Nice! I bet you'll hit that 2 hour goal that you're shooting for. And if not, well you can always try again and a half marathon is a great accomplishment regardless of your time. It's still something that less than 10% of people are physically fit enough to do at least where I live.
I'm training for a half in early December and I just started running again because of how hot and humid it is where I live (even early in the morning). I've struggled to find the time and motivation to do all my training runs the past year or so. Somehow I managed to train for and run 12 marathons over the course of 6 years between 2010 and 2016 but I ran 8 of them before I met my wife in 2012 lol. She occupies a lot of my very limited spare time now.
I found a good 3 day per week training plan for a marathon for the last one I did (Vegas in November 2016) and it worked pretty well. I was still beat after the race but I finished in a decent time. Here's a picture my Dad took of me at the Caesar's Palace food court after the race.
The 3 day a week plan I use has one speed interval run, one tempo run, and one long run per week. I use this template for half and full marathons but I'll vary the mileage depending on the distance of the race I'm training for.
Good luck with your race! I look forward to reading about how you did shortly after Thanksgiving. :)
Thanks!! I've ran a few fulls and a handful of halfs. I just love it. I think halves may be my favorite distance for now. My ultimate goal when I originally started running was to complete at least one Ultra Marathon...anything over 30...😳
Yes halfs are great because you're not dead feeling for 3-4 weeks after. I can train for a half in 8-10 weeks and do pretty well with my time and recovery is only a week or less for me. But effective marathon training takes me 13-16 weeks depending on where i'm starting from with my long runs.
Ultras---I want to do a 50k someday and eventually run the Comrades ultra in South Africa (56 miles I think?). That'll have to be later in life when I'm not working so much.