Couch to 5k to half-marathon.

What do you guys think is a good time frame for this? Every year around this time I get the urge to run, hopefully this year it will become a life-long habit.

Last year I trained for a 5k, completed the training but did not run the race. (I was running 5k 3 times a week for the training anyway). This year I actually want to run the races, but I don't want to place last. Next to last is fine, as long as I beat the walkers!

My stats:
Age: 27.
Height: 5'10
Weight: 350 pounds.
Body Type: Fat.
Best 5k: 30 minutes.
Longest distance ran: 10 miles.
Best time/distance weight: 320/330 pounds.

So basically there is a 5k in 39 days, an 8k in 60 days, and a half marathon in 90 days. I'd like to run them all. I'll have no problems sticking to the regimen, I always manage..but do you think it's feasible for someone of my stats and weight to place decently in these with the time allotted? I plan to post a training diary for accountability. Can't decide if I want to diet during training or not...losing the extra pounds would help the speed, but caloric deficits inhibit muscle repair..if I diet I will kick it in around week 2. Opinions? Hopefully, diet or not, this puts me below 300 pounds.

 

Forgot to post my training regimen from last year.

This is not the one I will be following this year. I don't have the resources. All I have is a track. I may look into getting a heavy bag, if I can find a place to hang it outside. Also last year when I followed this, I actually did much more, as I also walked to work every day (about 2 miles there and back), I was really into DDR and saw it as a workout.(4 songs a day minimum), and trained with my katana for 20 minutes every other day. Anyway, here is the old regimen, I gotta come up with something new.

*My heavy bag rounds utilize 1 minutes rest between each.

Week 1:
Day 1: Run 2 miles, any pace. Walk 1 mile.
Day 2: Run 1.5 Miles, walk 1/2 mile cross-train on heavy bag for 4 3 minute rounds.
Day 3: Rest
Day 4: Run 3 Miles
Day 5: Cross train heavy-bag 5 3 minute rounds Walk 2 miles.
Day 6: Run 3 Miles
Day 7: Rest

Week: 2
Day 8: Heavy jog 300 meters, recovery(walking speed) jog 300 meters. Repeat 4 times. Jog (any pace I'm able) 1 mile. Focus is form and speed.
Day 9: Cross-Train heavy-bag 5 3 minute rounds.
Day 10: Jog 3 miles.
Day 11:Active recovery, walk 2 miles.
Day12: Jog 3 miles, heavy bag 4 3 minute rounds.
Day 13: Rest
Day 14: Heavy jog 300 meters, recovery(walking speed) jog 300 meters. Repeat 4 times. Jog (any pace I'm able) 1 mile. Focus is form and speed.

Week 3:
Day 15: Rest
Day 16: Jog 3 Miles. Heavy jog 300 meters, recovery(walking speed) jog 300 meters. Repeat 4 times. Focus is form and speed.
Day 17: Cross-train heavy-bag 5 3 minute rounds.
Day 18: Run 3 Miles(Race pace)
Day 19: Cross-Train heavy bag 5 3 minute rounds. 1 minute punchout drill, walk to recover.
Day 20: Jog 5 miles
Day 21: Rest

Week 4:
Day 22: Jog 3 Miles. Heavy jog 300 meters, recovery(walking speed) jog 300 meters. Repeat 4 times. Focus is form and speed.
Day 23: Cross train heavy bag 5 3 minute rounds. 1 minute punchout drill, walk to recover.
Day 24: Jog 5 Miles
Day 25: Rest
Day 26: Run 3 miles(race pace)

Week 5:
Day 27: I up it on the cross training here: Cross train heavy bag 12 3 minute rounds. 1 minute punch-out drill to finish, walk to recover.
Day 28: Jog 5 miles
Day 29: Rest
Day 30: Jog 3 Miles. Heavy jog 300 meters, recovery(walking speed) jog 300 meters. Repeat 4 times. Focus is form and speed.
Day 31: Cross train heavy bag 12 3 minute rounds. 1 minute punch-out drill to finish, walk to recover.
Day 32: Active recovery, walk 2 miles.
Day 33: Rest
Day 34: Race!

 

Thanks for the link, a lot of useful stuff there.

All week before I made this post I was walking 1.2 miles, running .6 miles, then walking 1.2 miles again. My track is .6 miles around lol. I'm taking a day, maybe 2, to rest, then I'm stepping up to walk 1.2/run 1.2/walk 1.2. My goal is to get to walk .6/run 3/walk .6. When I am doing that I will begin using a strategy similar to the one in the guide every other day. Instead of run/walk I will use jog/sprint. Not sure of exact strategies yet, but my goal in the next 8 days and for the passed 7 has been to obtain a level of fitness that lets me survive a more intense program. I will most likely use your suggestion and run 5 miles on the days i'm not jog/sprinting.

I always walk before and after I run for warm up/cool down. It's good for preventing injury and helps me drop some extra weight.

Anyway I will make a training log in a day or two. Just wanted this out here in the main forum to gather advice. So everyone feel free to chime in.

 

I don't get disheartened because something is hard, I get disheartened when I've met a goal and it's time to set another one. Thats why this year I made the goal a 3 month process. Hopefully by then it's a lifestyle change. It would be cool to run a full marathon one day, but I'm not flirting with that goal yet. Maybe after I accomplish this one. As for injury, yes that's a concern of mine. I've never had joint problems, or knee pain, but at 350 pounds Ive pretty much had it drilled into my head that just breathing is bad for my knees, so I'm wary about sprinting. It worked OK last year but that don't mean Ill be ok this year.

 

Thanks for the input. I started a training log today.

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4645648#post4645648