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After finishing the 5K, I got ambitious and decided to scale longer distances. Inched myself from 5K to an 8K and then a 10K. It was awesome to see the progress. After a long lull of running on the treadmill, I ventured out to run on the roads. It was miserable at first as you have no clue about your pace or the distance you travelled. The body is used to running, has not internalized a pace for you. I download Runkeeper Free to track my runs. It is a nice little GPS enabled app with alerts about pace and time and distance. One fine Friday morning, I decided to go out for a run, and saw banners all over Newport, Jersey City about Newport Liberty Half Marathon . If I can run 6 miles, I can run 13.1. My first ever 6+ miles run on Friday. https://runkeeper.com/user/varunmehta/activity/53385911 That weekend on Sunday, ran my first half marathon. My finish time was 3:19:03.07, and was placed 2215/2225 of the whole set. Average pace 15:00 min/mile. I completed and loved the experie

C25K: Couch to 5 kilometers (3.1 miles). Finally finished my c25K training and was finally able to run a 5K (not a race, just by itself!), and it was awesome. C25K is the perfect program for someone who has never run and wants to start running. Just 30 minutes a day, 3 times a week, and after 9 weeks you can run 5 kilometers! It is awesome. The idea was first publicized by coolrunning.com. Check this link of theirs to get more info about the program  ( http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml ). With the app industry bustling with, there is an app for everything, you can search your phone's store to get an app. I used " Ease into 5K " to get me started, repeated week 4 multiple times to get comfortable with the pace and distance. An effort worth spending.