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Training Plan
I'm getting ready for my second half marathon in about a month. My question is what kind of training plan should I do afterwards to continue to improve? Currently I'm doing Hal Higdon's Novice 2 plan, which varies 17-21 miles/week. I also plan on doing a HM in January, about 11-12 weeks after the HM I'm currently training…
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Running a hilly race
I am signed up for a race in 3 weeks that has a large hill-about 400 ft elevation change over 1/2 mile (9% grade over 1/2 mile). The rest of the coarse is fairly flat. I just found out about the hill; hadn't really been training for hills other than running down the hill by my house and back up at the end of my runs…
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Half marathon 2 weeks from today...Can I do this?
My friend had signed up for a HM, but has to bow out due to an injury and offered me her spot. I've been training for a HM, but hadn't expected to race until later this fall. I started running around the beginning of the year. Generally, on my long runs I use Galloway's run/walk intervals. I usually do 4 minutes running/1…
