sub 90 half marathon

itsalltrue

i'm running the DCM on monday week and training has gone well.
I ran the half in the phoneix park and finished in 1:32:45.
To finish the year i'm thinking of running the half in waterford on the 10th Dec.
In those few weeks is there much i could do to quicken my pace as the endurence side is fine or should i forget about it and concentrate on another half early next year and do a dedicated program

Krusty_Clown

It's approximately 6 weeks between races. If you consider that it'll take three weeks of easy running to recover from DCM, you'll have two weeks of solid training time, before you need to think about a mini-taper for the half marathon. Most people would try and hit a solid half marathon before hitting their goal marathon (as you have done) but there's no real reason that you can't aim for the half marathon after DCM. You'll have a good whack of endurance from the marathon training, you'll just be lacking somewhat in the leg-speed (and there isn't that much difference between marathon and half marathon pace), so that would be a good area of focus.

Why not wait until you see how your recovery is going after DCM before signing up though? You might be a little burnt-out, or pick up some niggles during the marathon, so no point in spending your money until you're absolutely sure that you want to run it.

happygoose

itsalltrue wrote: »

i'm running the DCM on monday week and training has gone well.
I ran the half in the phoneix park and finished in 1:32:45.
To finish the year i'm thinking of running the half in waterford on the 10th Dec.
In those few weeks is there much i could do to quicken my pace as the endurence side is fine or should i forget about it and concentrate on another half early next year and do a dedicated program

Go for it. I did both Waterford & Dublin HM's this year. Waterford is easier, by c. 90sec over 90mins. Your marathon training plus a months training after it should be enough to get you there.

ThePiedPiper

If you've put in solid marathon training along with some tempo and interval work between the half marathon in September and now, then your endurance should be much greater. If you keep relatively fresh and get back to some light running maybe a week after the marathon, then get into some half marathon work maybe another week after that, you'll find you're in great shape. I did this last year and it worked a treat for me.

thirstywork2

krusty_Clown is right !!!
You need some downtime after a marathon no matter what level you are running at.Although you might feel you are at your fittest with all the miles in the legs I see no need to rush into a half marathon.
Keep the hunger there and aim for a half marathon in the New year.

Mr Slow

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

It's approximately 6 weeks between races. If you consider that it'll take three weeks of easy running to recover from DCM, you'll have two weeks of solid training time, before you need to think about a mini-taper for the half marathon. Most people would try and hit a solid half marathon before hitting their goal marathon (as you have done) but there's no real reason that you can't aim for the half marathon after DCM. You'll have a good whack of endurance from the marathon training, you'll just be lacking somewhat in the leg-speed (and there isn't that much difference between marathon and half marathon pace), so that would be a good area of focus.

Why not wait until you see how your recovery is going after DCM before signing up though? You might be a little burnt-out, or pick up some niggles during the marathon, so no point in spending your money until you're absolutely sure that you want to run it.

thirstywork2 wrote: »

krusty_Clown is right !!!
You need some downtime after a marathon no matter what level you are running at.Although you might feel you are at your fittest with all the miles in the legs I see no need to rush into a half marathon.
Keep the hunger there and aim for a half marathon in the New year.

Not what I wanted to hear!:mad:

itsalltrue

My brother is running it as its his first hal and he asked me to go with him. So i will run it but going on the advice here i might run it with him rather than trying for a sub 90. I'll take the week off after the marathon and see how i feel

macinalli

Same question, but different time frame! I did the Liverpool marathon on October 9th and have been in recovery mode since. Feeling good again and looking forward to my next race which will most likely be the Waterford half. Would love to break 90 mins, but based on the race series 10 miler I reckon I'm on 92/93 minutes. I'll hopefully have about 5 weeks of good training between now and then - any advice on key sessions to bring down a HM time?

Mr Slow

macinalli wrote: »

Same question, but different time frame! I did the Liverpool marathon on October 9th and have been in recovery mode since. Feeling good again and looking forward to my next race which will most likely be the Waterford half. Would love to break 90 mins, but based on the race series 10 miler I reckon I'm on 92/93 minutes. I'll hopefully have about 5 weeks of good training between now and then - any advice on key sessions to bring down a HM time?

Others will have more elaborate answers but Steady state threshold work would be key for me, along with endurance runs of course.