Build your “long run” while practicing your goal race pace for 1 to 2 miles during that long run.

Running a weekly hill repeats workout in order to build strength to dive into the speed training.

Getting into your training plan and sticking to the schedule.

How do I Train for a 2 Hour Half Marathon?ĭuring these 3 weeks your focus will be on: If you are lacking in one area or another then it might be good to wait before attempting this plan and build more of a solid running base. If you are able to at least do those two things then you are ready for this training plan! (The hard part of running a sub-2 hour half marathon will be sustaining the required pace for the duration of the half marathon so you want to be able to run at this pace currently for at least a couple of miles.) You should be able to run those three miles in about 9:00 minutes to 9:15 minutes per mile with relative ease. You should be able to comfortably run at least 3 miles.Ģ. Before you begin this training plan here is the fitness base that I recommend that you have:ġ. What fitness background should you have/what training to do before beginning this plan?Īfter reading how fast you will need to run each mile in order to run a sub-2 hour half marathon you might be wondering if you are capable of this sub 2 hour half marathon training plan. No one answer is right, they are both awesome finishing times!

So it’s good to be clear with what your goals are for yourself.ĭo you want a sub-2 hour half marathon finish time or would you also be happy with a 2 hour half marathon finishing time? If your pace jumped to 9:10 minutes per mile you would then end with a finishing time of 2:00:10. Now technically you have a little wiggle room with a calculated finishing time of 1:59:00 and a pace of 9:05 per mile.

In order to run a sub- 2 hour half marathon you will need to sustain a pace of 9 minutes and 5 seconds in order to cross the half marathon finish line in exactly 1 hour and 59 minutes and zero seconds. Simply pop your email into the opt-in box in order to receive the free printable pdf download of this training plan.Īlright, let’s get to strategizing about how you are going to run 13.1 miles in just 2 short hours! How do you run a sub 2 hour half marathon? You will find the training schedule at the bottom of the page. Let’s first answer some questions you might have about running a sub-2 hour half marathon and then dive into the plan.

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