Useful running links...

In case anyone is curious as to what the heck I am talking about when I reference the Couch to 5K plan, you can read about it here.

My older sister first introduced me to it, and I pretty much think it rocks. From there I went on to slowly increase my mileage while training for a 10k, much like the plan you see here, and now I'm using Hal Hidon's half marathon training plan.

I like the Hal Higdon plans because they aren't too extreme and they are specifically geared to beginning runners. Also, I kind of modify them to fit my schedule--like I do my long run on Saturday and shorter training runs on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and he has them on some other days. But the plans seem to be rather adaptable.

As you can tell by this and the hundred pushups thing, I like schedules to tell me what I should be doing. Basically, all of what I have been doing in order to become a runner has been slow and steady. Do you think that means I'll ever win a race?