Over the past year, I have tried training to run another half marathon but got injured, but after barely runnning the previous year, it wasn't a big shock. So I started from square one again...I sucessfully fnished a 5K and 10K training program then decided to skip the half training and jumped into Marathon training since my 10K training already had me running 8-9 miles on Saturdays.
For my Marathon training my goal was run/walk and for the first few weeks it was going great, but for some reason, I just cannot get past 10 miles without an injury. I don't know if it's because of the extra weight I have put on or if it has to do with the terrain I am running...The area around here is very hilly. Whatever it is though, I am over injuries that leave me sidelined.
New plan...to walk a half marathon in less than 3 hours. On January 31, 2015, I walked 13.15 miles in 3:12:08 with minimal effort, I walked at a comfortable pace for the whole distance, Avg pace was 14:37.
Splits
1 mi 14:55
2 mi 15:27
3 mi 15:06
4 mi 14:47
5 mi 14:50
6 mi 14:40
7 mi 14:37
8 mi 14:30
9 mi 14:20
10 mi 14:17
11 mi 14:16
12 mi 13:58
13 mi 14:03
14 mi 15:53
I am hoping with training I can get my avg pace down to 13:00 or less...I recently power walked my first 5K for time...my goal was 40 minutes or less...I finished it in 37:49 avg pace was 12:12...but not sure if I could keep that pace up for 5 miles let alone 13.1...If I could that would be great, that would make it my 2nd fastest half and my previous HMs I ran.
I am going to have to look into some plans and make one that will work for me. I know not all plans are one size fits all so I will have to tweak it like I always do. Once I get my plan in place, I will post it.
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