A May 5K

I am running my first 5K with Tim in two weeks. Before last week, I had not gone for a run in about two years. I could not even find my old running shoes, so I ran in my pair of worn out Sketchers. My aerobic conditioning was no problem due to my cycling, but I found that my legs are not use to the pounding. I ran 4K in 20 minutes on Thursday and can still feel it when I walk down stairs. My neighborhood is very hilly and running down hill with zero base miles was too much. In that I have very little time to train for the race and that I really can't get into running in the first place, I'm not expecting a great finish time. I'm shooting for 27 minutes. Anything faster than that is icing on the cake for a guy who does not jog very often. I know I use to be a fast runner in high school, but I have no idea how to pace myself now and there's really not enough time to figure it out before the 5K. The last thing I want is to blow up in a foot race only to be passed by everyone. Tonight I'll log a few more miles in my new running shoes.


UPDATE:
Running is still not high on a list of things I like to do for fun. However, wearing proper fitting shoes designed for the task at hand... even when they are retro shoes... makes all the differance in the world.

UPDATE 2:
Might have to set my goal a little faster. I just ran a 5k in 30 minutes at a pace that did not even tax me while listening to some Doc Watson on the ipod. I figured I would go out and work on a base so I just jogged along. Sub 25 may be a better goal. I don't want to shoot to low and force myself to blow up with a 5 minute mile one :) Looking forward to Wednesday night's bike ride already, how do you runner guys get into this pavement pounding?