Understanding Common Half Marathon Training Plans, From Hal Higdon to Hansons

If you google “Half Marathon Training Plan,” the search engine presents you with an overwhelming variety of options: Galloway, Hansons, Hal Higdon, Daniels, and more. In this episode, we discuss the fundamental principles of volume, intensity, and progression in the most popular half marathon methodologies.

In this episode, you’ll learn about:

🔸 If 80-20 is the best training intensity distribution for the half marathon

🔸 How to use the run-walk method for the half marathon

🔸 The pros and cons of the Hansons Half Marathon Method

🔸 If low-volume training plans work for the half marathon

🔸How the Jack Daniels Formula works

🔸Who popular online plans such as Hal Higdon and BAA plans are best for

Tread Lightly Running is hosted and researched by Amanda Brooks and Laura Norris, MSc. Production, show notes, and graphics by Laura Norris. Media kit available to interested sponsors upon request.

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