Sub 1:30 Half Marathon in 2018 (Read 704 times)

Steve- always good having new shoes.  I find I notice mine going in the forefoot before anything else.  The lives can vary quite a lot based on the type of shoe and the runner.  Nice week and if you can manage a 5km tempo at that pace during a long run, you would be under 20 minutes for a 5km race pretty easily I would've thought.

Matthew - nice week!  Yeah running is a relatively small sport over here, so I can imagine it would be very different in the US.

CF - nice week.

Mark - Nice consistency! I bet it will pay off nicely when your race season starts up.

Piwi - A 1:28 half in training is fast! I think you do need to run more with Mark . Solid week as well.

Matt - Smoking mile! I'm looking forward to seeing where you end up with some focused training for the longer distances.

Flavio - Hope you recover soon!

Corey - Congrats with the monthly mileage record. I did the same thing this month, by more than 40 miles. I'm not sure if that is good or not .

Watson - Nice week and nice progress in your tempo runs. I think I'm looking forward to this week's tempo workout where I will try to do it under controlled conditions (flat, no traffic lights, not very exposed to wind), but the 2+2+1 miles at tempo pace worries me a little bit.

Steve - Nice week. That tempo workout you had looks good. And I think you did it right when you feel you have something left at the end. Comfortably hard is the keyword.

I stuck to my program again and got in the miles and the workouts done. The intervals and reps on Wednesday were fast for what I expected, and my legs felt pretty beat up afterwards. My 15-mile easy pace long run yesterday was just that, and I ended up with a very low average HR for the distance (even though it's skewed down a little bit by a couple of bathroom breaks). I also set a new monthly mileage record, for the third month in a row. In April I ran 160.3 miles with a slow start to recover after my race plus a couple of missed easy days due to a trip to Disneyland, in May I ran 174.1 with an off week due to travel and a cold, and in June I ran 216.8 miles with no off weeks. I'm not as consistent as Mark but I've had 6 good weeks in a row, and with the exceptions noted above I've been able to follow my program as I laid it out since my March marathon. I'm 95% sure I will be running the Summer Breeze Half on August 4 to see where I'm at in my training, and I'm hoping all the tempo workouts I have on my schedule before then (5, plus two more at m-pace) will give a good indication before the race comes around.

Weekly Summary
Monday, Jun 25, 2018 thru Sunday, Jul 01, 2018

Mark, Rune, Cfarr - good weeks.

Piwi - Wellington marathon would have been a tough finish.  Last 8km into a moderate northerly.  I've ran the half four times and the northerly appears most years.

Steve - good weeks.  If each of your 6 intervals were in the 4:01 to 4:02 pace, then you're super consistent with your speed.

Matt Im currently training for nothing with a goal of nothing using the nothing training plan 😀

The activity on this board is crazy if you aren't paying attention for a few days!

Flavio - Glad to see you got back out there this morning. You'll probably be sore from a 3 mile run and it's going to be depressing, but keep it up! Happy to have you back, we need your snark 

Piwi - I like you don't even mention you ran a 1:28 in training, just snuck it in your Strava. Super impressive because you did 5x1K earlier in the week. I think you're actually in really good shape right now and could probably go sub 1:25 if you starting doing a bit of tempo work and tapered into a half. But we know that is never coming so I'll just stop right there 

Waston - Good week, continued consistency is key for you.

Matt - What's your college situation? I know you said you didn't make the team, but are you staying on campus?

Mark - Never done a long run after a workout, that's impressive. I know a lot of guys do that but I'm too lazy, I feel like an easy run before my long run is enough tiredness going into it.

Steve - Are you on Strava, I can't remember. You and Mark post without the fancy tables!

Cfarr - Record mileage is always a great feeling, well done.

Rune - You're doing some amazing work out there, keep it up. I was concerned you're building up too fast, but if you feel this good, no need to take a forced down week given a half is coming up in August

Marco - Everybody doing park runs these days, we don't have those near me. I do like that hobby joggers like us can win them though.

Piwi - Good week, and killer "training" half.

Mark - Nice week as well.

Steve - Solid week. New shoes are nice, aren't they? I certainly think you shouldn't have an issue going sub-20 for 5k.

Cfarr - Congrats on the mileage PR!

Rune - Congrats on yet another mileage PR.

JMac - This place (and sub 3:20) tend to move really fast, especially over a weekend. 10 a day is just a good number, isn't it? Nice week.

I was a touch low on mileage thanks to a watch beta firmware issue (battery drained completely in ~10 hours, so my alarm didn't go off and I woke up way too late), but pretty good overall. Ran a very small 5k in my hometown over the weekend, which was fun (and for a good local cause). It's a beastly course, easily the most difficult I've ever run, and I'm quite thrilled with a ~19:36 (hand timed). Now for the real "goal" 5k on Wednesday - sub-19, here I come!

Weekly Summary
Monday, Jun 25, 2018 thru Sunday, Jul 01, 2018

Piwi - I like your training plan. I wish I could good around running random stuff and casually log 1:28 HMs in training runs 

JMac - Thanks, I was wondering if I should remind you that you actually encouraged me to increase my mileage . I've been nervous about it myself but it seems like I'm doing OK. I think the fact that I had 12 weeks of buildup before I started the actual program has helped (6 just easy, 6 with reps and some longer runs mixed in). But your mileage comment stuck with me a little bit, and eventually got me to consider upping my mileage by 5 mpw to the max for the plan I'm following (55 mpw peak).  And nice training week for you. The tempo workout sounds brutal in those temperatures. And remind me, are you following the full 18-week program this time around?

CK - Nice week even if it's "low mileage" by your standards. And nice 5k, that course profile looks tough with the last mile being uphill . Good luck on Wednesday. I've considered doing a 5k race somewhere but have decided against it. I really want to get in a good tempo workout that can give me an indication on where I am around that speed.

Marco - Good luck ramping up your miles. Good to hear you feel well recovered from your HM.

Steve - Sucks with your calf. Hope you get it figured out.

Mark - You should add my planned HMs to the race calendar, and maybe even the full marathon. August 4 - Summer Breeze Half Marathon, goal 1:32:56.  September 16 - Alameda Running Festival, goal 1:29:59 (yes, I said it, I hope I'm ready for it then). October 21 - Amsterdam Marathon, goal 3:19:59, at least for now. Let's see how well this training program works for me...