Between being sick (two weeks combating a sinus infection and still going) and momentarily terrified that I had managed to hurt my right leg again, I've been inspired into doing some Internet research.
I know, I know. Internet research typically yields crazy stuff. If you're by careful, your sinus infection may be a combination of pregnancy and cancer.
So, in my research, I found that a common theme was slowly upping distance and pace to the tune of ~10% a week. I've been working on this for about three weeks now and I have to say, I'm a believer.
It's slow going, but I don't feel like I'm dying at the end of my runs anymore and I'm not in pain! I can tell that my endurance is improving ever so slightly, too. Right now my pace is unchanged, but I'm okay with that since my goal is to simply finish the half.
