So, first of all [hell yeah](  3 months ago, I couldn't even finish a single mile.

Quick background: I have hated running my whole life, then started dating a runner a few years ago and got dragged (drug?) along with her on runs.  After we broke up, I kept it up, off and on, and got to where I could go for ~3 miles.  But, pretty much hated it the whole time I was doing it, but felt like ten million bucks when I finished.   

Long story short, last year was one of depression and alcohol, and I snapped out of it this April 40 pounds overweight (I'm 6'7" and should weight 225), and decided that I refused to be the fat kid on the beach this summer.   

So, I got to it and last Thursday, passed the 4 mile mark for the first time ever.  Tonight I wanted to see if I could hit five and ended up going 5.6 in ~1 hour.   

My question after that wall of text is this:  would it be better to keep increasing distance, or stay around 5 miles and increase speed?  I was thinking of setting a goal of knocking ten minutes off that 5.6 miles time over the next month or so, but it would also be cool to see if I could get up to ten miles.
user
Is it better to keep increasing distance, or go from distance to speed training (kind of like weighlifters go from bulking up to high rep toning
assistant
So, first of all [hell yeah](  3 months ago, I couldn't even finish a single mile.

Quick background: I have hated running my whole life, then started dating a runner a few years ago and got dragged (drug?) along with her on runs.  After we broke up, I kept it up, off and on, and got to where I could go for ~3 miles.  But, pretty much hated it the whole time I was doing it, but felt like ten million bucks when I finished.   

Long story short, last year was one of depression and alcohol, and I snapped out of it this April 40 pounds overweight (I'm 6'7" and should weight 225), and decided that I refused to be the fat kid on the beach this summer.   

So, I got to it and last Thursday, passed the 4 mile mark for the first time ever.  Tonight I wanted to see if I could hit five and ended up going 5.6 in ~1 hour.   

My question after that wall of text is this:  would it be better to keep increasing distance, or stay around 5 miles and increase speed?  I was thinking of setting a goal of knocking ten minutes off that 5.6 miles time over the next month or so, but it would also be cool to see if I could get up to ten miles.
user
5.6 miles and up. What would be the better call?
assistant