Never thought I'd end up on this thread, but anyway...
Started going to the gym a couple of weeks back. Last Friday, I thought I'd have a bosh on the treadmill just to see how unfit I was, and to see if I could run 400 yards. To my surprise, I ran a mile, though it nearly killed me (I'm a smoker who likes a kebab and lots of beers and who hasn't even ran for a bus for about ten years...). I was quite chuffed with myself, so had another crack on Tuesday. MAnaged to run 3.8km in 20 minutes, and only stoped because of the timer on the treadmill. Now I'm off running there again tomorrow, and am loving the fact that I can run! Got a bit of a calf strain, but that's probably because I didn't bother to stretch at all...
So... how long does it take to build up to run a reasonable distance, say 10k? I'm planning on ditching the fags in the next month or two...