Category: Half Marathon
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Stop Using Finish Time Marathon Plans: Discover a New Approach to Run Training
I immediately got annoyed at these silly finish-time training plans because they do more harm than good.
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How to Find Your Goal Pace for ANY Running Race.
Have you ever blown up in a race and had to run the last few Kms or Miles about 1min slower than you started? YES. Of course you have. We all have! I will tell you why you blew up and how you can go faster next time. You started too hard, bro! Why does…
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Event-specific Training for Running PBs.
One of the biggest mistakes I see runners make is ignoring specificity in their training. If you want to run a PB at your next event, you need to be ticking off event-specific workouts from two months out. What most people do is a random mix of volume, ambiguous intensity often referred to as “speed”,…
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Heart Rate Training for Runners and Why You Feel Slow.
Running your next PB depends heavily on your aerobic energy system. From 5km upwards, 98% of your performance is fuelled by your aerobic energy system. When you run your easy-aerobic runs too fast, you add unnecessary and nonspecific stress to your physiological system. More often than not, the result is that your races never align…
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High-Intensity Interval Training for Runners. Unlocking Massive Gains.
High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is often associated with some form of “4-minute fat burner” workout, which IS NOT what I am talking about. HIIT workouts consist of repeated bouts of high-intensity work performed above the lactate threshold (a perceived effort of “hard” or greater) or critical speed/power, interspersed by periods of low-intensity exercise or complete…
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Why pro runners don’t care about their weekly mileage (and neither should you).
Pro runners don’t care about their weekly mileage. Lifting your weekly mileage by extending the duration of your runs or adding a weekly run could be ruining your chance of a new PB. If you’re out there training without a structured plan, adding more Kms onto your weekly schedule is the LAST option on your…
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Wellington Half Marathon Race Report
1:13:18 – New Personal Best – 9th Overall Power = 384 Watts / 5.11 W/Kg (101%) Pace = 3:28 min/km (99%)HR = 172 Bpm (96%) Full TrainingPeaks data HERE I thought I would have been faster The race went perfectly. I hit all my numbers, didn’t slow down, had good legs, and was able to…