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?
Love your 3 imperatives! It’s so refreshing to read AND it makes me feel good about being the same exact way! 🙂 Good luck!
YAY! I’m running my first half marathon in October 🙂 Can’t wait to read updates on how your training is going. I’m also trying to actually enjoy my training. I run when I feel like it and don’t run if I don’t. Your training plan looks like a very good and humane one to follow. Happy running 🙂
Oh that’s awesome!!! I’ll have to follow your training updates, since I’ll just be a few weeks behind 😉
Yay! Good luck with your training! I ran my first half in June and loved it!
Congrats, I am excited for you!! Oh and I love your plan, especially the whole not let running dictate all things in your life. That is what I am trying to do with workouts/runs now.
Congrats!! I love how you are committed to NOT let running ruin your diet. I do agree that when running and burning a ton of calories you get a little more hungry and need to eat a bit more, but I don’t think it is necessary to all of a sudden start eating sour patch kids as “fuel.” GO YOU!
Haha exactly! I’m also not going to start downing protein shakes like I’m a body builder!
Atta girl! You will rock it! Looking forward to hearing all about it! 🙂
I ran my first half marathon a couple of months ago! It was so much fun!! I had a training schedule, but I didn’t stress myself about trying to stick to it perfectly. Just make sure you do long runs once a week. Eat lots, and get plenty of good carbs and protein. My hunger beast kicked in when I started training and I was eating sooo much! Three months of training totally kicked my butt, but the feeling of running that race and crossing that finish line was something that I will never ever regret. Good luck!!!!
Ahh exciting news!! Congrats! I love that you’re taking a rational, not losing-yourself approach to training. Can’t wait to follow along!
That’s exciting. Have fun with it, take your time, put in the miles so you don’t get hurt. But also cross train and rest! That’s just as important as miles.
Love the name of your training plan! I think it’ll help that the race is in November. I trained for mine in the summer so I had to wake up early for my long runs to avoid the heat. Training in the fall means you can sleep in and recover from whatever happened Friday night 😉 Look forward to reading about your training!
Haha that’s exactly why I thought a fall race would be perfect 😉