Some posts are making me scared.

I’m not a naturally gifted runner, I’ve always wanted to do a marathon, and after a health scare that woke me up, I no longer want to wait on life, I’m 38, f, on the short side, 5,4, 130lbs.

I say all this because I’ve recently joined this page for help and inspiration, I started training 5-6 months ago, for just cardio weight loss reasons, i completed the 5k program, the 10k and now week 8 into the half marathon program, I am proud of myself as I couldn’t run 10 minutes without a break, now I just completed 1hr20mins.

I’m just not as fast as everyone here it seems, on a good day I can do just under 11min mile, I’m scared that’s too slow, I’ve signed up for the air force marathon in September 2025, I’m hoping I get faster or more comfortable and wanted to know others who maybe didn’t start off fast and got a faster mile time the more training they did?