5k race?

I have never ever been a runner, but I know people who learn to love it, and they seem to stay in great shape. I think the only way I can get myself to continually run is to have a specific goal for a specific date.

Typically, I say "I'm going to start running," and over the course of a week or so, I go to the gym 3-4 times and run on the treadmill, usually doing intervals of 6mph running and 4mph walking. I can run a mile straight, but then I am very tired. After the week, usually I get busy with something, or tired, and stop going. A month or two later, I do it again.

I'm thinking of signing up for a 5k race, so that I have a goal to work towards. There's one in my city (Chicago) on March 16th, for St. Paddy's Day. Today is Feb. 1. I am not just coming off of a week of training, but rather close to a month of pretty much nothing.

I'm not overweight or particularly out of shape.

Is 6 weeks enough to train for such a race, given that I have never run 5k in my life? The furthest I have ever run consecutively is 1.2 miles, on a treadmill. Also, given the Chicago weather, it is unlikely that I'll be doing much training outside, so most of it will be on a treadmill.

Any advice?

Fri. Feb 1, 1:21pm

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