1/2 Marathon training advice

bshedwick

Need some advice.

Working on Hal Higdon's Novice 2 training plan for my May 6th Half. I have a 5K Race on the schedule for this Saturday with no 5k to actually run. Would it be more beneficial for me to just run a 5k Time trial at my house? Or would it benefit me to swap that out with another Long Slow Run?

(My LSR this weekend was 9.5 miles, and I already do at least one speed workout during the week)

Thanks!

malenahan

I'm a believer that increasing weekly mileage totals is more important than incorporating a lot of speedwork in your workouts. But, that is just my opinion and what has worked for me in previous training.

bshedwick

Thanks!

arc918

If I am understanding correctly, Higdon has a 5K race on his schedule and you don't have a race in your area?

If that is the case, I might do a 5K time trial on your own. I'd probably say do it as part of a 6 mile run. ~ 2 mile warm up, blast off for 3.1 miles and ~ 1 mile cool down.

Just my $.02 assuming I understand the question correctly.

bshedwick

Thanks Arc! I think that is what I'm going to try to do. Use it as a time trial, but part of a little bit longer run.

FoxyMcDeadlift

I had this exact same problem and chose to race the race around my neighbourhood. I still ran fast, but arguably not as fast as a race would have pushed me. Are you English? If so, look for your nearest parkrun

bshedwick

Are you English? If so, look for your nearest parkrun

Nope. I'm in Maryland.

Thinking I'm just going to try to do a 5k time trial as part of a longer run just around my house.