Hi All - Glad to see this group, though I don't know how much help it can be to me... My first 1/2M is Saturday ... YIKES. After a 15 year sabbatical away from running, I came back to it in July and just kept adding a mile to my long run... I realized about a month ago that I'd be reasonably close to doing 13 the end of this month and - lo and behold - there's a 1/2M in my town the same weekend.... so..... here I go. My 12 mile run two weeks ago was a bit more trying than I would've liked, but I got through it in reasonable time... That being said, I know the course I'm running on Saturday and a few of the hills are just ridiculous. So if anybody has any magical pointers that can help me.... in the next 48 hours (!), I've love to hear them. Marcus http://certainintelligence.blogspot.com

Hi Marcus, Welcome! Daddyo's advice is about the best you can get at this stage. Enjoy your HM! bas