Dude-
Might be a long answer on that one. Need to work on several things, flexibility, strength and efficiency. First work on used to just running over the hurdles. Remember not to just hop or jump over them, but run over them. About a couple of strides out from the hurdle you want to accelerate so that you have momentum going into the hurdle. And try to take off as far out from the hurdle as possible so that you are just not going up to the hurdle and jumping straight up and coming straight down. Nothing like that to waste energy. So, set up a couple hurdles next to each other facing opposite directions. Then start running over the hurdles (i.e. not stopping every time you jump over one) continously doing trail leg, lead leg, going over normally, for about 20-30 minutes. If you have someone around who is a regular hurdle coach and can show you some drills and watch your form that helps. When you can do this continous run over hurdles, then start working in intervals. Basically just like any other intervals you do, but with four hurdles. I would say just once a week would be enough to start. Ones I used to do were; 4laps-3laps-2laps-1lap over hurdles with 2:00 min. rest, or 6-8 x400 over hurdles with 2:00 min. rest, or 800's where you alternate 400 flat, 400 over hurdles. You are trying to build strength so that you are strong the last 1000 meters. That is where the race is run. Also about 2-3 weeks from your first race do a couple of your intervals where you either place a hurdle where the water jump is, or go over the water jump during the interval. Good practice for the race. Key is running as efficiently as possible for the first 2K, and then kicking it in the last 1K. The only person I have ever heard of who surged in a steeple during the first 2k and lived was Henry Rono.