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Half marathon virgin. Please help calm my nerves!

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Soindecisive · 06/10/2014 12:48

Hi all. Well it's my first half marathon next weekend and I'm starting to feel a bit nervous! Yesterday I completed 13.1 miles for the first time. I managed a slow and steady 2 hours 40 minutes which I was really pleased about as all I am aiming for it just to get round in one piece. I just wanted a bit of reassurance that there will be others like me who will be doing a certain amount of walking as well

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CMOTDibbler · 06/10/2014 13:37

You'll do fine - plenty of people take walking breaks

BlueChampagne · 06/10/2014 13:29

I'm sure you won't be the only one taking walking breaks. If you can do 13.1 alone, you'll be fine on the day, and you're quite likely to do a better time. Even coming last is better than DNF, which is better than DNS, which is better than didn't even try.

Come back next week and let us knwo how you got on!