Hi all I'm so glad I've been directed to this group as I have a half marathon booked for May. I recently ran 7 miles for the first time so I'm looking to build myself up to the half in a sensible way as I recently pushed myself too much and it wasn't good. I ran the 7 miles at about 9.5 minutes but it was a goods night, not much wind. My usual pace is an average of 10 minutes a mile I'd say. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Is there an app to follow like the C25K?
Thank you 
Welcome aboard! There isn't a HM plan like c25k but there's loads out there.
You've reached 7 miles and you have loads of time to reach your goal. You have also learned that hard way of how not to do things which is actually helpful.
How often do you usually run? Road or trail? (I'm guessing road from your pace) What's a normal week look like for you?
10 min miles is a nice steady pace to work from.
Thank you for your reply. Yes it's road and I try to run three times a week. It is ok to run consecutive nights or is it best not to? I'm not sure if I need to keep increasing my distance or do two shorter runs each week with one longer one, for example, run 5 tomorrow night, 4 Thursday with an 8 on Saturday. Does that seem right? Or would I look to increase on each run? Thank you
Oops, yes, the HM plan was there, I missed it, here's the link healthunlocked.com/marathon...
5/4/8 sounds good to me. I never followed a plan, I just made my longest run a bit longer each time. You've got plenty of time to play with so you could even just lengthen by 1 mile at fortnightly intervals and you'll be there in under 12 weeks.
No don't increase every run, you still need shorter runs too.
Just take it steady, have fun with it and most of all enjoy your runs! 😁
We usually have a half marathon planned pinned to the right hand side.
Just go steady. It's about distance now.
Good luck.
Thank you
Hi again! Welcome to the forum!!!
Here is a link to the plan that some of the others have mentioned:
Before training for my first HM, I used to run every other day. Once I got to longer distances though, and mixing up pace (long slow, middling and HM pace runs), I moved to taking two days off between runs. In theory these two days were for strength or cross training - sometimes that's how they were in practice too ... sometimes not 😀.
There are lots of different approaches, but essentially you're slowly increasing the long run until you hit the distance. Nothing new or scary there, right? 😀 Good luck and enjoy.
Hello and welcome! You've got lots of time and will be mega ready when your half comes round 😊 Stick around, dig about old posts and ask lots of questions if you're not sure about anything. You'll get lots of answers, sometimes different, but all good—that's the beauty of long distance vs c25k I think, you find your own best way to tackle the distance. Just make sure you remember to enjoy it too! And tell us all about it as you go 🤩
If your HM isn't until May then maybe you should plan a few other events in between. Otherwise it is going to seem a long 6-7 months leading to that one event a 5k, 10k or two in the diary will give you a nice interim boost.
Welcome to the forums! Agree with WhatsApp. A standard HM plan gives you 16 weeks of training.
For ex my next HM is end of march at the start of jan I will look at starting a plan.
Some winter 10ks are a good option 😎🏃♂️
Great, thank you and good luck with yours 😊
