Yesterday I signed up for a 5k race. I’ve been running regularly since January, but feel like I’ve made minimal progress. The race is less than a month away, so I don’t have much time for improvement, but at least now there is something to shoot for.

There was a time when you couldn’t have paid me to run 10 steps (I never liked to sweat!) so I guess I should be proud of this little breakthrough.

Wish me luck – and let me know if you have any advice for a complete newbie.