Half-Marathon under 1:48

Question:

timapes

timapes

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Good afternoon.

In May I ran my first half-marathon, the result was 2:01:13. In September it was 1:56:16.

  1. What is the perfect running volume provided that my goal is to run a sub-1:48 half-marathon?
  2. Is it necessary to include a long run in my training plan and how long should it be?

Thank you.

Answer:

Кульков Олег Сергеевич

Kulkov Oleg

Master of Sports of International class in track and field athletics, winner of the Zurich marathon, participant of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, multiple European Cup and Russian championships medalist, coach of the school “I Love Running”

Good afternoon.

It's always nice to see a progress in results and I can't help but congratulate you!

But we should always understand due to what it became possible and how to maintain this positive dynamics.

  1. If we say about endurance running, running volume is, of course, important but it is not the only part of a training process and you should not rely only on this component. So, in my opinion, there is no direct dependency between an increase in running volume and progress in competition results. Training is a complex and multicomponent process. But if I rely on my work experience with amateur runners I can say that minimum weekly running volume is 30-35 km.
  2. Whether or not to include long runs in your training plan it's a psychological question rather than a methodological need for amateur runner. In my opinion, a long run is important in training for a marathon but not so important for a half-marathon. So, if your goal is to run a half-marathon under the time you mentioned above, in my opinion, there is no need to do a 20km run one time a week. But if you want to include a long run in your training plan, the duration of this run should be 15 km.
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