Casual Runner to Marathon
 

Hi Everyone!

This is the first fitness site I have ever joined and I am excited to meet likeminded people. I am a casual runner; I run about 3 times a week, 6 miles at a time in one hour. I have never ran a marathon and I would like to complete one by the end of the year and be ready to run one by October. Does anyone else have a similar goal? Or, are there any experienced runners that can offer me advice? Or, even better, a virtual training partner? My ultimate goal is to be able to run Comrades in South Africa sometime in my lifetime.

Many thanks!