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Am I totally Crazy ?

cath04
cath04
Ok guys, want your honest opinion am I totally crazy in thinking about doing the following:

June 2010 I weighed in at 319 lbs, now I'm down to 226 lbs........and I've only just started running on the treadmill at work during my breaks (work waking night shifts, and get a 40 min break if fully staffed). I'm only managing about 2 miles (mainly because of time constraints) and I'm going between 6 mph and 5 mph alternating i.e. a few mins at 6 mph and then a few mins at 5 mph etc..........

March 25th 2012 Yeovil (my hometown) has a half marathon - 13.1 miles around the town and surrounding area.........and I'm seriously considering entering it......am I mad, could I manage it....i'm only doing flat running at work at present (but could start doing hills on the treadmill) and the route has several inclines, declines and one substantial incline (which I would probably end up walking !!).

So am I crazy thinking about doing it - any of you runners out there - what's your opinion - could I do it - don't care how long it takes me to do it, just would like to finish it.............the slowest person last year took 3 hours 15 mins.

Thanks
JoyceMarilyn
JoyceMarilyn
I am not a runner but I do not think it is a crazy idea at all! I think it is a great challenge! If you walked the entire distance @ 3 mph it would take about 4.5 hours.
Group FounderBubblesDavey
BubblesDavey
Several years ago I walked two marathons. I trained with Women Walk the Marathon. I completed the first marathon in a little over seven hours. The second year I walked in 6 hrs. and 40 minutes.

If you are going to do this check out some sites for ideas on training.
fighterwithin
fighterwithin
I think you can totally do it. Be sure to have great shoes.
I know there are sites out there that help you train too. Might help.

Cant wait to cheer you on.
cath04
cath04
Was really getting into this........training when I could on the treadmill at work doing at least 3.1 miles each time, planned to do a 5K saturday after next out on the roads etc......then when out doing Betterware I slip over.......and badly bruise or possibly cracked my coccyx........put all the training I had planned on hold.........:-( don't know if it's going to be possible now.......suppose it depends how long it's going to be before I can start training again.
JoyceMarilyn
JoyceMarilyn
Well it not this 5K you will get to do the next one! This just means a short delay in the program. I hope the tailbone is feeling better!
cath04
cath04
Been looking around at other half marathons, thinking if I can't do this one at the end of March, I'll do another one, later on in the year, and there aren't any, that are remotely near me. So have decided no matter what I will do this one on the 25th March 2012. I know I can walk 13.1 miles without any problems, have done it before in the summer when out walking with Alexi, so if I have to walk all the way around I'll walk all the way around, but hoping that I'll be able to get back to training soon. The tailbone itself isn't quite as painful generally going on, but my bottom cheeks are now starting to really hurt, think that's the bruising coming out - so hopefully when they stop hurting as much I'll find I can start light training again. In the meantime I'm doing as much walking as I can - still need to get out and do Betterware every day, so that's keeping me active :-)
Kahlua13
Kahlua13
Sorry to hear about your injury! You are an inspiration and you can do anything you set your mind to!