My Half-Marathon Training Plan

Time flies. There are only three weeks left before my second Half-Marathon race for my Four Seasons Half Marathon Challenge. Here I am sharing a trainig plan that I used in 2010. I will basically follow the same training plan for the next two weeks. The reasons to share this plan are: (1) I will have a sense of being monitored so that I will try to follow the plan as closely as possible; (2) For those who are intrested in long distance running, you will have an idea of how to train for a Half Marathon. I had a 12-mile run today using 1 hour and 50 minutes. My target for the coming race will be to finish the 13.1-mile course within 1 hour and 55 minutes.



Sunday: Long run for 1.5 - 2 hours or at least 9 miles
Monday: Recovering run (3 to 4 miles, slow)
Tuesday: Rest (no runing)
Wednsday and Thursday: Intensive run (4 miles each, with some element of speed/hill/tempo)
Friday: Recovering run (3-4 miles, slow)
Saturday: Rest (no running)




The following is piece of news which says that exercise for the body helps the mind. Research showes that exercise can prevent the decline of brainpower related to aging.

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• 佩服啊。你一般是在室外練啊還是跑步機啊？ -cha-cha- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/08/2012 postreply 19:08:17

• co：佩服啊。你一般是在室外練啊還是跑步機啊？ -非文學青年- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/08/2012 postreply 19:24:27

• 謝謝。除非天氣原因，一般在室外跑。 -EnLearner- ♂ (159 bytes) () 01/08/2012 postreply 19:25:31

• This plan is only for before the race, right? -肖莊- ♀ (365 bytes) () 01/08/2012 postreply 21:55:40

• Right, I used it before race at the end of 2010. -EnLearner- ♂ (177 bytes) () 01/08/2012 postreply 22:06:26

• That must be fun. -肖莊- ♀ (192 bytes) () 01/08/2012 postreply 22:11:37

• 加油！支持你英學（＾Ｏ＾☆♪ -京燕花園- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/08/2012 postreply 22:03:45

• 多謝燕京支持，新周愉快！ -EnLearner- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/08/2012 postreply 22:07:52

• Role model for health improvement. -billnet- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/09/2012 postreply 07:41:42

• Thank you, billnet, for the compliment. -EnLearner- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/09/2012 postreply 19:25:19

• 牛人。 -jingbeiboy- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/09/2012 postreply 13:34:19

• 過獎了，謝謝。 -EnLearner- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/09/2012 postreply 19:27:19

• 真棒，加油！ -viewfinder- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/09/2012 postreply 19:34:49

• 謝謝加油鼓勵，新周愉快！ -EnLearner- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/09/2012 postreply 19:39:55