Possible to run a comfortable Half-Marathon if longest run is 10 miles ?

Just listen to some David Goggins on youtube and he will let you know if its possible.

There are so many factors that it's impossible to answer your question.

If your longest run has been 10 miles at an easy 9 minute/mile pace it's obvious to me that you could run a "comfortable" half marathon at ~9:00/mile.

But most folks don't enter a race with a goal of being comfortable, they want to minimize the time to cover the distance on race day. With no solid goal or plan, you're going to have to run it by feel.

Miles------How I feel

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1-3.............Running pretty fast but feeling great!

4-6.............Ok... This ain't gonna be a cake walk but holding pace and feeling OK

7-10...........Ugh... Maybe I started a bit fast but legs are still working, not gasping for breath

11-13.1......Shoot me now. @#$#@ Pain is temporary, glory is forever. That fat b@stard ain't passing me!!!! KICK KICK KICK whew it's over!

The key is not to proceed directly to the final phase at mile 4 or 5. If you start to get that feeling early on, slow down. Worst case, you've got your long run pace in your back pocket. Use it for a little mid race recovery, and then rev back up.

I would say if op can run somewhere around a 22:30 5k, he can definitely do 8:15 over 13 miles given the work he is putting in. Would be good information to know.

Doing a 10 miler and having it feel easy-moderate shows you can do a 13.1 miler and have it feel moderate-hard.

Yes

Definitely possible. I think for most people a regular 8 mile long run is plenty to finish a half marathon. I have one friend that had only done 2-4 mile runs for the past year at 7:30-8:00 pace because he was trying the barefoot running fad and he did a couple 5-6 mile runs with me the week before the race around 7:20-7:30 pace. They were his longest runs in over a year. He ran the half marathon in 1:28:xx.

Try running a negative split.

It's always possible to run a "comfortable" half marathon. I prefer to run a very uncomfortable half marathon, in particular over the last three miles. We're all different, but if I'm going through the formality of running a race, I'm gonna give it my best. It's going to hurt pretty good over the last third of the race, at least. Distance running is not an easy sport.

if you can train at half the distance you should be able to race at double the distance.

And seeing as this is really a jogging page, it should be fine.

why dont you just stop posting on here, and just go out and run 13.1?

Then do 15.

You will learn a damn sight more about your body from your body, than from LRC.

Hey,

Thats a great question bud, and in my professional opinion yes! You will be surprised what you can achieve in a race environment and how comfortable you feel at the slightly faster paces.

I have written an article covering race specific strategy also and will be posting it later next week. I have posted plenty of other articles that I am sure you will find interesting.

Naturally all completely free to read.

Paul at the Mell Run Club

Of course you can 3 miles further in a HM race.

Just do it!