Subject: Half Marathon in 3 weeks - training ?? I just finished my first HIM and I have my sights set on a half marathon coming up in 3 weeks. I've taken the past week off to recover from the HIM, and I need to kick things up a bit for the half-mary. My thought is to run 3 days per week as follows:
Day 1: 30-45 minute recovery run, Zone 2.
Day 2: 30 minutes of drills - some intervals, technique, etc. but probably a focus on speed work
Day 3: 1.5 hour long run Zone 2-3, negative split
Day 4: Optional medium to long run.
I will probably also swim one day and bike one day during the week.
Obviously this will be for only a very short time, but does this seem a reasonable thing to do to get ready for the half-mary? Weeks 1 and 2 will be the most effort, with week 3 just before the half being of moderate effort.
I then have a Turkey Trot 10K 4 weeks after that to close out my season. Most likely I'll do the same thing again.
Comments, suggestions, criticisms?
-Kirk
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