I've been googling a bit to try and get an answer to this, but wondered if someone can point me in the right direction. I did a HM in March, then did very little running for the two months following and almost stopped completely. Currently working towards another HM in October (with the group here π), but my training plan kind of started from the beginning again due to my lazy couple of months so it's very similar to what I tried last time.
So what I'm thinking is that if I have my next HM already planned before I run in October, then I keep going afterwards. But I've no real idea what that plan would look like. If I go for the one I'm thinking of next it's end of Jan, so I would have about 15 weeks between the two. Do I keep my long runs the same length for that period? Do I cut them down, then build them back up? I'd probably do a 10k race or two between them, but apart from that I've no ideas!
I did my first HM in 2 hr 17 mins and think I'm hoping to do the second at a similar pace - both fairly flat although a lot of the training I do is hilly. So when I'm looking at a plan to go a bit faster, I don't want to do something crazy, but maybe try and improve by a couple of minutes? I'm not sure what's realistic to aim for there either!
This is all just planning for the future, but I like planning π