Your First Half-Marathon Training Plan

May 6th. 2016, 2:02pm

Do you consider you can’t allow it to be for the full marathon and the full marathon training plan? Are you currently scared? Do believe that you aren’t yet ready for it, or do you just lack time for you to prepare? Whatever your reasons, you can still enjoy the thrill of the marathon with a half-marathon. It’s a great stepping stone for full marathon and also you reach get the experience and somewhat feel of the full marathon; having a shorter preparation some time and without much pressure. You will find different half-marathon training plans that are suitable to the runner -the 8-week, 10-week, 12-week, and 16-week training plans would be the most widely used ones. But we’re not here to discuss the difference between your four because it only varies with the time allotted for each run or workout. What we would like you to know would be the basics of the half-marathon training plan.

The aim of a half-marathon training plan is to show you these three basic rules:

First – If you’ve seen some plans over the internet, you might have realized that the mileage that you have to focus on during the training is comparatively low and gradually increases as you move along. The reason being the plan’s goal is to teach you good, positive, and life-long approaches inside your “running” career, all you want do is to just follow the conventions and you’ll do just fine.

Second – you simply run three-times a week and the remaining days is focused on workouts. Each run includes a specific purpose: Speedwork works well for making your run faster, Tempo Run enables you to hold a faster pace during the half-marathon run, and Long Run improves your stamina. You’ll gradually increase each one of these runs while you progress to obtain accustomed to the impact and also the distance. I hope you don’t get the idea that you’ll be doing each one of these training runs at the same time. The trick here’s to complete speedwork on Day 1, tempo run on the day after, then long run on the weekend. This way, you are able to improve your speed and obtain better while you move on together with your training plan. Lastly – if outside forces stop you from doing your training, then take a rest. Reschedule your race when you have time to train for it. There will be a lot of half-marathons each year, so don’t worry if you can’t join the next.

Well, this is not exact science however it will give you the feeling that it’s less hard as it looks. Plus, you’re able to have the remaining week doing a bit of workouts or easy runs. The half-marathon training plan is designed to enable you to get ready for that bigger challenge – the full 26 mile marathon. Whether you only look after the finisher’s medal, or the to begin with trophy, the half-marathon plan’s still the best approach to prepare yourself for the special day. Don’t worry; we’ll be there at the sidelines cheering for you personally!

John has been running marathons for almost 10 years now. He has a website devoted solely on marathons and marathon training programs.