Half marathon training help

Looks pretty good to me.
Are you doing it all on a treadmill? (just guessing because you didnt do anything on the day the gym was closed).
if you're not doing so already, I think that mixing it up with some 'real' miles would be better.

If it was me, i would drop the 5k midweek run on week 19 and do the full 20k race distance that weekend, but i know that most training schedules say that you dont need to do that and as long as you have done around 75% of the distance in a single run before you should be fine.
 
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Thanks for the reply touch..

My weekend long run is going to be always outdoors (well - subject to some Summer Snow)
 
SuperBOB said:
Thanks for the reply touch..

My weekend long run is going to be always outdoors (well - subject to some Summer Snow)
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My advice here would get outside, the treadmill and outside are totally different. Plus its less boring and if your 10k from home you can't just decide to quit - you HAVE to get home somehow!

Man up and brave the cold :p

Edit - If you feel up to it before September, go run the full 13 miles I done this. Well jumped from max about 11-12km to doing 13miles, well I caved to peer pressure! But it was worth it, showed me how 'easy' it was.
 
Is that the correct doc - says its 10k training

Honestly? Your mileage is very low. Your week with the most mileage is only 26k

What's with the 8 x 30 sec sprints? That session is going to be done in 10 mins. Other than the endurance session there's no real progression going on.
 
I personally found it useful to enter a few races at part of my Marathon Training (Brighton Half Marathon was part of it).

If you have never done a race before it gives you an insight into what 'Race Day' will be like and I find that they are good training goals to have :)

I am doing Dartford Half Marathon in July and have a 5k and 10k Race before that.

Definitely go out on the road (I started training for the Marathon on treadmill because of time constraints) and you will soon start thinking in miles.

Get a running watch too or use a good phone app. I like my Garmin as it gives my my pace and distance at a glance.

Good luck with it!

BB x
 
cram said:
Is that the correct doc - says its 10k training

Honestly? Your mileage is very low. Your week with the most mileage is only 26k

What's with the 8 x 30 sec sprints? That session is going to be done in 10 mins. Other than the endurance session there's no real progression going on.
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It's all about the minimum effective dose. Why waste miles on the road when you can get the same training effect from intervals.

If you're wondering, yes, there is a lot of research to back this up.
 
BrightonBelle said:
I personally found it useful to enter a few races at part of my Marathon Training (Brighton Half Marathon was part of it).

If you have never done a race before it gives you an insight into what 'Race Day' will be like and I find that they are good training goals to have :)

I am doing Dartford Half Marathon in July and have a 5k and 10k Race before that.

Definitely go out on the road (I started training for the Marathon on treadmill because of time constraints) and you will soon start thinking in miles.

Get a running watch too or use a good phone app. I like my Garmin as it gives my my pace and distance at a glance.

Good luck with it!

BB x
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Thanks BB. I ran a few races last year but have done little in the past 6 months. Last year I ran a couple of 5K and a 10K.

Will be running my long run outside every week the other runs are at lunchtimes at work so it is just easier to go to the gym.
 
cram said:
Is that the correct doc - says its 10k training

Honestly? Your mileage is very low. Your week with the most mileage is only 26k

What's with the 8 x 30 sec sprints? That session is going to be done in 10 mins. Other than the endurance session there's no real progression going on.
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Out of date title shall fix.

Yeah I suspected my mileage would be too low - not sure I can commit to building it up any higher though. Do you think I could progress quicker?

I plan to progress on my 5K times on the Monday... and extend my long runs on the weekend . Isn't that enough progression? ;)
 
icecold said:
It's all about the minimum effective dose. Why waste miles on the road when you can get the same training effect from intervals.

If you're wondering, yes, there is a lot of research to back this up.
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I also plan on a warmup and warmdown jog. 5 minutes either side. Ill adjust the number of intervals I run to make it up to 30 minutes of training (again to fit into my lunch breaks!)

thanks for the replies
 
30 mins would be a max, you'll be dead if you're conditioning isn't up to par and you attempt this!

I haven't looked into it that much, but I'd be interested in knowing what the minimum road miles per week you'd need if you had your intervals/short repeats well planned.
 
icecold said:
It's all about the minimum effective dose. Why waste miles on the road when you can get the same training effect from intervals.

If you're wondering, yes, there is a lot of research to back this up.
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I've been running for years and have done and lot of reading around the subject. I get the use of intervals my point is that he doesn't expand on any of this during his training schedule. When he does an interval sessiion he always does just 8 x 30 secs. I would expect over the course of a schedule that the intervals would vary both the number of them and also the distance covered in an interval. With the exception of his endurance run there is little/no variety in that schedule - he's likely to plateau very quickly which in turn will harm his ability to meet his endurance targets.

I would build up the mileage on the monday run over time. I would also think about introducing a tempo run. All this really depends on your aim. Are you aiming for a specific time or just to get round

You may want to google Hal Higdon training schedules - I know a lot of beginners who have used these.
 
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cram said:
When he does an interval sessiion he always does just 8 x 30 secs. I would expect over the course of a schedule that the intervals would vary both the number of them and also the distance covered in an interval.
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The distance will naturally increase as he becomes fitter and can run faster and therefore will go further in each interval.
 
icecold said:
He says he's working up to 30 mins total time, which implies progression from 8 intervals.
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Yeah but my initial posts were about his training schedule. He added that comment in later and I was responding to your comment about the worth of 8 x 30. I still think it is a valid point to actually vary the distance and not stick with just 30 sec bursts all the time. That will kill him if he wants to do that for 30 mins.
 
cram said:
I've been running for years and have done and lot of reading around the subject. I get the use of intervals my point is that he doesn't expand on any of this during his training schedule. When he does an interval sessiion he always does just 8 x 30 secs. I would expect over the course of a schedule that the intervals would vary both the number of them and also the distance covered in an interval. With the exception of his endurance run there is little/no variety in that schedule - he's likely to plateau very quickly which in turn will harm his ability to meet his endurance targets.

I would build up the mileage on the monday run over time. I would also think about introducing a tempo run. All this really depends on your aim. Are you aiming for a specific time or just to get round

You may want to google Hal Higdon training schedules - I know a lot of beginners who have used these.
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Completely agree, so no need to expand. Come the 10 mile mark I think you'll (the OP) be in unchartered territory and will hate every minute of it based on that schedule. That is unless you are aiming to plod your way around waving to the crowd, no disrespect. If you are aiming for a time then advice in the above would the best advice.
 
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