I'm a kidding myself? Half Marathon???

A friend invited me to run a half marathon on Dec. 13th. I run about 9 miles a week, if I'm lucky.
I have no problem getting through 3 miles (each workout) and probably could do more. I just lack the time. I run and work out between work and picking up my children. My schedule is insane. Am I kidding myself to think I could make a half marathon by Dec? I'm going to try and fit the long runs in on Saturdays. Is this enough? Should I just stick to the 5k? I just don't know if I will feel accomplished. I used to do 5k all the time before my weight issues. I'm back to the size I was when I was a runner....so it's time start doing them again. Yippee!!!

You talking about White Rock? I'll be there and my wife is doing the half... You got this!!!

Yes, it's the White Rock one. Thanks for much for the encourgement. I can't get it off my mind. Just when I think I won't be ready and dismiss the idea, it comes back to me. I want to do it really bad. My goal would be just to finish. I've been running regularly for about a year now. Do you know if there is a time limit to particpate? I know some of them require you to finish in X amount of time. Thanks again for the encouragement. Good luck to you and your wife!

The marathon, which starts at the same time is 7 hours I believe, so you will probably have 4-5 hours I would guess....You live in Dallas?

I'm about 60 miles east of dallas. I just ran 4 miles today. Yippee! Thanks again for your encouragment and helpful information.

It is a short time. I'd say it's probably about a month short. For one thing, you don't want to up your mileage by more than 10% a week or you risk injury.

Most of the Half Marathon training plans I found online were 12 weeks in length. Why not start one of them and sign up for a different Half that's a bit farther away?

Thanks for the advice. I live about 60 miles from Dallas (closest training place) so it's not an option for me. I would have to train on my own. My goal is only to finish the race so I know with constant running and recovery time, I can reach those goals. I just have to continue to believe in myself. It will happen in due time. Thanks again.

I'm confused... what's not an option for you? I didn't say anything about training at a training center...

I'm multi-tasking this morning. I must have read your post too quickly. My mistake.

Run what you can and walk the rest.  You can do it.  Just have fun.

Duane