We ran our first half marathon in September 2014.  On Thanksgiving, we ran an easy 10k, and on New Year’s Day we ran a rather more difficult 10k. We have committed ourselves to running a marathon in September – at the same event as we did our half marathon last year.

On January 1st, 2013, I couldn’t run for four consecutive minutes. We did a 5k that day, and it was painful. That distance is now very easy. My system: I started with running for two minutes, then walking for four, and repeating and tweaking that pattern. That was the base.  We are now training at about a one hour run, and will start adding 20 minutes a week until we are at two and half hours. I will post as we go.