
Long run of 10 miles starting easy and finishing with the last two miles at race pace. And spend half the amount of time preparing in the build up.Ĭutting all the training distances in half yields three weekly dedicated sessions consisting of: A half marathon is half the distance of a full, so just do half the distance in the training sessions. ChangesĪfter a bit of thinking about how to change the marathon plan into a half marathon plan, my first crack at it was to just simply:Ĭut the Duration of the Build up in Half from 14 Weeks Down to 7 Weeks
The end of the post details my experiences using it to prepare for my own personal goal of a 1.5 hour half marathon. It details a suggested approach to training for a particular half marathon goal.
This post presents a minimalist half marathon training plan. There is some interest in how to adapt the marathon plan for a half marathon. Comments and questions on the how to run a 3 hour marathon post inspired this post on how to run a 1.5 hour half marathon.