Interesting about the mini-interval warmup.  For me, the first ten minutes are fine.  But those next ten minutes?  Man...I'm convinced I'm falling apart.  My feet hurt, my knees hurt, I can't possibly go any further without walking...the whines in my head continue on.  And then around minute 20 or so I'm fine until the end.  That middle just kills me every time!

Week 8 done now!  Mostly slow and steady, but thanks to a too-close encounter with a skunk, I also discovered some speeds I didn't think I was capable of!!  Thankfully we went our separate ways, and I was no worse (or smellier) for the wear

My week 9 day one on Saturday will be the first half an 8k trail run.  Should be fun!  (That's my story and I'm sticking to it.  It WILL be fun! )

Everyone is doing great. How awesome.

I ran w7d2 Wednesday. I'm starting to think Wednesday is a bad day for me. I had an awful time. It was WAY too hot for me. I ran 10 mins then tried several more times but decided against forcing it if I'm not enjoying it. I'm trying day 2 again on the track at work today.

I have my eye on a 5k run on June 20th.

October, eh?  It'd be a bit of a reach, but yes definitely possible to do a HM by then, nauseous.  Biggest suggestion for you then is to take something like Higdon's novice plan, work up to week 1, and intentionally work in extra weeks into the plan.  You're going to have setbacks or difficult weeks with it, just like C25K, but it'll get you there (mostly) in one piece as long as you don't push the pace too much.  Start your research now - October is quickly creeping up!

Run easy.  Don't run hard.  And with how much of a jump in distance this'll be over 4 months, I'd say probably best not to run hard AT ALL.  Including the race.  You'll find the distance challenge enough!  But a worthy challenge!

Weird, but true.

Don't overdo it!  Try to plan out your training intelligently, increasing total weekly mileage by no more than 10% per week.

And good luck!

I had always thought that was a 10% suggestion not a 10% LIMIT. Those are different! g2know

 Heh.  It's called a "rule."  People break it on a regular basis.  For the most part, inexperienced people who break it get injured almost every time.  (So do experienced people. lol!)  Your goal is to stay injury free between now and after your race... at least I think so.    If you get injured, you can't train.  If you can't train, you can't be ready for your race.  It's all about getting to the starting line!  That's why I'm throwing all these conservative strategies at you.  I know you're enthusiastic.  I also know you're still learning your way around.  Next year, you can take all these "rules" and figure out which ones to follow and which ones not.  But for now, I really suggest taking them as law.

My $0.02.

FWIW, I've managed to get injured too many times... I've finally found the way to train MY body so that I don't.  But it took me 3 years of trial and error.  I'm trying to save you time. 

 I agree, it is "aggressive."  But my understanding of nauseous is that she is one of those "gung-ho" runners who needs reigning-back, not prodding. 

That said, nauseous, if you're going to be doing this, the time to consider yourself in training really needs to start now-ish.  If you follow Higdon's plan, he doesn't have novice HM runners go past a 10 mile run.  But you DO need to have extra weeks to play with because the chances are really really good that SOMETHING won't go exactly as planned.

Also, keeping all other runs really short and having one super-long run (which is what I think you're referring to, ChupChup) is not usually considered to be sound training.  The rest of the days need to come up too, at least somewhat.

So... what's it going to be?

That's a pretty aggressive goal.  If you continue to run 3 miles twice a week and only increased the same run (the 3rd run) every week starting today by 10% it would take you until mid September to reach 13 miles in a single run.  That assumes everything goes according to plan and you have no set backs.  Have you started researching for a  plan to get you there yet?  Have you pinged the HM group to see how many others went from C25K to a HM in the time frame you're looking at and what plans they used? 

It all depends on what you want to do.

One more word of warning, nauseous - you need to think about how much TIME and ENERGY you are willing to put into this project.  Long runs are going to take time.  Longer daily runs are going to take time.  The whole training process is a stress on your body.  And if you're dealing with any personal issues or if you don't have support at home, doing a HM might be just too much.  It's a stretch.  But I totally understand wanting to do one.