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Half Marathon 3 weeks to go
Had previously posted a few weeks back in beginners section but not much response (except from Sleepy Bear -Ta)
Anyway I have a half marathon in 3 weeks time and would appreciate a steer in the right direction
. I have only had approx 6 weeks training as I was out injured for 11 weeks prior.
I have worked my way back slowly! - I covered 75 miles in Feb, longest run in Feb was 9 miles at 9.32 M/M average pace, most other runs around 5-7 miles @ 9 M/M
Went out today and covered 11 miles @ average 9.40 but struggled badly over last two miles, steady pace turned into shuffle almost instantly at mile 9!!).
How can I maximise the last few weeks? - any thoughts on a intensive 3 week training plan - or is it all to late?
Ta
Anyway I have a half marathon in 3 weeks time and would appreciate a steer in the right direction
. I have only had approx 6 weeks training as I was out injured for 11 weeks prior. I have worked my way back slowly! - I covered 75 miles in Feb, longest run in Feb was 9 miles at 9.32 M/M average pace, most other runs around 5-7 miles @ 9 M/M
Went out today and covered 11 miles @ average 9.40 but struggled badly over last two miles, steady pace turned into shuffle almost instantly at mile 9!!).
How can I maximise the last few weeks? - any thoughts on a intensive 3 week training plan - or is it all to late?
Ta
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I use the 'smartcoach' on here which you can find under the training tab, you can personalise it by putting in how easy/hard you want to train, and for how long etc, i find it really good, you have 3 weeks left to get some quality training in, but obviously take it easy you don't want a repeat of the injury!
Good Luck!
- 10 mile Tuesday medium pace
- 10k Wednesday fast pace
- 10 mile Friday slow pace (leave this out in the last week before your HM)
Also if you get time throw in a speed session on a Monday or Thursday of 6 x 1k runs.
This is just an option for you but i used this training plan with only 4 weeks to train for a half marathon and clocked a sub 1:30.
Hoping for around 2hrs 10 mins
I will let you know how I get on. Cheers
Anyway went out this morning for an easy 5.5 mile jog and felt awful, so much so that I had to walk a bit!!, legs heavy and no spring whatsoever (had 3 days rest before today so I should not have been tired).
What the feck is going on? - this really has knocked my confidence. Is this in anyway normal or am I going to crash and burn next Saturday....
maybe you have a bug
if you feel alright tomorrow go for a short run
If you did 12 last week and felt fine you should be ok for saturday
But it was a good crash and burn because many like minded runners shared the pain.
Paced in the last 500 metres by my daughter - doesn't get much better than that...............