Quote Originally Posted by teigyr View Post
For those who have done it, how heinous is the transition from running a half-marathon to running a full one? I'm just toying with the idea. The Portland marathon is 3 months after the half-marathon I'm doing. If I was going to do a marathon, I think that would be perfect timing. The Portland one looks like fun. Am just pondering at this point...will I be killing myself to do this? Am not going for time, just to finish.
I don't think you'll be killing yourself by jumping to the marathon. It's the same as the half and with most distances--a good deal of it is mental. You just get it set in your mind that you will be running for a very long time, and you'll be alright.