I kicked off the year with Dry January and I guess the clear head for a month let a little motivation seep in and got me deciding how to handle this never ending lockdown and all the running events being constantly rolled over to next year.
As my only remaining event for the year that is still standing is a half marathon in May, I decided to train for it by following a Hal Higdon plan. Novice plan, 12 weeks, all mapped out. The plan assumes you can already run 3 miles, three to four times a week.
I used the Run With Hal app and this is what it came up with (in kilometres):
The little blue circle over 5 April highlights where I am now and I have to say I’m pretty amazed that I’m pencilled in to run the half marathon (just me, no event) on 23 April. Honestly, apart from the long runs the distances haven’t been super demanding-I expected to have to put in more miles so if Hal has pulled it off with this plan I’ll be his next big fan!
I’ll report back on 23rd…
I remember following a Hal Higdon marathon Plan back in 2012 for the Cardiff Half. It worked! Got round in 2:13:00 knocking 15 mins off previous half marathon. How did you get on ?
So sorry Becky-I missed this comment completely! Wow-Hal worked really well for you back then! I was pretty good at getting the sessions done and ran my half marathon (all by myself) on the day suggested on the plan 🙂 I’m now trying is 5K plan-see if I can get a little faster!