Couch to half marathon prep

Yes, the raccoon is still well and alive, one would say more than ever. I haven’t become roadkill yet on my runs, and I hope it stays that way. I’ve been off regular blogging for some time now, and I’m not expecting to be, due to personal matters. My last post was about my beginnings with running, and this one will be the continuation. I promise I’m not turning to a running blog, but because that’s what I’ve been passionate about lately, this is the topic that I write about (also it doesn’t require as much thinking as my regular topics ;]) Okay, so far it has been 174.8km, 43 runs, and 13 weeks of consistent running. What a journey! I’m proud of myself and my 5k time improvement, but obviously I’m working on building up the mileage more now. My current longest run was 15km and I’m now adding 2km each week* to my long run until I get to 21km (HM). I’ve been increasing my mileage conservatively, and I’m recovering great and without any issues. In case it changes, I will pause the…