Training For A Half Marathon

[Dodgylungs]

I haven’t been on here for a while and I’m afraid I’ve rather let the running go over the last couple of months. Originally I was training for the Hackney Half Marathon but that got postponed until September. I fully intended on keeping going with the running but my old hamstring injury flared up again after playing football and I swapped running for the gym.

I’m intending on starting my regime again tomorrow. I’m not very fit at the moment and carrying a bit of weight again as my diet has gone a bit to pot. I really need some help and advice on both diet and running regime. I want to do a 12 week running plan but I know it’s no use just running, I need to address my diet too. Bearing in mind I’ve not been eating very well I need to build both fitness and weight loss. All advice gratefully received.

Thanks.

DL

[Comfortnotspeed Marathon]

Hi. I’m afraid I haven’t any advice but wish you all the best. I’m also training for first HM in September.

[Dodgylungs Half Marathon in reply to Comfortnotspeed]

Good luck to you too!

[Decker Ultramarathon]

I think the key would be to ease back into it slowly to avoid injury. Maybe go with an HM plan that uses a 3 run day model (vs a 4 or 5 day). This all would depend on how far you can currently run. If you’re not sure then maybe see how an easy 5k feels and go from there.

[Dodgylungs Half Marathon in reply to Decker]

I’m going to have a stab at 10K tomorrow. I’ll be able to do 5K but I’m going to run stupidly slowly so I can get close to the distance. Do you have any links to plans?

[Decker Ultramarathon in reply to Dodgylungs]

Sounds good. Roseabi made a fantastic post with links to a number of plans including ours:

healthunlocked.com/marathon...

[Dodgylungs Half Marathon in reply to Decker]

Thank you!