

“My next several years were just stellar,” he says. To achieve this, he began to incorporate run-walk sessions in his training. I came up with a new personal mantra: ‘Run Injury Free.’” “I wallowed in my misery for a bit, and then realized I needed a different goal. “I thought, ‘Okay, maybe I’ve reached the end of my improvement curve,’” he recalls. He had injuries, suffered through races far slower than his expectations, and began feeling “down” about his running. In 1978 Galloway remembers hitting a low point in his training and racing. It’s also his personal record, and it came eight years after he made the 1972 Olympic team in the 10,000m. – Here is an online calendar of Half-Marathon races.Jeff Galloway almost certainly holds the record for a run-walk marathon - he ran a 2:16:35 at Houston in 1980 while taking a brief walk break each mile. – When selecting your first Half-Marathon, choose an event that does not have a strict cut-off on time. – Use the pace calculator below to help you adjust your paces as you progress.

Recommendations on Walking Your First Half-Marathon – Aim to walk about 3 – 4 times a week – Use a good running watch that provides distance (miles/kilometers), accumulated time, average pace. – A free digital subscription to the Koach Jen Online Journal, a biweekly e-journal on walking, running, training, fitness, nutrition and more. – Recommendations on strength/core training and cross training activities. – Recommendations on post-workout/race recovery strategies.

– Recommendations on fueling/hydration for workouts and races. – A Race Simulation walking workout to practice race-day preparations and fueling/hydration strategies. – Detailed descriptions of each walking workout. – A weekly schedule showing your daily workouts for each day. What you get with your Koach Jen Walk a Half-Marathon Plan: – PDF Printable Training Plan. With my new Walk A Half-Marathon Training Plan, you can train in as little as 12 weeks with walking workouts of 3 – 4 times a week. A Half-Marathon is 13.1 miles or 21 kilometers long. Reading Time: 3 minutes Now Available – Free Download (PDF) Today Are you a walker? Do you walk on a regular basis now? Or maybe you would like to start a walking program? If you need a goal to motivate you, then a Half-Marathon walking goal is an excellent goal.
