Running a Half Marathon with No Training
Sometime last year, after the various turkey trots, I got the bug. The running bug. (Bear in mind I had stopped running for about a year to two prior to this...)
For as long as I could remember, I've always run, albeit shorter distances, but I've always fit in consistent runs, topping out at around 3 miles/day, 6-7 days/week. So when all of my friends, most of whom were avid non-runners, started to run half marathons and complete them at a consistent jog-run pace, I felt the competitive spirit in me stir.
Sometime in May/June, I compulsively signed up, and paid for my first half marathon - on my birthday. Multiple factors will make this an extremely momentous event: my birthday has never, to my knowledge, fallen on a weekend date, this is the first that I can remember; this is the inaugural half marathon run for this little town; and I will be running my first ever half-marathon before I turn 30.
I had every intention when I signed up for this race to train well for it, and to run it at my best; now about 2 weeks out from the race, I still have not logged more than a 2 mile run. Will I still do it? Hell to the YES! (Excuse my language.) I believe the body is capable of things that seem impossible! And aren't we always discovering new and fascinating miracles of the human body?? So, oh, YES, I CAN do it! And if you google "Run a Half Marathon with No Training", you'll come across varied opinions, split between "Yes, you can - people have done it" and "No, you should not - you'll surely be injured"... I'm a firm believer in "Yes, you can"!
Here's some inspiration: She did it! And, so did he! Oh, so did this guy...!
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