Daily Archives: January 30, 2012
1/2 Marathon Training Plan
| January 30, 2012 | Posted by Madeline @ Food, Fitness, and Family under Running, Training |
If you had a busy weekend here is a quick recap of what we were up to:
Some of my fabulous readers asked me to post my 1/2 marathon training plan so here it I go! I plan on following Hal Higdon’s Intermediate Plan for this race. I chose Hal because:
1. I successfully completed my first 1/2 marathon using his beginner’s plan.
2. I am trying to PR so the built in speed work and tempo runs should help me with that.
3. I am not yet an experienced enough runner to make my own plan.
The Go! St. Louis race is April 15 so my training is broken down as such:
A couple of notes about my training:
- I still plan on doing CrossFit 2-3 times per week. I will probably do it on my “easy” runs.
- I will be teaching BodyFlow weekly … either on Wednesday, Thursday, or Saturday so I will adjust accordingly.
- I definitely want to make sure I am still lifting weights and doing yoga for cross training
- I adjusted some of the long run days because I know we have a commitment that day.
That’s pretty much it! I did my 5 mile run yesterday and average 9:45 min/mile! Super excited and it makes me think that my 10 min/mile goal pace might just be attainable 
Have you run a 1/2 marathon? If so, did you use a training plan?
Have you run a 1/2 marathon? If so, did you use a training plan?
