My longest run was 11 miles, and I think next time I'll push it and have a long run of 12 miles.Ĭon: Each week is really tough. This plan has lots of long runs over 10 miles, so I really liked that and got comfortable with the distance. When I reflected on my last half marathon training, I mentioned that I didn't get in enough long runs to feel confident. Pro: There are a lot of double digit runs. There are a few pros and cons though, which I'll go over now: Overall, I really enjoyed this plan over Hal Higdon, and it gave me the exact results that I was after- a sub 2:00 half marathon. Even though the Hal Higdon plan is 12 weeks and Runner's World is 10, there is a huge difference in total miles (267 vs 339). In the Runner's World plan, the peak week is 43 miles, but the weekly mileage is really sporadic and there is no real rest week besides week 9 (which is the only week below 30 miles). In the Hal Higdon Intermediate Program, the plan tops out at 29 miles, but gradually grows to that number. The biggest difference between the two plans is the mileage. Since my goal was just to break 2 hours, I modified the plan a bit to make it a bit easier for myself, and added in a few 5k races.

After doing some research, I finally landed on the Runner's World 10-Week Sub-1:50 Half Marathon Plan (talk about a catchy title, right?!).

I decided this time around that I wanted to try something completely different and see if I saw any changes.

I always used his plans as the base of my training, and always felt let down and unprepared by the time my race came along. This was my first race that I trained without the Hal Higdon training plan. If you're not into running, this will probably be boring. (Warning- this post is just a wall of text. Hi everyone! As I mentioned yesterday in my Towpath Half recap, I wanted to review my plan that I used to train for the race.

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