How on earth do you choose a training program? There are hundreds of them out there. I did a Google search for Half Marathon Training and seriously, there are pages and pages and pages of results. So I spent an hour going through them.
Some seemed too easy. Too easy meaning that I dont' think I would be ready with the amount of miles they were recommending.
Some seemed to complicated. Hill repeats, followed by speed intervals, then tempo runs, then ... that was a little much for me. This is my first half marathon, after all. Mostly, I just want to finish.
One requirement for me was that there can not be 3 days in a row of running. I have been running 3 days in a row for awhile and it is killing me. And I have ended up injured, twice, after doing that, so no more. Maybe in the later weeks of training, but definitely not the first 6.
Here are a few I looked at:
Marathon Rookie here
Jeff Galloway here
Hal Higdon here
Cool Running here
About.com here
In the end, I think I am probably going to make up my own. With a combination of things from each of these plans. I am also going to incorporate Yoga as a cross training activity. I am going to start my official training on June 4th. That gives me 19 weeks till the race. I realize 19 weeks is way longer than most people officially train for a half marathon. But I know me. I will likely have to repeat some weeks to feel like I really mastered the mileage. Also, we have a week of vacation in there where I will likely run, but it won't be the distance that it should be for training.
As soon as I get my weeks and mileage mapped out, I will be sure to post it. That way you can run along with me!
Hallie
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