HALF MARATHON

I am thinking about doing a half (walking) marathon and would like to know what kind of training is required for it.

Thanks

 how much are you doing right now?  Most training plans need 3 to 4 days a week of running, usually 2-3 shorter runs, working up to 5 or 6 miles, and 1 long run a week, working up to 10 or 11 miles before the race.  

hal higdon has a pretty good training schedule for marathons/half marathons that you can use for walking or running, they are typically a 12 week program.  (however, i found that for running, 4 days a week was a bit much and can tend to cause overuse injury, so i modified it to just 3 days a week).  here is a link, but there are lots of other schedules online if you do a google search.  best of luck!

http://www.halhigdon.com/halfmarathon/novice.htm

Thanks for letting me know I will check it out, but I am only going to walk a 10k not run it at all.

Nike and Active.com also have some great training programs - as with all programs you should modify to your exercise level and desire.  Walking a 10k is way better than sitting on a couch!  Get a group together and make a great day of it and celebrate your accomplishment!

This sounds like a great goal!!

John "The Penguin" Bingham has a training program in his book Running for Mortals -  it includes a walk/run program that might be interesting.  In the book he has lots of tips and suggestions with some great running stories.  I know that you can get some plans online for free too, but you might find the sections about choosing shoes, clothes, hydrating etc quite interesting. His book Courage to Start is also very entertaining.  He describes himself as an "adult onset athlete" and calls himself the Penguin because he figures that he more waddles than runs.....