Posted May 5, 2008  Currently I am up to 8 mile "Long Slow Distance" runs interspersed with weekly speedwork at the local high school track. So I’m wondering if it is a realistic expectation that I could finish, barring any injuries, a half-marathon by maybe say...October? Definitely do-able Joe! I think so if you follow a training plan. The longest run I had done was 7 miles before I started training for my half. I gave myself 4 months to train, which turned out to be enough for...