The 10-Week Half-Marathon Training Plan for Intermediate to Advanced Runners

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Run your best half-marathon in 10 weeks with this plan for intermediate to advanced runners.

By Jenna Autuori

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If you can run at least five miles, have mastered the 10K, or want to race faster, try this plan. "The biggest no-no that regular runners make is staying at the same pace run after run, in what I call the mushy middle," says Troy Jacobson, official coach of Iron Girl and Ironman, who mapped out this antidote. Run for the time listed each day, speeding up to a higher-intensity zone for the minutes indicated in parentheses, and you'll make it to the finish in record time.

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"I ran the MORE/FITNESS half in 2010, but this time I'm doing it to raise money for the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp," says FITNESS sales account director Susan Sagan Levitan.

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Originally published in FITNESS magazine, February 2011.

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sarahmonleyfitn wrote:

I am using the Intermediate/Advanced Plan on page 82 of the Feb 2011 magazine. When Jacobson suggests a faster time in parentheses (e.g. "run 1:30 Z2 (15 to 20 min at race pace)") do we add the extra 15-20 minutes to the 1:30 or is it included in that time?

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