EP, you will. Keep going as you are - even if you forget about the entire diet thing and just concentrate on increasing your running, you'll be well ready for a half in March.
Benz, you KNOW you can. It's only a few weeks since you managed TWICE that distance. And you've got to be there at the end of the race because that pint of gin will be in my kit-bag.
Employers...I'm saying nowt because I am one in a small-scale way. If I caught my secretary playing around on the internet when she had work to do, warnings would be issued. But if your work is done and the internet access is there, what's the beef?