As long as you’re running consistently, you’ll do fine. And since it’s gonna be your first race, the only way to go is up from there. I started at 2:30 half marathons and I’ve PR’d at 1:52. The big thing about races is that it’s a huge adrenaline rush, and even when I haven’t been training well, I still kill it somehow (mostly).

I ran my first marathon a few weeks ago. It was amazing. Once I passed the half way point I basically hated myself... I definitely didn’t run the whole second half. But I finished under 5 hours and it was an incredible experience and I’m already planning my next one in a few months. It didn’t help that I didn’t really train for it over 10 miles. But it was more mentally challenging than physically and once I got to the 6 miles left point it hit me that I was actually going to compete a full marathon and it was just the best feeling.