u/mark5hs

Male in mid 30s. Weight about 160lb. I've never considered myself a "runner". I've done couch to 5k a few times but always ended up falling off after finishing a race. Any time I restarted it after not having run for a while, I'll find it challenging from week 2 onwards as genetically running doesn't come naturally to me.

I have a couple weeks left in the program this go.

Now that I'm getting older and having kids, I really want to stick with it and see how far I can push myself.

My next goal will be to run Turkey Trot this year without stopping (8km), and what I'm thinking for that is once I finish couch to 5k, I'll maintain 5km twice a week and sprint intervals once a week and focus on strength training and mobility (to reduce injury risk) until I can get my time under 30min. Then from there, hopefully by around August, start pushing the distance by about .25mi per long run weekly or follow a Hal Higdon program until I'm able to comfortably run 5miles in November.

I'm pretty confident I can pull off the Turkey Trot (I did it once before albeit with breaks) but after that, knowing myself I'll need a goal to really push myself. I never thought Id ever be able to run a marathon but really want to see what I can accomplish.

What I'm broadly thinking is one year to work up from the Trot to a half marathon then another year to work from half to full. I know there's plans to do it in much shorter times, but I don't naturally have great endurance and want time to work on strength training goals as well (such as alternating 3 month blocks of increasing distance vs increasing lifts).

\-Overall, does this plan seem achievable?

\-Any major walls I should anticipate as the distance starts getting up there?

\-Any other general advice/motivation?

\-Would it be fair to say that anyone who can run a half marathon is capable of working up to a full?

Thanks

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