My wife has recently resumed running again and with both our world getting busier, we decided to run together. We live near a great park where we can allow our kids to play while staying within eye-shot of them (think huge track with park and splashpad in the middle). While it may not be the most ideal running, it works for us for the time being.
With our half-marathon in January, we decided on the following race schedule to help us prepare in addition to our workouts. In August we will run a 5k followed by a 10k in September. October will be another 10k with a 15k in November. We are open to a 20k in November in order to have that distance under our belt already but of course that is basically a half marathon itself.
Between now and then, we are keeping each other excited, accountable, and motivated.