So after doing some googling, I have created myself a training programme for the 10K and half marathon that I've signed up for. I will be running 4 times a week and doing:
Mon: Easy run (to recover from the long weekend run)
Wed: Tempo run - attempting to run at race pace for as long as possible - perhaps doing it in intervals
Fri: Speed work - sprint intervals and maybe some hill runs
Sun: Long, slow run - starting at 5 miles, reaching 7 or 8 miles before the 10K race (which is 6.2 miles) and then building up to 13 miles before the half marathon.
That's the plan anyway.
Obviously I need to be flexible with it at times when life gets in the way, but I really hope I can stick to it. The 10K race is fairly soon so I'm aiming just to complete that one, rather than worrying too much about time. More than anything though, I want to get a decent time for the half marathon. I'd love to do it sub 2 hours, but I don't think that will be possible - given it's 21K at I can't even do 5K in 30 mins yet! But I'm hoping for around 2 hours 15 mins, which I think is a fairly respectable time for a first half, and should be doable, as long as I train hard.
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