I have started to train for the Via 1/2 marathon that is on September 13, 2009. Considering I have just started running in April of this year this is a pretty big effort. I have run a 5K in May and that took me about 30 minutes. Not a great time but at least I finished. That was the longest I have ever run in my life. Today I ran 4 miles at a 10 minute pace. So naturally it took me 40 minutes. Now this is the furthest I have ever run. I felt better at the end of this run than I did when I ran the 5K. Could be because I am in even better shape or because it was in a controlled situation – a treadmill.
I currently weigh 174 as of this morning. At my peak before I decided to start losing weight I was at 188. For the last month I have been lifting weights at least 3x a week pretty hard. As a warmup I was running at least 1 to 1.25 miles at a pretty brisk pace. Well brisk for me 
The first day I started running on June 1 (about) I was running at 6. Now I am running at 7. That is an 8 minute mile. Again, not a great time, but its better than it was a month ago.
My goal is to run 4 miles at least 3x this week.