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Half Marathon - Hal Higdon's Guide |
Question:
I've never run a half marathon before,
but was (recovered! from knee injury)
a fairly decent 3km-10km runner a
couple of years ago. Following injury
I've built up a fairly decent 'aerobic
base' and did my first track session
this week (ouch!). Feeling fine now,
and looking forward to the 90min run.
So if anyone has any criticisms/comments/etc
of Hal's guide (are there too many
rest days?) or has another direction
that may be useful, I'm all ears.
Answer:
Works in my book. I'm a big fan of
having a solid foundation and all
those 90 minute
runs you'll be doing imply that you
will have gotten up to near that distance
in the preceeding months. I'm really
looking at the long runs more than
the other runs in
the week. How you fill out the rest
of the week is up to you. Since you
have experience running 10k's take
that schedule and add a few miles
to your longest short run and you
should be fine.
As far as rest days, again how you
fill out the rest of the week is up
to you. Some will argue that you need
to be running 60 miles and others
no more than 35. For what
it is worth I ran my best half marathon
doing 40 mile weeks. What you do in
the non-long runs is up to how you
recover. If you find yourself getting
tired then evaluate how many miles
you are running. Or on the other hand
if you find yourself
with pleanty of energy add some more.
It won't take long for you to find
out what is
right for you.
Another point I like is that you are
doing long runs up to the end. But
this could be my own bias that I don't
need much of a taper.
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