download hal higdon half marathon training

From day 1 to mile 13.1, Hal will guide, encourage, and pace you to your goal. Inside you’ll find more than 15 customizable programs, ranging from novice to advanced (you’ll even find a walking-only plan), as well as proven strategies, race-day tips, and motivation from half-marathoners around the globe. Whether this is your first or fiftieth half marathon, there is a plan for you. Hal Higdon’s Half Marathon Training is everything you wanted to know about running the half marathon, including where to begin, what to focus on, how to pace yourself, how to avoid injury, how to track your progress, how to stay the course, and how to improve. Now, he’s created the definitive guide on today’s most popular distance, the 13.1-mile half marathon. As contributing editor of Runner’s World and best-selling author, he has helped countless runners achieve their distance goals. Friday is another rest day with long runs on Saturdays and cross-training on Sundays, although you can flipflop those workouts for convenience.įor more information on HM3 along with a chart of all the workouts, visit my website, You will also find a full chapter on HM3 along with a lot of other advice in the Human Kinetics book, Hal Higdon's Half Marathon Training.Hal Higdon’s name is synonymous with running. In between on Wednesdays, you cross train, the most popular form of cross-training being aerobic: cycling, swimming or even walking. Tuesdays and Thursdays are easy running days, conversational pace mostly. Monday in HM3 is always a day of rest to recover from the hard training on the weekend. In signing up for HM3, be sure to set the correct end date so all of the workouts fall into place for your goal race. HM3 lasts 12 weeks aimed at the half marathon of your choice. We are all different and achieve success by various means.

It recognizes the fact that not all runners can handle 4, 5, 6 and especially not 7 days of running a week. I designed HM3 to match my popular Marathon 3 program that features 3 days of running a week and 2 days of cross-training. This is a new program created for my recent book, Hal Higdon's Half Marathon Training.

Download hal higdon half marathon training