Every runner needs a goal to work towards, right? So what about setting two in one month? That's what I did in May 2018 and let me tell you how I trained for those 2 races.
Push yourself, the 2017 edition
In 2017 I got out of the comfort zone, like other-side-of-the-universe-far out of my comfort zone. But hey, why pick one goal if you can have three? So I walked, ran and completed an obstacle course.