Running: Half Marathon, Beginner: 2.75 to 4.5 or 5.5 hrs/wk, 14-week plan

Running: Half Marathon, Beginner: 2.75 to 4.5 or 5.5 hrs/wk Author: Gale Bernhardt 14 weeks - $54.95 (There is a 10% discount when ordering from Gale Bernhardt’s website.) Total Hours: 55  This 14-Week training plan is for the runner looking to step-up to a new distance and successfully complete a 13.1-mile event. Personal speed records will come at another race. The beginner plan is written for athletes intending to run, or run and walk, the event at a pace between 12 and 16 minutes per mile (finish time at 2:37 to 3:30). If you use the training plan “as is”, it is a 14-week program. The first week of the plan has you running three or four days. One day is a 20-minute run, the second day is a 30-minute run, the third day is your “long run” at 30 to 45 minutes and the optional fourth run day is 20-minutes long. The plan helps you progress to a long run between 2:15 to 2:30 in Week 10.  The plan is laid out with a form run on Tuesday, an optional easy bike ride on Wednesday, a race