Signed up for my 1st Half Mary HELP!!!

Train?

Nine weeks is adequate, but not particularly ideal for half marathon training. I'm about to start a 16-week training plan for the Houston Half Marathon on January 18th...

Running "2-5 miles a day" isn't going to cut it. Maybe you can look at something with a little structure like Hal Higdon's training plans. Not sure exactly where you are, but maybe you could jump into Week 3 of his Novice plan...

Good luck, let us know if you need any help with specifics...

Since you don't have a lot of time to do a full program, you may want to mess around with the Runner World Smart Coach program ( http://www.runnersworld.com/) Easily found on the front page of there site.

You can change how many weeks you have to go, along with other info to get a basic program to follow.  I used it for my first half mary earlier in the year and still had enough time to work on my swim and get in the occasional trainer ride for tri season, not to mention I finished my first road half mary in comfortable fashion.

 Good luck

Running is not my strong suit - I love the water and I bike to work all the time - so I am a little worried about my running. All the running I do is on trails too. I live right next to an awesome park! I will check out the programs suggested. I think 8 weeks is enough time - although 12 would be ideal. Thanks 4 the help!

You're already running every day - that's better than many people. Work your way up from 2-5 per day to a consistent 5 every day. Take one day per week and start adding mileage, building up from your current 5 to 12-13 over the time you have to train. That would put you around 40 miles/week, which should be more than sufficient to have a decent half marathon.

I run every day too. Rest days are overrated!