Originally Posted by
wphamilton
Can't argue with success so elliptical it is for a couple of days, and then a couple of days off the legs for everything to hopefully recover a little. If anyone else 50+ is tempted to try 0 to 5K run, take it from me that 10 days is not optimal. I thought I had another couple of weeks though.
If I were going to do a 5k run, I wouldn't train for it at all. I run once a year, a 4+ mile trail run on an island we visit. No problem. It's always a fun experience. I've had a couple days off all training before it and I can go pretty hard. I used to run almost every day, 50 years ago.