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
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