P3: Run Half Marathon Under 1:30 — Log

Status: In Progress

2 min readJan 16, 2023

It has been four years and ten months since I ran my first half-marathon race on March 18, 2018. It was the Publix Half, and I completed it a few seconds under 1:30 on the race clock. That was the fastest I had ever been in my life. Since then, I didn’t run as much. With covid, while I virtually had more time to run and nothing much to do but run for a while, it didn’t turn out to be the case.

Now I plan to run again, under 1:30.

Here comes my third challenge:

I challenge myself to complete The Rock ’n’ Roll Nashville Half-Marathon on April 22, 2023 under 1:30.

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Baseline

I ran more intentionally last week to gather some data about my baseline. I want to know what my condition is to track my progress. I also started the first week of the Strava 10-Week Half-Marathon program to have some structure. I looked at a few other programs to compare as well. They are similar; they all have zone 2 training with alternative pace training days. I will follow the Strava program but will adjust it along the way.

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The first week I ran every day, some indoors, some outdoors. I tried a fast mile to see where I was. I ran in zone 2 to see what my pace was around. I ran a long run to see if I could keep my heart rate steady. I did track runs to see my 400m times. Below is the runs of the week;

Last week I ran more than I did for a long while. Second week I ran most was 26.63 miles in the past 12 months. Last week I ran 38.04 miles. I increased my mileage more than recommended percentage (10% weekly) in a single week. Based on how I feel, this week I may keep total milage shorter.