The next few weeks

Alex and I started running on a pretty regular basis. He was a tough coach, but it was fun. We did about 3.2 miles a day, 3 weekdays a week and did a little more on Sundays -- around 5 miles. After several weeks of this, we decided that we should do a half marathon. I went to Google and did a search for a training plan. We found one at Hal Higdon's site. The link I put in here is actually to his Novice marathon training plan, but we started with the half. Pretty simple, just run 3-4 miles a day, three days a week, and then slowly increase the mileage of the long run on Sundays. We started the long run at 5 miles, and increased a mile each week, while falling back every third week. In Hal's plan, he gives details of what you should be doing each week. But all in all the most important thing is to get your shoes on and run a little, consistently.