1/2 Marathon Training (almost thru wk 2)

[hjohnson050711]

finishing week 2 of my 1/2 marathon training. runs are feeling more comfortable and tomorrow i go for my longest run EVER - 4 miles and i am so excited. i did 3.5 the other day and i could have gone longer but ran out of time.

i am averaging 10:15 min/mi. DH said i should set a goal time or min/mi for the race? is it too early (wk 2) to think about time. i have 23 weeks total to train.

any other advice?

[texassmith]

I personally would work on increasing mileage before thinking about speed.

[Deleted]

You need to get through the miles first. I really had to slow down when I got into higher mileage. I was about a minute slower.

[hjohnson050711]

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[patches31709]

Jun 15, 2012 7:50:14 GMT -5 aswartzw said:

You need to get through the miles first. I really had to slow down when I got into higher mileage. I was about a minute slower.

I agree. 4 miles is nothing like 13. I can hold a 9:10 pace pretty easily through 9 miles, but anything after that slows me down to like 9:30. I think you'll need to get up into that sort of mileage first before coming up with a goal.

[hjohnson050711]

thats what i was thinking too - thanks ladies!

[gt7301b]

Have you done a 5K? You can plug that time into McMillian and see what he suggests for a pace. But I agree with the othrs 13.1 is really different than 3.1. I don't actually think it is harder, just different. I can push my body a lot harder and still finish 3.1, 13.1 doesn't work the same way.

[clseale]

Ditto everyone, else. You have plenty of time to get the miles up some and then start thinking about speed. Congrats on your progress so far!

[hjohnson050711]

thanks - yea, i have done a couple 5k's. i will try the mcmillan thing