Ep 67. Workshop Pro. Training for a 2.30 and a 2hr half marathon

This week Holly and I have brought out the big guns to help us with our training for our half marathon next year, as we both have big goals. The big guns are Tina Chantrey. Tina is our Women’s Running Fitness Editor and she’s a running coach. She basically knows everything there is to know about running.

 So we wanted her to come on to the podcast to throw loads of questions at her about our training, among which are – should we be aiming for a time for our next race, or should we just run for fun? How do we run a race without having that past time in our heads? And if we do run to get a PB, how on earth do we do that? The answer, it turns out, is by putting the work in – but none of it is that scary, but it does include everything you’d expect: intervals, tempos and hills. But Tina is a kind taskmaster, telling us that three runs a week is FINE, but just to make sure each one of them is right. And what’s more with our long run, to consider it as a mental health run, and take the pace right down – like right down. Pure running wisdom.

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