My April 2010 copy of Runner's World arrived before my back to back 1/2 marathons trip last week. I read most of it on the 3 hour flight to Baltimore. One of the more interesting articles was on a 6 week training plan for 5k, 10k and half marathon distances. One of the last things I read was proven true by me in both of my 1/2 events last weekend: "You can suck it up and finish a 5-K or 10-K on minimal mileage but you can't get away with that when you're running a half-marathon." Truer words have never been spoken!
I do plan on putting the 6 week 1/2 plan to good use for my upcoming Medicine Bow 1/2 marathon run at the end of May. I plan on taking the next few weeks building a decent running base and then will follow the RW 6 week program to prepare for the 1/2. Of course, there is no mention of running a 10-K the next day in the article because we all know serious runners wouldn't do that, right? Oh well....
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