Just wanted to chime in with my training for the 2009 Donald Duck, lol, that sounds so silly, ok the 1/2 Marathon.
I'm alternating days walking with a biking warm up and warm down with doing pilates mat work at home in front of the tube. We'll see how that goes, my intention is to miss a day only due to illness or injury -- for me, consistancy is so key, I'll find any excuse to stop completely if I start slacking off here and there.
I saw the cutest idea on another thread, to "walk to Disney World"! I calculated it's 944 miles from my door to the Beach Club (where I want to stay for the marathon weekend), and so far this week I've biked/walked 7 miles, so that's 937 to go! It averages out to about 3 miles per day I have to cover, but since I put in a lot of fast miles on my bike warm ups/cool downs I'm sure I can cover it.
I am going to go get some real shoes next week, there's a Fleet Feet about 40 minutes from my house.
So far, being able to even do one 16 minute mile or less seems like an impossible goal, but I'm going to just keep keeping on and see where I am in May in terms of pace.
I am wondering if it's really possible for me to walk instead of run, to make time. I checked out some race walking techniques online and I've been experimenting with that gait, still not sure what my plan of attack is. Running right now is virtually impossible, with the shape I'm in, at 250 pounds, but who knows what I'll feel like in three months!
I am definitely motivated, though -- I think I'm discovering my inner competitor!