my experience but i am able to stop timing myself and just go out and run around the block, stopping quite a bit to catch my breath of course.
so lo prints out a 1/2 marathon training program and i start. it was a 12 week training program and i had about 16 weeks before the event so i decided to just repeat the first week for a month. that i did, i was a training bee, working 6 days a week. i loved having the busy schedule, the pain from the longer runs and before i knew it my foot started hurting during week 6 & 7 of 12. i 