At the summer BBQ I got good tips from Wintersburg and non-Wintersburg people. I learned that I should run about 4 days a week instead of about 6, which I was planning to do. Further, I should run only one long run a week. I am planning on running about 45 minutes 3 times a week and then 1 long run. First starting at about 1 hour and then moving to about 3 hours by September. Well that is what one guy told me a book told him to do. Further that you should run maybe a mile and then walk for about a minute. This guy, lets call him Bill, said that this author, whose name I believe is Galloway, claims that this is the way to train and run the marathon. I am not good with names, so I decided to call him Galileo. I ran 3.75 miles on the treadmill in 45 minutes. That is a 12 minute mile pace. That is a pretty good pace for me. That was pretty difficult for me, so I know my progress will be a little slower now.
I also learned that I should not do lower body resistance training. At least according to Galileo. However, there is this guy that ran 5 minute miles in college (K.Y.) and he said that he will run 20 out of the each 21 day period. And that he works out too. He said I should work out my core.
I will follow Galileo in terms of less times running. And I will probably have to walk a little bit. Maybe after every 2 or 3 miles. However, I will work out my core. That sound like a good idea, because sometimes my lower back hurts afterwards.