Distance or Speed first?

[TsPoet]

Betcha I don't!
I was asking my co-workers (who are serious runners, whereas I am a comedic runner) your question about training distance/speed. Pretty much pushing the distance and letting the speed take care of itself.

Hope that helps! At least it's better than my training non-plan!

Thanks, and I describe my jogging style as a lumbering shuffle, so I like your description.

Not to change the subject but you mentioned walking your dogs at the same time as when you go for a run. How many dogs do you walk at once? I just started running with my dog a few weeks ago. We've only had her for a little over a month and she hadn't been on a leash much before we adopted her, so it can get a little crazy trying not to trip each other but it's a lot of fun for both of us. When you mentioned "dogs" I could only imagine how crazy that could get - but it all sounds like some great mutli-tasking.

I cheat. I drive my 2 20 lb dogs out to BLM land and run along the trails out there with them off leash. We've had several adventures (thorns in eyes, porcupine quills, snakes...) that would make a sane person stop this, but the dogs and I love it and I'd rather live than be safe (I can justify anything to myself). I've been babysitting a friends Italian Greyhounds. One is a couch potato (couch potato IG is an oxymoron), the other is jogging quite well on-leash. I use a carabiner to attach a flexileash to my belt and just verbally remind her to stay on trail whenever she veers off - she's learned very quickly. So, your pup can learn and probably loves it.

Keep mindful of training injuries.
This is just a generic page on the subject:
http://www.drpribut.com/sports/topten_avoidinjury.html

I am not sure of your age but you did mention weight and either one of these increase your chance for injury.

This is one reason I've always hated running - a run of 10ft and my (back, leg, hip, foot...) would hurt for weeks. I started off very slow. thanks for the article.

4 years and 3 marathons later this is how I got my start: Couch-to-5k plan. There are now podcasts for the plan, too, which is cool. That didn't exist 4 years ago. 10 weeks is perfect, since the plan is 9 weeks, IIRC.

thanks to all!
Took last night off to lift weights (legs), my true love that I've been doing since my mom traded art instruction for the Olympic weightlifting coaches son for weight lifting instruction for me when I was 12. (My doctor thinks I should quit, thinks some of my weight problems are my insistence on lifting weights, so I've changed to light weights and more of them rather than the old heavy weight to failure concept, another change in my routine this last few months).