From a non-runner to training for a half

Hello readers whoever you may be

Lets talk about where it all began.  Three years ago I was 50lbs overweight, tired and unhappy with my physical appearance.  I was looking for a way to get started and moving but didn't like the gym - to many people there.  A friend of mine was going through some personal things and was looking for an escape.  We stumbled across this amazing plan, Couch to 5k http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml and thought why not give it a try - her young daughter could join us and my dog, Harley could as well.  Well as easy as Week 1 sounded: run 30 secs walk 1min30secs it was anything but.  We must have looked quite funny running down the road my friend pusing a running stroller, me doubled over barely able to breath with a dog strapped around my waist.  But we stuck with it and lo and behold as promised we improved running a steady 20 minutes in a mere 5 weeks. October 2010 I ran my first 5k - Run for the Cure and survived.  Something I never could have imagined 3 months prior.  Over the last couple years I have continued to run and build on my distance - my longest race being a 10k.  This is where my cousin Sara, the other crazy chick comes into the story.  She had also resumed running - having been a runner in high school and we thought lets run a race together.  Now keep in mind this was in March so we signed up and figured no problem building to 10k in 3 months we both had a solid running foundation.  Well later that month I severly sprained my ankle and in May Sara was diagnosed with pneumonia.  Both her and I only resumed running 2 weeks prior to race day.  As we struggled and huffed and puffed along on race day we muttered to each other that we were crazy, what where we doing here but realized running together was great.  We later ran a 5k Warrior Dash that summer and started rumblings of doing a half-marathon together.  It was just that rumblings, every now and then talk of a half would get a little more loud but quiet back down.  Until a couple weeks ago, her and I both bored at work started discussing it in earnest and somehow before the end of the day we were signed up for the Downsview Half on November 11.  Let the training begin.  I'll be following the Hal Higdon Novice Run your First Half Program.  This could get interesting and most definetly will have its funny times.  Hiliarity always follows my cousin and I. 

And remember "Nothings impossible, the word itself says I'm possible" until next time happy running.