Frederick Half Marathon Training Plan

posted by Run Girl Run
Monday, February 28, 2011 at 3:10pm EST

Run Girl Run is a blog that covers just about every aspect of health and fitness. While the primary focus is on my trials and tribulations training for various races, I also talk about my favorite types of exercises, experiences from my yoga instructor days and all kinds of nutrition stuff, with the occasional product review sprinkled in. Follow me as I overcome injury, try to balance a social life and beat back laziness to tackle the marathon, half marathon, 5K and every distance in between.

Day one of my new training cycle got off to a rough start this morning. I went to bed last night at 10 p.m. anticipating my 4:30 a.m. wake-up call, but instead of easily falling to sleep, I tossed and turned and didn't sleep a wink until 1:30 a.m.

At that point, I decided there was just no way a run at 4:30 a.m. was going to happen. So yes, it's the first day of a new training cycle and I've already skipped a run. Major fail.

I'll make the run up tomorrow, and chalk up my terrible sleep to a fun weekend that completely threw my normal sleep schedule out of whack.

Here's a glimpse at the rest of my training plan.

This is another one of my customized training plans, based loosely off Hal Higdon's intermediate half marathon plan.

Training plan highlights:

Two days of strength training and one day of yoga
Three days with two-a-days
Speedwork on Wednesdays
An extra run day on Fridays that can be swapped for cross-training or rest as needed.

I'm hoping that by upping my mileage and getting back to dedicated speedwork, I'll start to see a drop in my times. I'm also hoping that the extra emphasis on cross-training will help me avoid injury.

How many days of cross-training do you work into a training plan? This is one of my first plans where I have several workouts dedicated to something other than running.

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phylliswb says:

I feel your pain. I've started running for my first half marathon on May 15th. So far, 4 miles is rough! Good luck with your mission.

Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 8:05pm EDT

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Frederick Half Marathon Training Plan

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