Awesome, I'd love a thread like that! I am about 99% sure I'm going to do it. I have my plan ready.

I need new shoes desperately before I start seriously training. I have been getting a few pretty sore spots that haven't really gone away, and I'm fairly certain it's my shoes. They are indeed running shoes, but they are like 3 and a half years old at least, and they have been my everyday shoes as well as my sporadic running shoes over those years. They are shot to heck! I know how important shoes are, so I will be getting some within the next week.

Sure. I've done it twice -- only I walked rather than run. My goal was to raise my charity money and just complete it as a walker. Which I did and felt proud of.

It's 6 mos out -- so go for it. I liked the Galloway plan.

http://www.jeffgalloway.com/training/half_marathon.html

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