After my last IM which ended with a bit of a death march, I vowed not to do another one until I could significantly improve my run.
On Sunday I ran a standalone Half marathon to get a benchmark and ran 1:54:02. I have signed up for the exact same race in 12 months time with the intention of improving as much as possible in that time. I just wonder how much I can reasonably expect to improve in that time. Last year I ran a total of 500 miles, and since January I have run 20-25 mpw. So a pretty modest amount of running. I now intend to build up to 40-50 mpw with a Barry P/Full assed challenge approach, and hold that until October when I will have another go at a half. I like to have a target time in mind as a goal, but I'm not sure what to reasonably expect I can achieve?
Any ideas what sort of time you think I might be able to get to going from 20mpw to 6/12 months of 40-50mpw?
Thanks,
Will
On Sunday I ran a standalone Half marathon to get a benchmark and ran 1:54:02. I have signed up for the exact same race in 12 months time with the intention of improving as much as possible in that time. I just wonder how much I can reasonably expect to improve in that time. Last year I ran a total of 500 miles, and since January I have run 20-25 mpw. So a pretty modest amount of running. I now intend to build up to 40-50 mpw with a Barry P/Full assed challenge approach, and hold that until October when I will have another go at a half. I like to have a target time in mind as a goal, but I'm not sure what to reasonably expect I can achieve?
Any ideas what sort of time you think I might be able to get to going from 20mpw to 6/12 months of 40-50mpw?
Thanks,
Will