it doesn't just discuss running itself.....there are tabs to click for info on "motivation", "nutrition & weightloss", and "training" among a few.

http://www.runnersworld.com/0,7118,,00.html

Go ahead, I dare you. Take the plunge. Get more knowledge about what you can do to get healthier in both nutrition and exercise, and then DO IT. Give yourself the knowledge you need to succeed. You can do it!!!