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I ran 10 miles this morning - I'm not sure your friend is correct, as I didn't feel like I'd run 20..

"Actually I'm coming round to the idea of the 2.5x calculation. Would it make me an ultra runner?"

Not far off!

Hey Alan,

Best of luck for the half-marathon training. I reckon you've made a great decision to start thinking about it early - you've got plenty of time to get training in.

I did the BUPA Great Winter 5k last weekend - there were all shapes, sizes and speeds there.. Some were flying up the route, and others were walking the first 1k. I picked out a few guys and raced them, really enjoyed the race and pushed myself harder to catch these guys.

If you feel like a bit of healthy competition would help you to enjoy training, why don't you book yourself in for some 5k, then 10k races for march/april to give you something smaller to look forward to and break up your overall training.

Let us know how you get on.

Craig