Spoiler alert: she followed this plan exactly as written (a couple missed days because life) and ran a sub-2 hour half marathon! YESSSS! I eliminated a couple of run days – instead of running 5-6 times a week, it’s 3-4 – and added in strength training workouts that I’ll post below. I took the plan my friend sent me and tweaked it.
In my case, it was only 2 strategic runs per week in addition to the classes I was teaching and my own strength workouts.) If you need a specific training plans for your needs, please reach out to a running coach near you, or hit up my friends Teri or Janae and see who they recommend! (Thankfully as time went on, I learned what worked for me and what would help me PR. Some of them were great, some of them were roadkill. I’m a certified personal trainer and weight loss specialist who has run a handful of half marathons. Please keep in mind that I’m NOT a running coach. When you’re a beginning runner, you need to be strategic about how often you’re running (and the purpose of each run!) in addition to strength training or cross training to prevent injury and improve strength. If you’re an elite runner, of course you’re running a lot! If you’re a beginner or novice runner, it doesn’t make a lot of sense from going to “a few miles every few days” to “6 miles one day, speed intervals the next, 3 miles after that, and a 50-minute run the day after that.” It’s too much. Of course, if you’re used to running and do it daily, it’s NBD to slowly increase mileage and keep running almost every day. When a good friend reached out about getting injured during her beginner’s half marathon plan, I took a look at it for probably 3 seconds before saying, It’s very easy to overtrain, especially with the myriad of “training plans” that are out there. It’s very common for runners to get injured during training because they push it too hard and don’t train efficiently. It can help to strengthen and protect your muscles, particularly the ones surrounding your knee and hips, to help you run faster and more safely. I think it’s SO important to complement your running with some type of strength training. Since so many of my friends are taking advantage of outdoor workouts and planning fall physical or virtual races, I wanted to re-share this post about a somewhat tricky topic: training for a half marathon while strength training. Hi friends! Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Sharing the details on how to train for a half marathon and keep up a running routine while making time for strength training.
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