Hard Half Marathon Workout

This is a great session leading into a half marathon about 2-3 weeks out (or one week if the race isn’t your priority race). It’s also a great session for half + full IM Triathlons, although pace and workout placement should be adjusted a bit.

What I love about this workout is that it helps us with the race mentally as well as physically.

Physically speaking, half marathons are really right under(slower than) our Threshold pace for most people. This is great because it means we can do a fair bit of race specific work without feeling too beat up the following few training sessions.

Mentally, this workout helps us with a few things, one of them being patience. By putting the biggest block at the start, we have to be careful not to overcook it. It’s a great way to think of the race in general - the first 4, even up to 6 miles, should really feel quite comfortable and controlled. It’s in the last part of the workout or race when we cross that 10 mile mark where we might want to start pressing on the gas. This workout shows us we can without digging too deep of a hole and making it hard to recover.

Have a race coming up? Try it out and see what you think!