Half Marathon Training Plan
Training for a half marathon? I ran one in 2012 and since then, I’ve become a NASM certified personal trainer and I’ve learned a few tips and tricks along the way!
In 2012, signed up for the Richmond Half Marathon because I was in the mood for a new fitness goal. The longest distance I had run previously is a 10K, so this will definitely push me!
As for a training schedule, I loosely followed this half marathon training plan from Fitness magazine.
I was already in the habit of walking a lot. I’ve been a big fan of wearing fitness trackers (check out why I switched from Fitbit to Garmin) and I love having a goal in mind!
I’ve also made the most of my treadmill by building this DIY Treadmill Desk. This makes it easy to walk and work at the same time! When I’m in the mood for a workout but I don’t feel like running, I do this walking treadmill workout.
I’ve found that small behaviors like hitting 10,000 steps a day and walking while working have set me up nicely to be able to hit bigger fitness goals like a half marathon!
What fitness goals are you working on?
Good read, love reading your blog. Congrats.
Hey! found your blog via daily mile! and while looking around I saw this post! I’m also signed up for my first half marathon in November… and that’s the exact same 10 week running plan I plan on using for the time being (a little bit concerned that it never works up to the full distance…but that’s ok) Anyways I’ll be blogging my journey to it, and I agree no need to sacrifice social life or sleep.
~Sara
Oh awesome!!! Thanks for checking out my blog and I can’t wait to read about your training!!!
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WHOO HOO! Awesome goal, lady. 🙂 I’m so excited for you!
This is SO exciting! I’ve actually been “training,” but haven’t signed up for the race yet. I wanted to get 1/2 way through to see if I could actually do it first. Can’t wait to hear more about this and your training. I also totally agree with the having a life plan while training – something I’ve been having trouble with.
OOh!! Good for you!!! Good luck!! You can do it!! And yup..that sounds like a wonderful plan! And I can’t believe it! I won?!?! Totally unexpected!! Yay! I’ll be emailing you right away!
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