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Assuming you can run 2 miles now at a nice easy pace (conversational), within 20 weeks you should be able to train up to being able to finish marathon distance at that nice easy pace (between 10 and 12 minute miles) or approximately 4 to 5 hours.
From this you can see that the average male takes about 2 hours to complete a half marathon and the average women takes about 2.5 hours.The average man is therefore running each mile in 9.5 minutes and the average women in just over 12 minutes.he half marathon is an endurance race as it is over a long distance so stamina and then speed will always determine your best time. The fitter that you can become at running long distances then the better chance you will have of improving times. Age is also important.