Half Marathon training?

jessicamckay13

Hey! I'm new, I don't really post, usually I just obsessively track my food to keep cals up, but I finally decided to get up the nerve to train for a half marathon. Of course, as soon as I decided and found my 10 week training plan I got sick..so, I'm starting next week. Anyone up for being a virtual training buddy? I'm nervous because I have a nagging lower back injury that comes and goes and have trouble keeping weight on when I run too much. My plan is in the new Runner's World magazine. Run T/Th/Sa/Su and I'll do my weights class at Gold's on W/F so I don't lose muscle. And eat a ton

PBmaria

I ran a half back in May and I'm doing it again in October!

I run tues, wed, thurs (4 miles each day) and then I run 8+ on Sundays (and eat a TON!). I'll start making my Sunday runs longer as Oct 15 approcahes.

Time2Thrive

My wife and I are actually doing the same training schedule for our half marathon in September. We missed 3 runs so far because we have been redoing two of our rooms last week. We have committed to keep with it this week despite all this heat.

Are you just a week behind in your training? Have you done a half marathon before? This will be our third this year. We have not quite done the first two the right way.

My wife can definitely understand your lower back injury and pain. She suffered a back injury around 4 years ago and could not do much because of her L5, S1 but last year things got better. She started with 5K and this year we are doing halfs.

It would great to have someone else to share this journey with.

supertracylynn

Let's do this!!

horseryder77

I'm training with the Hal Higdon plan for a half... I'd love to be a virtual training buddy!

jessicamckay13

I have L5/S1 something going on. It hurts again today because I was carting around my daughter yesterday-oops.

I don't have a race picked out, I just want to do the training. There is a race in Oregon in October that I'd love to do, but need to look into it more (and invite myself to stay at a friend's house!). So, I'm starting next week. I'll do some easy 3ish mile runs this week as I start feeling better. Right now my running is after the kids bedtime and sometimes I do an easy couple times to stretch my legs out after a hard lifting day, other times to burn off energy/stress by running sprints up the hill behind my house, and sometimes 4-5 miles. So, need some consistency I think. If I start dropping too much weight I'll have to slow down until I figure it out though.

This should be fun!