Signed up for my First 5k charity run.

[Secretrunner]

I graduated a month a go and have been averaging 2 runs a week with 9 days off over the Christmas period. I didn't intentionally take that time off but I did cut myself some slack and enjoyed some lay-ins.

Now it's back to business and I can run for 30 minutes if I run slowly enough but haven't managed 5k yet, today I got to 4.3k and that included my cool down 5 minutes. So yesterday I signed up for the British Heart Foundations 5k in Regents Park on 9 March. I wanted a goal that was achievable and thought I would try and raise some money for charity into the bargain. Just wondered if there were any others on this forum planning to do this race?

[jrwtc Graduate]

We live too far away for me to do that race but I' d like to know how you found out about it as I' d like to do a charity run too. Is there a good website that lists them?

[Secretrunner Graduate]

Hi jrwtc, I bought a copy of Womens Running this month (Feb Edition) and there was a pullout booklet with runs for the year broken down into distance from 5k through to ultra-marathons (that might take me a while yet!!). Hope you find something close to you. Is there a park run near you?