Running Fast » Half Marathon http://truerunning.com Tips for Runners Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:58:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Week Before the Toronto Waterfront Half Marathon http://truerunning.com/week-before-the-toronto-waterfront-half-marathon/ http://truerunning.com/week-before-the-toronto-waterfront-half-marathon/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:46:20 +0000 a runner http://truerunning.com/?p=1605
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    • ]]>     I’m counting down the days until my Scotiabank Waterfront Half Marathon.  It’s this Sunday at 7:30 am.  I haven’t stopped running, since running 2 hours or more is required for my Sunday runs in training for the Toronto Marathon in October.  I’m even thinking of running to the start to extend the mileage.

    How am I training differently this week? Nothing really changed.  I’m still running my 8-9  miles on Tuesday and Thursday.  I have my swimming planned for Monday and Wednesday, the occassional Ultimate game and spinning.  The only thing I’m conscious of is NO spinning in the latter part of the week.  Spinning really kills my legs for days!

    I mapped out the Scotiabank Half Marathon course on MapMyRun because the marathon site provides such a childish version of the course map.

    For beginners training for the half marathon I would suggest to run only 3 miles on tuesday and thursday and the next few days are rest days.  Good luck in your half marathon!

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    • ]]>     Half Marathon training is just as hard as training for any road race.  I remember when I first started running, 3 miles was considered far for me, not to mention a attempting a half marathon or even a full marathon.   As a beginner in half marathon training, the key is to build up your mileage slowly.  Once you are comfortable with one distance, slowly challenge yourself to run a little more next week and to never settle for just one distance or one speed.

    Below is a 10 week half marathon training program for beginners.  If you cannot run on certain days you can make it up the following day or week.  You just have to worry about your total mileage of the week.  You should always increase your mileage about 1-2 miles a week ( run 10-15 minutes longer than last week).   About half way thru the weeks you’ll notice a peak and then slowly tapering off of the mileage til your race day.   This will help reduce the chances of injuries before your big race.

    Before starting the beginner half marathon training program you should be running for a month at about 10 miles a week comfortably.  If this is not the case, then try to build up your base mileage as much as you can before the race.   This is not the most ideal case to run a half but I understand you do have a personal life, not everything revolves around running…. ok I’m getting a little off topic, but anyways, below is a schedule that you can follow to train for your half marathon.

    For the Beginner Half Marathon Training Program (in kms) click here

    beginner half marathon training program

    beginner half marathon training program

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