Well I have a 3 mile conditioning pt run this Saturday and I have not really ran in several years. However for the past week and a half I have been eating correctly, and exercising everyday as well as practicing stretching techniques to loosen my muscles from their dormant, non active, video game playing state.

The last time I ran was about a month or longer ago and I did about 1.5 miles on the hottest day and I was not physically prepared for the long distance so I cramped up for about 30 minutes when I slowed down. I blame this mostly on my lack of exercise and stretching as well as the nutrition and fluid intake I had been subjecting myself that day and the weeks before.

I'm going to be a little more agile and flexible this time around with about 60 swimming laps and various stretching everyday as well as proper nutrition and fluid intake under my belt this time so hopefully I won't cramp as fast this time. To me running is mostly a mental challenge. When it gets difficult to breathe and your legs begin to burn, just push past it and eventually it will go away. I remember that's how my cross country coach taught us to think 7 years ago or so when I was in middle school.

Anyways, any other advice would be great from some experienced runners, long distance runners, etc.

Thank you!

Anything?

I spoke with my recruiter and his advice was to just stretch and drink a lot of water the day before.