Thanks for the tips! I'm a beginner to running but I had been doing boxing/weight lifting for a few months before that, so far the tempo/5k pace is working fine

Thanks for the tips! I'm a beginner to running but I had been doing boxing/weight lifting for a few months before that, so far the tempo/5k pace is working fine for me, but I will pay more attention on not to injury myself :) For the taper part I'll dig deeper! Thank you for the kinda advice!