How long to get to sub 1:10:00 half marathon from sub 1:20:00?

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    NigerianMachineNeverBreaks

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    1 year ago 10/15/2023 3:38pm EDT

    Hi everyone, me again. I posted about 2 months ago when I was able to achieve a 5k of 17:35 in a solo time trial after running for 2ish months inconsistently. Today I ran a half marathon in 1:19:23, my first half marathon and my first official race. I was proud of my effort and result in my age category, but for this half marathon because of school I never ran more than 55 km per week (30 miles) with some tempos and intervals mixed in sparsely, so I'm hoping to get to 70 km a week by end of October and 80 km a week in the new year. If I do that and hold there for a while, what do you think my performance would be a year from now based on your experience and how long it will take to get to sub 1:10:00 from where I'm at (if ever)?

    I plan on doing one tempo, one interval, and one long run a week. Thanks for any advice or feedback.

    EDIT: for my first 10k, I ran it in 37:20 while I ran my next 10k in 37:43. Average pace for the run was 3:45/km (6:02/mile)

    This post was edited 8 minutes after it was posted.

  • Pasteur

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    1 year ago 10/15/2023 5:28pm EDT
    re: NigerianMachineNeverBreaks

    I don't wanna encourage you, but the hard truth you might never reach 1:10 .It's not like everyone can train hard and reach 1:10 .

  • Renji

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    1 year ago 10/15/2023 5:32pm EDT
    re: NigerianMachineNeverBreaks

    How long have you been training? I’d say a year atleast

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    NigerianMachineNeverBreaks

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    1 year ago 10/15/2023 5:35pm EDT
    re: Renji

    Renji wrote:

    How long have you been training? I’d say a year atleast

    Been training for 4ish months but not with any real structured plan. I was doing tempos but backed off them a couple weeks back for some reason, now I'm going to be more serious with a regular training regime, proper long progression runs, intervals, tempos, etc and following a Pfitz plan before my next half marathon attempt in May. I've also not hit more than 55 km per week, and I'd say the average was like 45 km a week over the past couple of months before this half marathon attempt (the half marathon race I ran today was half my milage this week for example).

    This post was edited 4 minutes after it was posted. Reason provided: Adding more details about weekly milage
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    1 year ago 10/15/2023 5:36pm EDT
    re: Pasteur

    Pasteur wrote:

    I don't wanna encourage you, but the hard truth you might never reach 1:10 .It's not like everyone can train hard and reach 1:10 .

    That's fair. I thought since my first race today was 1:19:XX that there was hope to get to 1:09:XX at some point in the next few years if I bump up my milage to 60 miles a week over the next year.

    I enjoy running for the sake of running, but it's also nice when you get new PRs lol

  • Renji

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    1 year ago 10/15/2023 5:40pm EDT
    re: NigerianMachineNeverBreaks

    NigerianMachineNeverBreaks wrote:

    Renji wrote:

    How long have you been training? I’d say a year atleast

    Been training for 4ish months but not with any real structured plan. I was doing tempos but backed off them a couple weeks back for some reason, now I'm going to be more serious with a regular training regime, proper long progression runs, intervals, tempos, etc and following a Pfitz plan before my next half marathon attempt in May. I've also not hit more than 55 km per week, and I'd say the average was like 45 km a week over the past couple of months before this half marathon attempt (the half marathon race I ran today was half my milage this week for example).

    Yea well if you actually ran 1:20 off for months that is good so in a year or 2 of good training you could get close to 1:10

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    GreatDane

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    1 year ago 10/15/2023 9:28pm EDT
    re: NigerianMachineNeverBreaks

    NigerianMachineNeverBreaks wrote:

    Hi everyone, me again. I posted about 2 months ago when I was able to achieve a 5k of 17:35 in a solo time trial after running for 2ish months inconsistently. Today I ran a half marathon in 1:19:23, my first half marathon and my first official race. I was proud of my effort and result in my age category, but for this half marathon because of school I never ran more than 55 km per week (30 miles) with some tempos and intervals mixed in sparsely, so I'm hoping to get to 70 km a week by end of October and 80 km a week in the new year. If I do that and hold there for a while, what do you think my performance would be a year from now based on your experience and how long it will take to get to sub 1:10:00 from where I'm at (if ever)?

    I plan on doing one tempo, one interval, and one long run a week. Thanks for any advice or feedback.

    EDIT: for my first 10k, I ran it in 37:20 while I ran my next 10k in 37:43. Average pace for the run was 3:45/km (6:02/mile)

    Aim to get your 5km/10km down to around 15:30/32:00 first. Those are good indicators of a 1:10ish half.

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    NigerianMachineNeverBreaks

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    1 year ago 10/15/2023 11:14pm EDT
    re: GreatDane

    Thanks for the advice Great Dane. Let’s see if I can get there within 3-4 years.

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