Half Marathon Traning and ???'s

april1lowe

Do you have any recommendations for a training schedule for a Half? This will be my 2nd and is in 3 months so plenty of time to train. My first I did not train at all and that was a very bad decision. Adrenaline carried to mile 9.5 but after that I swore every word there was :grumble: and even cried a couple times :sad: ! I was in so much pain afterwards and STILL have a black toenail:sick: . Anyways I did finish before my goal of 3 hours in 2 hours and 57 minutes At the end my calves were cramping so bad. So questions:

1.) Half Marathon training schedule you like?
2.) What would be a good time to aim for (knowing I did last in 2:57? Is 2 hours 30 minutes too much?
3.) Do you recommend compression sleeves for my calves? (I still have issues with them getting so tight even at 3m runs)

Any other tips let me know please!

I am starting my training next week! Eeeeekkkk! I've only done 5Ks up to this point but have busted out a few 6 milers on my own so I know I could do a 10K. It takes me about 65 min for my 6 miles so I hope I come in pretty decent at my half in April Anyways, this is the program I'm using.

http://www.halhigdon.com/training/51131/Half-Marathon-Novice-1-Training-Program