| We've all seen 5k runners take over the streets of a | | | | spread out your running and walking times. |
| nearby town. They run past in a wave of legs, | | | | Motivate yourself to run just 20 to 30 minutes for 3 |
| custom wristbands, running shoes, and cancer | | | | times a week. This moderate exercise is |
| bracelets. They run for many causes from diseases | | | | recommended by most physicians. It can get you |
| to political issues. A 5k race is no joke for those of | | | | into shape and keep you there if you are a more |
| us sitting at home. This article provides some simple | | | | serious runner. Spacing out your running throughout |
| training tips to prepare for a 5k race. | | | | the week is important. It will give you a chance to |
| Although the task of preparing your body and mind | | | | rest between exercising, and give your body a |
| for a 5k run can seem daunting, there are some | | | | chance to recover. Instead of focusing on running, |
| relatively simple steps you can follow to make sure | | | | gradually build up running will gradually increase your |
| your preparation is as painless as possible. All to often | | | | fitness and bone strength. On off days you can |
| people give up on a running program because they | | | | choose for yourself whether you want to simply rest |
| start too quickly. If you run as fast as you can as far | | | | or walk. Walking can loosen some of your tight |
| as you can the first time you start to train, your | | | | muscles after a hard exercise the day before, and |
| body will reject it, you will be in pain, and you will | | | | can help you stay in better shape between |
| probably give up. Your training will seem more like | | | | workouts. |
| torture than training if you try to do it this way. | | | | You can measure yourself by the distance or the |
| Easing yourself slowly into a running routine is the | | | | time you run. Even if there isn't a track close to you |
| best way to allow your body and mind to adjust to | | | | just estimate the distance. Being exact is not as |
| running for long distances. At the beginning of your | | | | important as increasing gradually. Be sure to jog or |
| training, you will be doing more walking than running, | | | | walk at a brisk pace to warm up before each |
| so it shouldn't be too stressful at all. If you are | | | | exercise session. You will want to be sure to keep |
| walking and you feel like you can do more, try not to | | | | yourself hydrated as well. In addition, eat several |
| get too impatient, just stick to the plan of walking | | | | small but healthy meals a day to help your overall |
| then running a bit, increasing the time you are running | | | | fitness. Following these general tips can get you from |
| little by little. If you don't increase slowly and steadily, | | | | the couch to the finish line, and can make you feel |
| you will burn yourself out. If you think the work | | | | better as a whole. |
| you're doing is too strenuous, just slow down and | | | | |