Already 6 weeks into base building for my first Boston and starting to check out half marathon races 4-8 weeks out to tune up for the race and simulate race-day adrenaline. What would be an ideal time frame and intensity to aim for in the half? All-out race, goal MP run with a warmup and cooldown, or a low-end tempo at 103-105% goal MP? Thanks!
Thats pretty far out (4-8 weeks), so my vote would be race it and use the result to see if you're on track for your goal MP. Jack Daniels Vdot calculator does a pretty good job of predicting on runsmartproject. Should give you confidence in your planned pace or help adjust goal. Try to find a race similar to Boston terrain if you can.
13 at marathon pace is a fairly easy workout. Why would you pay $100 and travel to a race to do an easy tempo? Race the thing you wimp.
Thank you! That's what I was thinking- try to hit the HM pace indicative of goal MP. Just want to make sure I throw out my ideal Boston race in a tuneup.
March 10.
Guam half marathon.
granted, Guam would be good but the TCS NYC Half Marathon is the way to go.
I'd race it all out, but train through. No minitaper or anything. Get whatever mileage you would get if it was just another workout.
I've done Gate River Run in early March - a15k - for the "fitness test" purpose in the past, and I liked how it fit.
I have also paid to enter half marathons for the purpose of getting in 13.1 at M pace. Depending on where you are on the curve, tha workout is either challenging but manageable, or very hard. For me, it is very hard, so I like to do it in a race setting to help me focus, for the closed course, water, clocks, people to run with, etc.
But that far out, I wouldn't be afraid to race all out.
Smoove wrote:
No minitaper or anything.
Good to know! Was thinking of cutting back to 60-70% weekly volume the week of the HM, but 4-8 weeks out, could just treat it like a hard workout. Thank you.
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