After being in injury mode for almost 2 years, I decided to ease back into running. The idea was perfect timing as a friend who I encouraged to do her first official 5k run was interested. It was a perfect time of the year to start a run and also the path of the run was all flat. So, no issues or excuses, as she trained properly to complete a 3 mile run. Start Line Doing a 5k run is a good start to anyone who wants to build on their distance running. 5k is a nice ease into other distance running levels. There is a 10k, which is about 6 miles, then the half marathon, about 13.1 miles, and of course the full marathon, 26.2 miles. In order to get to complete these races/runs, you'll definitely have to do the following: PROPER TRAINING If your a beginner, you'll need to measure your capacity to see how far you can run without stopping or if you decide to do a run and walk strategy, you'll need to see what works for your body. In my case, when I started running, it w...