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@Sainsburys_Ed
train hard, race easy.
only one of them will hurt, your choice though(t)!!
completely with SF on the three essentials of running a half marathon.
Running for at least your target time (pace doesn't matter so much)
taking on drink - energy drinks should be enough to get you through without messing around with gels.
knowing what your race pace is and feels like.
I ran my first half, 2 years ago in March, started training from a similar base in January of that year, and slowly built up to running for 2 hours, and managed to get to 11 miles in this process, I then ran the half fairly comfortable in 1.54.
I was knackered afterwards but didn't suffer too much in the race, apart from when I didn't see the 10 mile marker and spent the next mile running as fast as i could to ensure i didn't go over 2 hours!