I'm training for a half marathon in early May (about 3 months from now) and am wondering what my weekly mileage should be. I realize that threshold training, etc is probably more important in half marathon training than mileage, but it would be helpful to have an indication of the appropriate range. I'm a 30 yr old female with the following PRs: 10k - 41:00; HM - 1:36; M - 3:16). Goal for this race is 1:29.
Thanks.
I ran a half marathon in 3 hours.......BITCHESSSSSSSSS
What was your mileage during your previous PRs and what have you been doing lately. That will dictate how high you can safely go and what works best for your body.
Right now, I'm only doing about 30 mpw (just coming off an achilles injury). I have never done very high mileage - was up to about 50-55 mpw during the fall (but got injured, so probably pushed it too far too quickly). During previous PRs I probably averaged 40 mpw.
I'd say 45mpw then with a peak week at 50. 3:16 off of 40mpw shows a lot of promise. Take it slow on the build and big things could happen. Good luck.
Your wrong - mileage is more important than threshold workouts.
Just do whatever is a good amount for you. Inch it up slowly. Also sometimes when you increase your mileage your every day paces get a bit slower. But your workouts will get faster.
FWIW - I had similar times as you on 25 mpw, and got down to 38/1:25/2:59 on closer to 80 mpw.
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You don't have to run 80 mpw to run a sub 1:30 half.
Honey Badger wrote:
Your wrong - mileage is more important than threshold workouts.
Just do whatever is a good amount for you. Inch it up slowly. Also sometimes when you increase your mileage your every day paces get a bit slower. But your workouts will get faster.
FWIW - I had similar times as you on 25 mpw, and got down to 38/1:25/2:59 on closer to 80 mpw.
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3:15 off of 40 mpw is amazing and I'm very jealous (I'm a 37 yr old female, I trained up to 75 mpw for Boston and still only ran a 3:34!!) Best of luck :)
120 miles a week with down weeks of 100ish.