Andrew wants to do a half marathon
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One of my aims when I started learning how to run in January this year was to do the quarter marathon at the Auckland marathon in November this year.
Maybe I’m totally crazy but I’ve started to think about doing the half marathon instead. I’ve had a look at Hal Higdon’s Novice Half Marathon training guide and he reckons it should only take 12 weeks to train up to complete it. I don’t think I’d be ready in 12 weeks but I have 30 weeks.
What do some of you more experienced runners think?
As motivation to keep up the training I’ve lined up the following races:
Upcoming Races:
- 20 April 2008 - Run Auckland Race 2 Te Atatu Coastal Reserve 5k
- 11 May 2008 - Run Auckland Race 3 Eastern Beach 5k
- 25 May 2008 - Run Auckland Race 4 Craig Road 5k
- 22 June 2008 - Run Auckland Race 5 Western Springs 5k
- 13 July 2008 - Run Auckland Race 2 Takapuna Beach 10k
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- 12 October 2008 - Waitakere Half & Fun Run - 11K
- 2 November 2008 - Auckland Marathon - Half Marathon
I still need to find two events to do in August and September but will worry about that a bit closer to the time.
I don’t have to make a decision just yet so I will keep thinking about it. It still seems a little like a dream that I’m even considering doing a half marathon.
