Sub 1:23 half

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runningdevon May 2013 6:51pm, 8 May 2013 52 posts	0 runningdevon Hi, I can anyone recommend a good half marathon plan that will get me below 1:23 please. Thanks
pdavey May 2013 7:21pm, 8 May 2013 342 posts	0 pdavey 1:23 seems quite a specific time, any reason why?
pdavey May 2013 7:22pm, 8 May 2013 343 posts	0 pdavey and with a 2:55 marathon, I don't think you need a plan for 1:23, just go and run it. You should be aiming sub 80!
davelord May 2013 9:33pm, 8 May 2013 163 posts	0 davelord i'd agree with pdavey , I did a flat 1/2 in 80 just before a my first 2:55, No idea where you will find a half if you are in Devon. maybe this in France is nearest marathons.ahotu.com very flat and fast unless wind is from west
djwatson74 May 2013 9:38pm, 8 May 2013 623 posts	0 djwatson74 Cardiff in October ,flat,great crowd,great course. If not Gossport ,end of November is known for being a flat half. Good luck.
runningdevon May 2013 10:07pm, 8 May 2013 53 posts	0 runningdevon The reason I said 1:23 is this is what the mcmillan calculator quotes for my marathon time. Running 1:20 I think at 6:06 per a mile seems a pipe dream. Cardiff is a race I'm looking at and we have the great west run in Devon as well. I'm also someone who has to work with a structured plan or I seem to lose my way so if anyone can recommend one that would be great.
pdavey May 2013 10:22pm, 8 May 2013 344 posts	0 pdavey What's your 10k pb? I don't know any plans, sorry. google search?
runningdevon May 2013 10:32pm, 8 May 2013 54 posts	0 runningdevon I've not run a 10k for nearly 10 years and that was 39 mins then. I've run 3 marathons in the last 12 months and have nothing else in the bank to work with.
HappyG(rrr) Jun 2015 10:36am, 29 Jun 2015 24,737 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) This will be my target for second half of this year too, I suspect. I'm 1:23:xx just now and it would be nice to PB again (it's been a while!) Sub 80 will be a longer term goal - might never get to that. I think I'll just make up my own plan and probably iterate over 4-5 week blocks and see if I can get any kind of speed back. Week: - - - - 1 x long run, probably no more than 15 miles, slow, hilly, fun. 1 x medium long, quicker, bit slower than tempo - e.g. start at 5, build up to 8/9 at HMP? 2 x general - easy 5 milers that I can do at work lunch time or before gym 1 x speed e.g. intervals (we have a club session on a Thu) or short tempo e.g. parkrun! goreilla 2 x gym work - stretch, strength, core e.g. Pilates, bodypump or specific running drills (I do all that anyway, think it's important for injury avoidance, as I am now in my later 40s!) Hope to see my 5K and 10K times get closer to PBs (but not expecting to actually beat them, we'll see). 3-4 weeks build up, then a week off, with wee races in there to track progress. Hope to get somewhere by e.g. Sept/Oct? Anyone else on this journey...? G
andr3wht Jul 2015 10:39pm, 1 Jul 2015 134 posts	0 andr3wht i had this as a target for the spring. (Club 3rd standard) Happy G - your plan looks pretty similar to what i was doing. Group runs for the hmp tempo runs were great to keep the pace up. Although usually was not hitting hmp across the whole run. 10 k races in build up to gain confidence that i could split sub 39 and keep going. i got into a good rhthym with 10 milers, run solo but progressively, every other week or so.