How much do you guys weigh?
I was always an active football(soccer) player, now i´m coaching(no more playing at the moment) for two more months and i´m starting running again. In my active playing days, running 10km was seen as a warmup and then we had training sessions of an hour in 30°C (those were the pre-season sessions to build stamina) and i could easily run 15km and ran my 9km house-track in 42minutes (some up and down included).
But going farther was never an option for me. I think i could have done a half marathon at those days (2 years past, i´m 33 now) and i think with 3-4 months of hard training over the summer, i can get there without much trouble. I weigh 93kg/205 pounds, while i´m 1,81m/5ft11 at the moment. If i train 3 months now until the summer, i guess it will come down to 88kg/194pounds, without much problems. But i have a bigger body, as i have big legs and a big upper body and probably never was below 85kg/187pounds for fifteen years, even though i was training twice (football), once had a match and twice went running in a week in my best days and i´m a studied sports teacher and had much other trainings as well.
I wonder if it is a good idea to even give it a go for a marathon with a bigger body. I mean, i will start running for now and see where it´ll end of course and a half marathon shouldn´t be a problem in the late summer, if i stick to training and no injuries happen. At 85kg/187pounds, i wouldn´t say i´m overweight, but of course there is a difference between having a bigger built body and having a runners´body.
I hate the cold weather, so now the weather (germany) is getting better (sun and +5°C) and i´m starting running again. Our easter break starts tomorrow, which should bring some extensive runs/walks to start.