It's time for your weekly edition of How To Train For A Half Marathon With Only Three Runs Per Week.

Week #3 of Sev's Half-Marathon Training Plan:

Tempo RunLong RunEasy Recovery Runtotal
4 mi 6.6 mi 3.3 mi13.9 mi
warmup, 4x (5 min tempo, 1.5 min easy), cooldown ~70 min running, slow pace (~11min/mi) medium pace (~10min/mi)
Crosstraining ( Read more... )

First of all: This week I ran 12.76 miles. I actually ran about 13.5, total, because I did a couple laps of jogging while calibrating my Garmin FR60 plus calibration was off for my longest run, but 12.76 is the official number and that's what I'll report for now ( Read more... )

( On Running A Lot, Honoring Your Body, Donuts, and Why BMI Is Bullshit: A Workout Manifesto, Possibly The First Of Many Long Rambles Unless I am Mass Defriended )