What plan????

So the half marathon is about 19 weeks away.

I have been looking at training plans and I am now even more confused about what I should be doing.

Why do they vary so much?

I think looking at these plans hasnt really helped with my running confusion. They vary greatly in mileage, speed, how many times I run to cross training; should I concentrate on upping mileage, pace or both  etc etc etc la la la la .......... I mean really, why cant someone just write a "how not to die running 13.1 (yep that .1 of a mile IS important) miles all at once when you are a fat chick" plan.

I would definitely buy THAT book.