Mini-Marathon Training

Question
My friend and I are really interested in running a mini-marathon at the end of April. We both play college basketball so we are already in good shape, but we have no idea how to go about running a marathon and we only have 6 weeks to train. I was wondering if you could give us tips on how to go about training, how the distance ran should vary/progress each week, and how often we should run a week.

Thanks!

Answer
Caitlin,

Playing basketball and being able to run a half marathon are two completely different things. With 6 weeks to train only you should focus on running for time. The race will take you atleast 1 hour 45 I'm guessing. You should try to run atleast 5-6 days a week. Try to run at an easy pace (conversation pace) and try to build up to atleast 1 hour a day. One day you could run 30 minutes, one day a week should be close to 1 hour 30 minutes though.

Ryan