I was tempted to register for the race anyway, since the location is convenient, and though I don't know exactly what CARA's training plan looks like, if it's close to Novice 1 on Hal Higdon's website, I'll only have to flip flop things by a week or so, which is definitely more ideal than
running a half
marathon and then having to continue
running to get in my long
run for the week
haha).