Half marathon goal!

[Pinkpig20]

I have completed a couple of 10k distances & my goal is half marathon. Has anyone got any plans they can recommend? I intend to consolidate 10k first. 😀

[nowster Metric Marathon]

All I did was add 10% to my longest run each week, then have a week or two where I did shorter distances. I got to 18km that way.

Then on the day I was either going to do 20km or the whole HM, I got interrupted at the 14km point and couldn't run any further without being in pain. That was ultimately traced back to tight hamstrings. I did roughly the same when I resumed.

[Cmoi Marathon]

Welcome Pinkpig20 !

I've already replied over on the Bridge to 10K forum. However I now feel duty-bound to add that in real life I didn't use a plan to get to HM distance, I just increased my longer runs.

If you enjoy audio-guided runs, coached and structured training and plans, there's plenty of good stuff out there. I don't get on with those, so don't use them!

[RunWillie Marathon]

I didn’t use a plan to get to HM, but in retrospect probably should have done. There will be lots of plans, so make sure you choose one that works for you. For example I run 5 or 6 times a week, and do no cross training, so Hansons plans are perfect for me, but might be terrible for you! Hope that helps. Cheering you on Pinkpig20 😍

[Betj Half Marathon]

I recently used Nike Running Club HM plan & really liked it. You can chose guided & coached runs or unguided.. tbere are 5 runs a week which i never did but you can be flexible with what works for you & i still made it!! Their focus is also on effort not specific pace times which worked well for me too. Good luck! 😊

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Hi! A very warm welcome to this forum.If you take a look at the pinned posts you will see some dedicated to HM training plans - there is a huge selection out there.

I adapted one of Roseabi's plans. I like two rest days betwen runs, so many off the shelf plans don't suit me. I would also recommend the NRC HM plan. I mixed and matched - using the basic long slow run progression from Roseabi's plan, then interspersed those with interval runs selected from NRC (usually depending on how much time I had available). As Nowster says, the bread and butter is in gradually increasing your long slow run, but be sure to include a cutback week every 4 weeks or so, introduce some faster shorter runs inbetween and - importantly - keep mixing the runs up or it will become rather tedious!

Join in our weekly chats, ask questions, post your progress and you will find lots of support here. Have fun!!!

[Pinkpig20 10 Miles]

Thank you for all the replies. I think I may use a mixture of a plan & some audio guided runs. 😀