I actually bumped it up to 12 miles, one mile at a time for two weeks each, then a two week taper. Hal's theory is that adrenaline will take you the other 5K on race day if you are already capable of running 10. I 'd rather be sure.

I am glad I am not the only one who has already signed up for a 1/2 marathon! I started the end of July and started too fast and hurt an ankle so am now starting slowly in the C25K program and will finish the end of this month. I will be doing the 1/2 in April, so a few months after you guys! I found a beginners 1/2 marathon training plan on this site for a 12 week program, the longest mile is 12 miles. It does have a suggested base of 3-5 m 5x a week. I don't plan on starting that until abt Dec when I can work up to the recommended base.

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If you started running in June and are planning to do this half in January, that's pretty doable. I'd have been concerned if you said you wanted to do a half in October or some such, but for January, you definitely have enough time! And following a specific plan is good, whatever one works for you, whether Higdon or any organized plan.

Also, 2:45 shouldn't be a stretch for you, since your 2.5 mile time is less than ten min. pace, and 2:45 is something close to 12 mins. mile pace. By the time you get to race day, you should be able to handle that easily. How did your 2.5 feel? If you felt pretty comfortable and could easily go faster, then no problem at all. If you felt as if it was a push, you might want to think about working a little on pace, but I'd still say you'll be okay. As your endurance improves, your speed will pick up too.

Good luck w/ your training!

quote:<HR>Originally posted by angelise22:
Wow...thanks!! I'm really excited. I'm on my own. I know a few people who are running it, and I was supposed to run with a friend, but she won't be running now due to injury. I'm hoping I can run w/my iPod...I don't know what I will do if I can't! But it's along Chicago's lakefront, so the view will be great.

schedule sent, by the way... <HR>

SOOOOOO? How did it go?????

So angelise22 how did the race go?

Lioness1- I don't know if I could run without the ipod either, but maybe you could try a few shorter runs without it and see if it is doable before not doing the official race- you might just do fine!

caltex- That would be great to cyber train! i think you are ahead of me time wise, I am more of a 28-30 min for 2.5-2.8 mi.

Jules

Here's another training plan:

http://marathontraining.com/faq/faq_hm.html[/URL" target="_blank">

It's a 23 week schedule, but you should have no problem starting at week 4.



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Congratulations Angelise!! That's a great time too!
jules

Nah, man. Like most of the others said - it's all doable. My story, so you can have one more... is that I started running on 28 May this year. I had a very low fitness level and about 30 pounds overweight.

Started with C25K and did my first 10k on 1 July in just under 60 minutes after 5 weeks on the program. Dis my first Half marathon on the 12th of August. I have done 1 more since then, a 24km trail run, a 42km circuit and yesterday another 20k race and I have a best half marathon time of 2h10.

So, not very fast and just aiming to run comfortably and finish, but if I can do it, so can you - and you have way longer to prepare for it.

Good luck!