First Half Marathon... and obese

taramaureen

If I can do this with all the hell my body's been through anyone can. I've been training for this since November. Then two weeks ago I colapsed and wound up in the hospital for 3 days, losing a week of training. I ran 8.5 miles last weekend and it went well so I decided to go ahead with the half (electrolite imbalance). I'm so glad I did. My goal was to do it within 3 hours... didn't happen. I was short by 4 minutes. 3 hours 4 minutes. Miles ranging from 12:58 to 15:01. If I had been able to keep all my miles under 14:40 I would have made my goal but I got super tired the last 4 miles or so. It's OK, though because I gave my all and that's all that matters! Going to give myself time to recover and then on to more training. I plan to do a marathon at the end of this year.

my new favorite finish line pic!

taramaureen

aack I'm fixing the pics now LOL

sweetsierra

Wow! That IS inspiring! Way to go! If you can do that now, just think what you will be able to do later!

taramaureen

Wow! That IS inspiring! Way to go! If you can do that now, just think what you will be able to do later!

True with enough training!

zoe4friends

Wow, amazing job!!! Very inspiring!!! I just did my first 5 k last weekend, my next goal is half marathon

taramaureen

Wow, amazing job!!! Very inspiring!!! I just did my first 5 k last weekend, my next goal is half marathon

Thanks! Congrats on your first 5k!

I jumped right from 5k to half as well. Honestly I'm glad I skipped the 10k. You can do it! Just stick to whatever training plan you're going to use and power on through!

getsveltEagain

Wow, amazing job!!! Very inspiring!!! I just did my first 5 k last weekend, my next goal is half marathon

Thanks! Congrats on your first 5k!

I jumped right from 5k to half as well. Honestly I'm glad I skipped the 10k. You can do it! Just stick to whatever training plan you're going to use and power on through!

That is excellent to hear!! Keep going and anything is possible! I am currently training for my 4th half and until this one I have been obese for each one... I am just overweight now

BrianSharpe

Excellent!

Shelley18904

Well done, that's amazing! We're thinking of doing our first half marathon in November and you've really inspired me to give it a go.

taramaureen

Wow, amazing job!!! Very inspiring!!! I just did my first 5 k last weekend, my next goal is half marathon

Thanks! Congrats on your first 5k!

I jumped right from 5k to half as well. Honestly I'm glad I skipped the 10k. You can do it! Just stick to whatever training plan you're going to use and power on through!

That is excellent to hear!! Keep going and anything is possible! I am currently training for my 4th half and until this one I have been obese for each one... I am just overweight now

That's so awesome! I hear people say "I can't do it because I'm too fat". And I think it's BS. Train for it, and you can do it!

taramaureen

Well done, that's amazing! We're thinking of doing our first half marathon in November and you've really inspired me to give it a go.

That's great to hear! November is plenty of time to train and do it right!

monharri

Congratulations! You look great in that pic and I know you're going to do amazing in the next marathon! Way to go!

arrich02

Awesome. That's so encouraging to hear. I just ran my first 5K at 42: 47 I was pumped that I completed without having to walk, but kinda bummed about the time. Oh well there is always the next race to do better in (:

ltowns11

I chickened out of my first 5K last weekend...:(!

After reading your post I am so inspired and plan to one day do a half too!!!!

Now....time to find a 5K!

taramaureen

Congratulations! You look great in that pic and I know you're going to do amazing in the next marathon! Way to go!

Thank you so much!

taramaureen

Awesome. That's so encouraging to hear. I just ran my first 5K at 42: 47 I was pumped that I completed without having to walk, but kinda bummed about the time. Oh well there is always the next race to do better in (:

That's a great time for your first!!! My finish time for my first was right around there. You WILL do better next time, just takes practice.

taramaureen

I chickened out of my first 5K last weekend...:(!

After reading your post I am so inspired and plan to one day do a half too!!!!

Now....time to find a 5K!

Aww Find one, do one and you'll be hooked after that. You CAN do it!

PBmaria

You should be extremely proud of yourself. That's an amazing accomplishment.

As far as your time goal...I guess you'll have to do it again in the fall

toque88

That's awesome!

dresser2000

How inspiring! What a great accomplishment!

I am training for a half in June, and my first 5k is in April. I am a new runner, and ran a mile for the first time in my LIFE on Christmas Eve. Yesterday I ran for 3 miles, so I am progressing

SabrinaJL

You are awesome and I am soooo glad you posted this. I have my first half coming up in a week and I'm starting to get reallllly nervous. There's a 3:30 minute time limit and I keep telling myself that if I take all 3:30, that's ok. Finishing it is what's important.

sc1572

OMG amazing! Congrats!

Pugluvr1

Good for you!

taramaureen

You should be extremely proud of yourself. That's an amazing accomplishment.

As far as your time goal...I guess you'll have to do it again in the fall

haha yeah I guess so huh?

taramaureen

How inspiring! What a great accomplishment!

I am training for a half in June, and my first 5k is in April. I am a new runner, and ran a mile for the first time in my LIFE on Christmas Eve. Yesterday I ran for 3 miles, so I am progressing

That's so awesome! A year ago I couldn't WALK a mile let alone run it. You can do anything you want if you put the time and effort into doing it.

taramaureen

You are awesome and I am soooo glad you posted this. I have my first half coming up in a week and I'm starting to get reallllly nervous. There's a 3:30 minute time limit and I keep telling myself that if I take all 3:30, that's ok. Finishing it is what's important.

You can so do it! Honestly I think I would have finished around there if I hadn't have had my watch on me telling me what my pace was because I wanted to walk so bad early on.

clarrie94

wow !!! well done

i've got my first half marathon in may, i'm so nervous but you have really inspired me

how much training did you do?

taramaureen

wow !!! well done

i've got my first half marathon in may, i'm so nervous but you have really inspired me

how much training did you do?

Thanks!

I've been training since November and used Hal Higdon's half marathon for novice plan. I repeated some weeks but overall stuck to the plan to a "t"

SabrinaJL

You can so do it! Honestly I think I would have finished around there if I hadn't have had my watch on me telling me what my pace was because I wanted to walk so bad early on.

I'm nervous because while I can run 10 miles at a time at an average pace of 5.5 mph, that's only been on my treadmill. Running outside is soooo much harder. And I've only been training for it for about a month and a half (only found out about it in January). Got any helpful tips?

SabrinaJL

Stupid double post.

Picola1984

Brilliant post

Many people think they cannot run, when all it takes is a little practice