Adequate preparation for 5k (Read 701 times)

I'm as slow as you are, and I did my first 5k a few weeks ago. Contrary to Jake's prediction, I did nowhere near 38 minutes ... but I wasn't last. (Then again, I'm not doing as many miles per week as you were yet. It was my third week of OHR.) I was second to last in my age group because I walked a bit on the final stretch to get some energy and sprint past that you-know-what who'd been in front of me the whole time -- I beat her by 5 seconds or so. I must admit, that was fun. I was about 10th to last out of the whole thing. It was a small race that wasn't well advertised, so it was all skinny people who were part of the local running clique and I didn't fit in at all. It was a little humiliating and I didn't have a good time while I was there, but I'm really glad I did it. I'm doing another one in a few weeks (a much, much bigger one). So I hope it's inspiring to know that even if the race is a bad and embarrassing experience, I'm still happy to say I did it and I really enjoy wearing the t-shirt and showing it off to my friends.

Thank you! I actually feel really prepared and am aiming to get within Jake's 38 minute prediction. I'll have a race report up on Saturday, with photos if I can find the wire connecting my camera to my computer. Chris modified to fix the fact I cannot spell...