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Originally Posted by DanGarion
Pushed myself a bit to far today with 5.16 miles, got a small blister on the inside part of the ball of my foot. But I did go a personal record distance. I'm going to reduce my distance and start working on speed and consistency now.
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Just some useful things that I learned on the way... when starting out, the best two ways to improve your speed and consistency are: 1) Losing Weight and 2) Running more per week.
In almost every advanced running training that I have read, it recommends that when starting out, just focus on slowly increasing your miles per week ran by roughly 2 or so per week until you get it above 20 miles per week. By doing just that, you'll get the biggest boost in your speed and fitness that you'll ever get in running. (I personally went from 43-45 minute 5ks to 28 minute 5ks by doing that).
The saying that I see often is: "To run faster, you have to run slower and more often"... ---- don't worry about the speed right now, just find an easy pace that you can run at without losing your breath (regardless of how slow it is) and just hit the miles per week that you are aiming for. As your fitness improves, that "conversational pace" will get faster on its own.