New here. I am signed up for my first HM in April. I just started running in October. I did a 5k mud run and couldn't even run the first mile, but had a great time. It motivated me to start running so I could do better at the mud runs. The running lead to my first 5k road race on thanksgiving and 8 more mud runs varying from 3-6 miles. I have a Tough Mudder coming up its an  11 mile obstacle race. So all this has lead

Me to set my sites on a HM the end of April. I picked one in NYC as its much cooler in Aptil than FL where I live and I can see a few friends while I am

There.

Look forward to reading learning and sharing the journey.

I need some guidance for using the TM incline.   I've only done this  a couple of times, so I'm starting at just 2%.  But what pace should I do the incline interval at?  5k, HM??

 

And for walking between the intervals, should I keep the incline, or go back to 0%.

 

Thanks !!!!

Jerry, some TM's have a hill work out. I used to select that at level 5-9, it would vary the incline as you went along. Try to hold a pace(start easy), and increase or decrease as you need. If you can hold a slow jog instead of walk, that will help with your endurance. The other suggestion I have is to just mix it up, some hard, some easy, some steep, some not so steep. if you can find the elevation chart for your upcoming half, try to "practice" like the course is laid out. If you have a big hill at mile 7, then practice running a big hill after 6 miles. I am no expert, but that is the strategy I used for my hilly races, and it works pretty well, or at least it did for me.

Kimbur, welcome, this is a wonderful group of people here.

I did 5 miles tonight at 9:14 pace with some fartleks/pickups in the 7:30-8:00 range. I think my rib cage and lung is feeling better, finally!  DW picked up my antibiotics today to start treatment for the fungus. Retail was $477, thank goodness for insurance and generic drugs, it cost me $14.

Evening, Half Marathoners!

Haven't visited the thread in a while. Training's been going OK, though that rainy week last week, along with working 6 12-hour shifts in a row this week (and buying a car in between) has taken a little away from my quality run time. Yes, I've been getting some runs in, but no long run and no really vigorous interval run for a while.

Hoping to go somewhat long tomorrow, maybe 8 or 9 miles if I can squeeze it in. Working my last night shift now (yes, I'm peeking in on the forum while I take a break), then I'm off until 0500 hrs Monday  morning. Should be able to get a couple of quality runs in, and some good rest.

Jerry, I looked at the elevation and it really doesn't seem too bad. One of them was about 100', but over a mile, so that will be very gradual. Another one was 100' over maybe 1/4 mile, this one will be steep, but short. Do you have any hills in your area to run on? Maybe like an overpass? I think if you do some of the hill work outs that I mentioned on the TM, you should be okay.

Kimbur, when I started back running after my colon cancer surgery, I took the same approach about not worrying about pace. I felt really good as my base was building back up.

I did a pretty good tempo run tonight of 8.11 miles with the middle 6 from 8:15-8:45. My target was 8:40, so I was very happy to see the results when I loaded the Garmin data. I don't want to jinx myself just yet, but this training cycle is going better than any of the others, so I should have a good half on Feb 17th.

Hi, guys.  Super busy week so sorry for being so absent.

Running this week included no taper and it went well.  Can't wait til Sunday.  Packet pickup for marathon # 12 done.

Good luck on Sunday Damaris!

Too cold to venture outside , 6.7 on the TM last night and 2.25 tonight.

Just did my longest run ever of 15.04 miles. It will also be a PB for a week of 45.19. This completes week 7 of the 10 week plan, and providing no major setbacks over the next 3 weeks, I should have a strong half come Feb 17th.

Prolly late, but good luck Damaris!

25 mile week, but no long run.  Maybe when its 60 on Tuesday.