Training to race

Looking forward to July 4th. Finishing the race and getting my trophy is my goal. Talked to my family and no one even my grandson wants the trophies when I go belly up, but I still want to keep my string alive since I have been getting a finisher trophy since I became 70.
Along the way I convinced my friend who at 40 plus never ran before, to run the 5 mile race with me. We have been working together this month of April and he is showing great progress. We enrolled in the 5K Fathers day road race in Fairhaven for a tune up to the July 5 miler. We are doing intervals on the track and hill training and he is pushing me as he gets into running and I'm trying to stay with him Racewalking. It's a lot of fun but I miss running.