The plan

So a kind personal trainer at work gave me Hal Higdon's training guide for the novice. It's pretty simple: Strengthen, stretch, run, cross train, run some more. I'm switching a few things around to match up with current exercise classes I take that I love, so for me, training starts tomorrow. No running, though, its a stretch and strengthen day. I can do that.

The program is 12 weeks, with my final long run 10 miles. His view is that the energy around the race will carry me though the full half marathon. I would guess he's probably right, even if I'm crawling across the finish line. My first long run is one week from today, and at only 4 miles, seems easy enough. (And with that, I've probably just jinxed myself.)