Couch to Half-marathon!

It's getting closer!!

Cincinnati Half Marathon is October 22nd.

I started running in the 3rd week of May. I was 220lbs, and was running/walking at a 1minute run/1 minute walk pace. Slowly increasing that. My total time was like a 13-15 minute mile.

Then all of a sudden in July something just snapped, and I stopped walking....2 miles...4 miles...8 miles.

I found my pace, hit that sweet spot....hills became nothing to really worry about, and my time slowly started to decrease as the weight came off and the strength increased.

Today I did a 6 mile run with a stroller and my 40lb son....10:12 per mile average, I did it in just over 60 minutes. As a comparison I did a 10k in July and ran it in 76 minutes, so I've cut almost 10 minutes off that time in 2 months.

When I do my 8-9 mile run later this week I'm hoping to maintain that, but we'll see. I've done 7.5 miles in 1:17 in the past.

My goal is 2:30 for the half marathon, I was challenged to run it in 2:22.....I'm almost positive that I can hit that.

So basically I'm going Couch to Half-Marathon in 5 months....and I'm just itching for this race to happen!! By the time it arrives I "should" be at my goal weight of 170 or under, I'm currently 177, 44lbs down 3.5 months.

And as those last few pounds come off, I'm hoping to lose about 10 seconds off my time.

But like I said...I'm just itching for this race!!