There are several free 1/2 marathon programs on the internet but my two favorite tend to be www.halhigdon.com and http://www.jeffgalloway.com/training/half_marathon.html. (You may have to cut and paste these into your web brower - I'm not sure why I can't get links to work on this site). Higdon's is a 12 week program. He has programs for novice, intermediate and advanced users. I've read fairly consistent good reviews from people who have used his training schedule. Galloway's is probably a little longer and incorporates walk breaks. Although using walk breaks will slow you down just a little, they give your leg muscles more time to recover as they shift the way your muscles are used in a run and permit you to expand your distance with little chance of injury. I use Galloway sometimes in my 1/2 marathons but always in my full marathons. When I ran the Atlanta 1/2 this year I passed the 2:30 Galloway group (about 5 runners) doing 3 min run/1 min walk. They came in right on target and were only 12 minutes behind me. Good luck.

I use 5/1 or 6/1 in my marathons. Last year at the Warner Robins AFB 1/2 Marathon I did 8/1's and finished in 1:47. When I took my first walk break a guy patted me on the head and said, "Don't worry, you can do it." I passed him about 3 minutes into my next running segment and never did see him again. I think Paul Johnson is just what Georgia Tech needs. Chan Gailey simply was not a college coach and quite frankly was a bad hire from the start. I don't know of any GT fan that was not happy to see him go, although he had his defenders on one of the Tech fan boards. I have club level season tickets for Tech football and travel to Clemson when we play y'all. At Clemson my tickets are way up there in the stratosphere around row MM. I love ACC sports.