You know I think a lot of these tips will help if I am able to do the distance series in the winter. But for this run my goal is to enjoy and I feel like a success. I won races in a small city but Austin is running crazy. I want to achieve a feeling, not a time. My goal is to run the whole 10k which right now I could not do. Being able to walk that evening will be a secondary goal. And of course as I said this run is important for the cause, I am almost lost Pawpaw to colon cancer. My dad was sick as hell through chemo and it was pretty hard on me when he was diagnosed. I know my odds of getting colon cancer are slightly higher because of dad (Pawpaw was not biologically my grandpa). It is something I believe in fighting so the run is more than a run. I think I will do the gradual increase and once a week go a trail with a couple hills. I think the course is mostly flat but I should be prepared. Stay tuned.....