A half is a lot of fun. I really enjoyed doing one a couple falls ago. See post's #26/7. I didn't need to eat during it, like you typically do for a marathon, and the training schedule is a lot more doable if you have any life outside of work.
I scanned and posted the training schedules that I used, I think in the trail running thread. EDIT: it was in the "anyone here run a marathon" thread, which i bumped for your convenience.
I'm here and always ready to yap about running