HALF-MARATHON PREP – 8 WEEKS

Anca running

⏰ 8 weeks: 29 July – 4 August

✅ Monday – 9k, treadmill. Completed July’s goal of running 80k

✅ Saturday – Long run: 10k. Outdoors, hilly route. 22 degrees.

⏰ 7 weeks: 5 – 11 August

✅ Monday – Speed: 10 x 100m sprints. Total: 4k. Outdoors. 31 degrees.

✅ Wednesday – Hilly route (aren’t they all!?): 5k. Outdoors. Chilli breeze! Good listen!

✅ Saturday – Long run: 11k ?. Hilly route (of course). Outdoors. 20 degrees.

⏰ 6 weeks: 12 – 18 August

✅ Monday – Speed: 10 x 100m sprints. Total: 4k. Outdoors. 18 degrees, muggy & sticky.

✅ Wednesday – Hilly route: 5k. On way to ?, met my friend & her cute baby boy & had ?

✅ Saturday – Long run: 12k: Tough run. Hammersmith – Chiswick – Hammersmith

⏰ 5 weeks: 19 – 25 August

✅ Tuesday – Cross training in the gym. Also changed my diet: P50% F30% C20%

✅ Thursday – Hilly route. An awesome awesome workout. ❤️ Protein!

✅ Friday – Yoga for runners

⏰ 4 weeks: 26 August – 1 September

✅ Sunday – Sunday – 10k trail run in Epping Forest

✅ Tuesday – Hilly route with sprints. Also, trying out new running shoes.

✅ Thursday -Speed: sprints / interval training

Saturday – Long run: 15k

⏰ 3 weeks: 2 -8 September

✅ Monday – Speed: sprints / interval training

✅ Thursday – Hilly route

✅ Saturday – Long run: 8k

⏰ 2 week: 9 – 15 September

✅ Monday – Speed: sprints / interval training

✅ Wednesday – Hilly route

✅ Long run: 10k

⏰ Race week: 16 – 22 September

✅ Monday – Long run: 13k

✅ Wednesday – Shot, easy run

✅ Saturday – Race: 21k – Here’s how it went!