newbie questions goals

[Brian]

I started running 3-4 miles 5 times a week about a year ago mainly for
weight loss. Now I'm running also for fun and have recently switched
to 3 days 5.5 - 6 miles, 3 miles of intervals, and about every other
week 3 miles of hills. I ran my first 5k about a month ago in 23:52

Is a 20 minute 5k a reasonable goal and roughly how long
would this take to do? What could I change in my runs to
help do this.

I'd also like to run a half marathon in December with the
goal of just finishing. Do a have a shot at doing this with
my current workout? What would you suggest changing?
Thanks, Brian

[Terry Phelps]

> Is a 20 minute 5k a reasonable goal and roughly how long
> would this take to do?

I'm just a newbie, too, but I can answer the last half of
that question; It would take 20 minutes.

[Phil M.]

tgphelps50@yahoo.com (Terry Phelps) wrote in
news:9d8d2f03.0406130945.61024b0c@posting.google.com:

>> Is a 20 minute 5k a reasonable goal and roughly how long
>> would this take to do?
>
> I'm just a newbie, too, but I can answer the last half of
> that question; It would take 20 minutes.
>

True, but for some reasone it always takes me slightly
longer than 20 minutes.

Phil M.

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