Sub 80 min Half Marathon Support

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daviec Dec 2014 7:40pm, 1 Dec 2014 4,828 posts	0 daviec I need to get back into sub 80 shape, but I've a long winter to go. I won't be targeting a half as an A race, but I might do one in early spring as a tune up race. Same method as usual for me. Lots of miles, and two harder/MP runs each week, then some tempo to sharpen up in the last month.
Chris Dec 2014 9:22pm, 1 Dec 2014 254 posts	0 Chris This is my main target for next year. 81.12 for me at St Neots the other weekend so still a little way to go.
57.5 Degrees of Pain Dec 2014 10:42pm, 2 Dec 2014 1,818 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain One of my old training partners suggested a winter plan focused on sub-80 in March next year. I've not done any sustained group training in a couple of years and this might be just the thing to get motivated. I will also cheat by targeting Kinloss to Lossiemouth (downwind most years) and Aviemore (downhill) halfs for a bit of extra help ;-).
Tizer Dec 2014 7:49am, 3 Dec 2014 1,187 posts	0 Tizer 57.5 I'm planning on entering Kinloss to Lossiemouth as well and will be going for a sub 80 there. Never ran it before but it's one of the only races I can find early in the year.
paul0 Dec 2014 4:29pm, 5 Dec 2014 68 posts	0 paul0 Hello everyone! Good to hear of a few are thinking of this and the interest and support of the others. I really don't know how realistic for me this is, current pb of 1:22:35 is clearly quite some way off, and is also about 3 mins faster than my next fastest time! That said I've never targeted a half as an A race before, and I'm feeling in good form. Plus targets should always be a bit challenging! I don't have a specific training schedule, just what I make up myself, which is currently in the vein of polariszed training. around 50m per week, with about 3 x 10m+ at comfortable pace, and 1-2 sessions of hard intervals. No tempo runs at all. I feel routinely running 10-12 miles is making a difference over and above lots of 6-8 milers.
57.5 Degrees of Pain Dec 2014 8:42pm, 7 Dec 2014 1,828 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain With that 5k speed you should have no problem paul0. Target a half and work on HM paced runs to get the feel for how hard you need to go.
James74 Dec 2014 8:37am, 8 Dec 2014 1,019 posts	0 James74 Hi everyone, Nice to see thread alive again. I agree 57.6,Pauls 5k time should see him do that....
The Duckinator Dec 2014 6:31pm, 9 Dec 2014 1,168 posts	0 The Duckinator I put on over a stone on holiday in France last month & ran 38:13 at Abbey Dash as a result! Back into the regime now (51M last week) & weight is starting to come off. Paris HM is the target for spring as I build towards the track season. Doing Kinloss to Lossiemouth HM as a tune up beforehand. Will be starting with MP stuff as the main quality, injecting HMP into it once I am happy I can cope with volume & start to increase intensity. At the opposite end of the spectrum I'll be doing short hills as well to work on basic speed.
paul0 Dec 2014 2:09pm, 10 Dec 2014 69 posts	0 paul0 Thanks - well I hope so too, but you never know until it's in the bag! Certainly still need to put in a lot of work over the next couple of months. Interval session last night for me. Only 5 x 1.1km but with a bit of a hill in the middle. You can always treat the extra stone as a good way to store energy Duck!
STOOSH Dec 2014 11:30am, 18 Dec 2014 2,489 posts	0 STOOSH Good to see the thread flowing well again... After missing sub80 twice this year i'm certainly all the more determined to smash it in 2015 with Alloa being my first attempt. No marathons next year so can focus towards the half as the A-race which i'm hoping helps!! Just ticking over at the moment running 2 sessions per week totalling no more than 15m whilst recovering from last couple of months races! Good training all:)