StarGirl11
Long time DL Runner who is finally coming home
- Joined
- Feb 8, 2012
I want to do this. I'm SUCH a beginning runner. I've been doing Couch to 5K for a while. (Started last fall but then tweaked my knee because I didn't give myself resting days. Ever. Bad idea.) I started back after Christmas and I'm in about week 4. It's going well. I HATE running on the treadmill, so I get bored with running but I think I'd be less so outside. So. Am I crazy to consider this? (Background info: I'm 44--well, 45 in a week. I'm small (5'1") and pretty slim. I'm a fairly active person, but I'm not "toned." I am thin but not in shape if that makes any sense.) Am I being unrealistic, do you think? Some friends and I have already decided to come and do the 5K, but I want to do the 1/2. I think I can, I think I can...
It's definitely not impossible. I did my first half around four months after I started running? So with us having 10 months you have plenty of time to work up to a half marathon.
I know someone mentioned the Galloway method. And I know the basic plans are great. But sometimes the best thing to do is to find a local training group in your area for a long term race. Trust me the right trainer can work wonders to your running program. And if you don't feel right with one don't feel scared to ditch one (been there done that even with the pre-payment). I've been with this one group for three months and watched my races go from trouble ridden and slow 4 hour plus (where the only reason I finished was the buffer and keeping ahead of the sweepers until mile 10) to just shy of the 3 and a half hour mark. I have the DDD in September plus the 5k before DDD. I am going to try and PR the half that weekend. And as I told my Mom 'If this guy can shave this much time off of my running time in three months I can't wait to see what magic he can work in 8 months'.