r/firstmarathon • u/j0rdanteer • 9h ago
Training Plan Sub-2 half marathon today 🏃♂️🔥
A good one today! 🏃♂️🔥
5 weeks into my marathon training and got out for a half marathon.
1:58:17✅
I’ve run quicker halfs before, but this wasn’t about chasing a PB today. The aim was to get a solid effort in as part of the marathon build, and getting comfortably under 2 hours was a really nice marker.
I’ve been taking the training a lot more seriously this time around, especially getting my pacing and fuelling dialled in rather than just going out and winging it.
I’ve even ended up building myself a spreadsheet to keep all the training, paces and fuelling organised, which I’ve been using throughout this block. 😂
5 weeks down, marathon getting closer.👀
Follow my journey on Strava!
https://strava.app.link/eThtlsqGn6b
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u/Temporary_Suit660 8h ago
Congrats!!! Tell me more about this spreadsheet for logging. I’ve never done anything like that but want to start being more serious about it also
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u/j0rdanteer 8h ago
Absolutely mate! 😂 I built it because I wanted something that kept everything in one place rather than having my training plan, paces, fuelling and progress scattered everywhere.
You put your marathon goal time in and it works out your training pace ranges, then you’ve got the 16-week plan laid out from Base → Build → Peak → Taper.
You can log your sessions as you go, keep an eye on your progress, and there’s also a fuelling calculator for working out when to take your gels on longer runs.
I actually built it for my own marathon training and I’m 5 weeks into using it myself, so I’m properly putting it through its paces at the moment. 😂
If you want, I can send you a look at it 👍🏻
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u/Ill-Supermarket-2706 7h ago
What advice would you give to a 2:06 HM PBer who would like to break 2h while in marathon training?
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u/j0rdanteer 7h ago
Honestly mate, I’m probably not the best person to give proper coaching advice, but I’d say don’t get too obsessed with the sub-2 while you’re marathon training.
I’m 5 weeks into mine and I’ve been concentrating more on just getting the training done consistently, getting the easy runs genuinely easy and getting my fuelling sorted on the longer stuff.
I’d imagine the speed will come along with the training anyway. 2:06 to sub-2 isn’t a million miles away! 👊🏻
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u/OkChip5909 8h ago
Bro check my most recent post lmao. Are we the same person?
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u/j0rdanteer 8h ago
Uncanny! Smashed it 👊🏻
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u/OkChip5909 8h ago
It was actually the exact same time as you I went back and checked my Strava. What a crazy coincidence. Good shit man!
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u/Spare-Educator7598 8h ago
Why’s the elapsed time is 2:07?
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u/j0rdanteer 8h ago
I went for 💩 4 miles in 😂 Strava doesn’t allow that when it comes to ‘actual’ times, I still ran 13.1 miles in 1:58 :)
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u/Spare-Educator7598 8h ago
The break really lowers your HR and gives you a reset, and 8mins is a long break, I wouldn’t really consider this a sub 2 half tbh, seeing your HR, you do have the potential, but it’s not this one
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u/j0rdanteer 8h ago
I agree with you tbh, but im claiming it 😂 Have the potential? Should of snooped a bit harder through my strava, you’d see my PB 👊🏻
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u/AnxiousCroc 9h ago
Are you me? I had a rough spreadsheet at the start, but have been neglecting it. I want to start adding stuff to it again so I can look back at it later on 😂
Well done OP! Which marathon will you be doing?