Hello fellow runners from a wet and windy Lake District,I have just completed the magic plan and am running 10k comfortably but need to up my game as I have a half marathon in April.
I like to increase mileage slowly and am wary of plans that are too ambitious too quickly.
Does anyone have any experience of a 10k to half marathon training plan that would fit the bill?
Thank you.
I used the NRC (Nike run club) HM plan. It’s very flexible. There are five runs a week but I never did that many. The app is free which is a bonus. There’s a great variety of runs too. Definitely recommended!
Thank you, ill take a look. I'm currently running 3 times a week and would like to up it to 4
Congratulations! I am sure that you will receive lots of suggestions-my recommendation would be to go over to "Marathon running and race support" where there is a review of training plans in the pinned post.Good luck.You have loads of time .Have fun!
Thank you. I'll head off there.
Hi Nordic_Gillian , as already suggested, you'll be very welcome over on the Marathon forum, where you'll find others looking to run their first HM, as well as more experienced runners.
Training and structured plans aren't my thing, so I'm afraid I can't help you there. What I can say is that since you're already running 10k comfortably and your HM is in April, you have plenty of time to prepare, even allowing for winter weather.
Enjoy choosing and using the right plan for you!
Thank you! I’ve just joined that forum and it’s exactly what I need. Great support.
See you over there 👍😀
What I did was gradually increase my longest run of the week, similar to how it increases in the Magic Plan. No more than 10% increase each week.
You've plenty of time. What I'd suggest to start with is adding 1km to your longest run each week, dropping back to a shorter distance once every few weeks. You could easily reach a HM in 16 weeks.
Gradually increase one of your other runs by a bit each week too, but not as much. Any other runs in the week can be shorter.
And as usual, don't push for a pace, just get used to the distance/duration.
I followed a 14 week Garmin plan for my recent HM, but I found it too challenging and my time was slower than my first HM, for which I did exactly what nowster has suggested with 3 runs a week, including parkrun. If you make one of your runs an “effort” (eg intervals, Fartlek, pyramid, hills), you will get even more benefit too.
Thank you, Sandie. I looked at that plan and it does look quite ambitious. I too would like to incorporate the parkrun so I'll take your and nowster's advice.
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