Hi all-
I am training for a half marathon in late May. I am a recent college grad of a DIII program and am looking to run 1:25 or under. I have never trained for a race this long, and even though i've been running competitively for more than eight years, i'm a little intimidated by the distance.
I have been training in earnest since January (but ended my collegiate season in November-- so not too out of shape) and have been doing lots of tempos at or under race pace. Most recently, I did four x two-mile intervals at 6:15 and under, which felt very hard towards the end of the workout.
I have added some speed training to my workouts (I hear 5k races are good supplemental workouts as well) in the form of 800's and 400's.
My mileage is also typically 60 MPW, working up to the 65-70 range.
Am I on the right path to a fast half marathon time, and what tweaks should I be making?