Running 101 #amilikey

Hi readers of the world!! I consider myself an amateur runner even though I have been doing it relatively consistent for over 4 years now. I have participated in just a few races from 5K to 5 miles. Obviously, never medaled any prices but definitely finished the races and not the last one. Major Lol. It all began with a former personal trainer I had who inspired and motivated me to start running with just one mile during my lunch break. At the time, I had a guaranteed hour break for lunch so it made it feasible to complete and the location was absolutely perfect. My very first run took me a little over 13 minutes just to complete one mile in the middle of the day in pure hot weather. I believe I did that for a whole week and by the 7th day I had the time down to about 10 minutes. After that initial week of one mile, he challenged me to do two miles and I was like, it seems too soon to jump from one to two miles but...