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- Before embracing Novice 2, you should have been running about a year. You should be able to comfortably run distances between 3 and 6 miles. You should be training 3-5 days a week, averaging 15-25 miles a week. You should have run an occasional 5-K or half marathon race. The higher your fitness level, the easier this 18-week program will be.
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Novice 2 consists of several different increments: Long runs : The key to the program is the long run on weekends, which builds from 8 miles in Week 1 to 20 miles in the climactic Week 15. (After that, you taper to get ready for the marathon.)
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Half Marathon Novice 2 fills the gap between the former Novice (now Novice 1) half marathon program and the Intermediate programs. Novice 1 targets beginners. These are new runners who have only begun to train.
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Dec 5, 2023 · Novice 2 is the same as the old novice 27 except in movement 13 where the give and retake the reins between F & M in working canter has been replaced with medium canter. It also has the same...
The key to novice 2 is that you do those Wednesday runs at your race pace. It's a lead in to adding speed work to your training. This will really improve your half time and I think you need the two shorter and slower runs to recover.
If you have been running for a year or more and have run a number of races from 5-K to the half marathon, you might want to consider a slight nudge up to Novice 2, although many experienced runners also favor Novice 1, because of the (relatively) gentle way it prepares you to run 26 miles 385 yards.
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Hal Higdon Novice 2 vs Intermediate 1. First marathon is in November. Official “training” starts this July. Novice 1 plan is geared towards those who have not ran a full marathon such as myself. However, I’m already used to the training and weekly mileage of a intermediate 1 plan minus the marathon experience. I have ran 2 half-marathons ...
Apr 9, 2024 · The test instructions are legible and easy to follow, with clear presentation of movements in the arena, which appear exactly as you will see on the written BD tests and scoresheets. Each change of pace or movement is also indicated by a lettered code, to enable clear learning and direction.