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Bupa GNR Schedule: Tracy (2:15)
By Steve Smythe on 21/07/2008 14:15:47
Tracy's personalised 2:15 half-marathon schedule
mins alternating between half-marathon pace (11:00) and jog recovery pace (12:00 - 13:00) per minute Rest 20 mins easy or rest 75-80 mins slow (11:00 - 12:00) Week 3 (w/c Aug 4) Rest 10 mins warm-up, then 10 x 400m at 5K pace (sub-10:00) with 1-min
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Bupa GNR Schedule: Jason (1:25)
By Steve Smythe on 21/07/2008 13:52:45
Jason's personalised 1:25 half-marathon schedule
x 800m at 10K pace (6:00 - 6:15) with 2-min recoveries, then 10 mins cool-down 60 mins easy 45 mins, with the middle 20 alternating between half-marathon pace (6:30) and marathon (7:30) per minute 30 mins easy or rest 45 mins, including 30 mins
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Bupa GNR Schedule: Sue (1:45)
By Steve Smythe on 21/07/2008 14:07:25
Sue's personalised 1:45 half-marathon schedule
-down 65 mins easy 40 mins, including 20 mins at half-marathon pace (8:00) 30 mins easy or rest 110 mins slow (9:00 - 10:00) RestWeek 4 (w/c Aug 11) Rest 10 mins warm-up, then 14 x 200m at 5K pace (7:45) starting every minute (2 sets of 7 with 400m
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Bupa GNR Schedule: Bryan (2:00)
By Steve Smythe on 21/07/2008 14:28:27
Bryan's personalised 2:00 half-marathon schedule
(10:00 - 10:30) Rest 30 mins easy or rest 75 mins slow (11:00 -12:00) Week 3 (w/c Aug 4) Rest 10 mins warm-up, then 8 x 2 mins at 5K pace (8:45 - 9:00) with 1-min recoveries, then 10 mins cool-down Rest 40 mins, including 15 mins at half-marathon
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Bupa GNR Schedule: Catherine (1:35)
By Steve Smythe on 21/07/2008 14:04:31
Catherine's personalised 1:35 half-marathon schedule
recoveries, then 10 mins cool-down 60 mins easy 45 mins, including 20 alternating between half-marathon pace (7:15) and marathon pace (8:00) per minute 45 mins easy 100 mins slow (8:00 - 9:00) RestWeek 3 (w/c Aug 4) 30 mins easy or rest 10 mins warm
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RW's Definitive Serious Speedwork: 400m Sessions
By Steve Smythe on 01/06/2000 16:59:24
The very best one-lap sessions
-60 secs 400m jog/3 minsBest 10K (/400m) 35 (84.0) 78 80 7540 (96.0) 90 92 8745 (1:48) 1:42 1:44 1:3950 (2:00) 1:54 1:56 1:5155 (2:12) 2:06 2:08 2:0360 (2:24) 2:18 2:20 2:1565 (2:36) 2:30 2:32 2:27Variation 1:Run 8 x 400m with three-minute recoveries
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Ask The Experts: Marathon Training with Steve Smythe
By Steve Smythe on 08/02/2010 10:01:39
Catch the highlights from Friday's lunchtime debate, when experienced coach - and Lucozade Sport Super Six mentor - Steve Smythe answered your marathon questions live in the forums
at the London Marathon (2:46, 2:43, 2:46, 2:43 [his quickest in last 20 years] and 2:47). Over the years, he estimates he's run about 2,000 races.Read the whole forum debateQ. Most marathon schedules are based on past performances but my opinion is that you
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Hard works
By Steve Smythe on 01/06/2002 17:04:06
The definitive serious speedwork article - packed with examples
different grass circuits: one of 1100m, one of 1300m and one of 1400m. Each runner’s speed determines the loop that they do, and if the session is, say, three laps, two laps, one lap, the faster runners run the longer distances but the interval time
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RW's Definitive Serious Speedwork: Other Sessions
By Steve Smythe on 01/06/2000 17:04:06
From 200s to time trials
(76.8) 72 46-48 16:15-16:3017:00 (81.6) 77 49-51 17:25-17:4018:00 (86.4) 82 52-54 18:30-18:4519:00 (91.2) 86 55-57 19:30-19:4520:00 (96.0) 91 58-60 20:40-20:5521:00 (1:40) 96 61-63 21:40-21:5522:00 (1:46) 1:40 64-66 22:40-22:5523:00 (1:50) 1:45 67
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RW's Ultimate Half-Marathon schedules
By Steve Smythe on 07/05/2002 10:38:03
Our best-ever schedules for the half; 12 weeks from sub-1:20 to 2:30 run-walk
of 25 miles.Sub-2:15 (race pace: sub-10:18 per mile).Target times: 2:00 to 2:14. You should be capable of either a sub-1:05 10K, a sub-1:55 10-miler or a sub-6:00 marathon. Training will be three days a week, with an average weekly mileage of 15 miles
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