You are probably well into your Half Marathon Training Schedule by now, so it's time to take a look at some of the more detailed stuff that will help you get prepared for the big day.  Here are three tips to help you along that path.

   1. Alternate Easy and Hard Weeks.  With the schedule as written, this is not obvious.  You are already alternating easy and hard days, but your body will thank you for doing the same with the weeks.  This may require a little imagination, but you can tell when ...
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Capitol 10K in Austin, March 29, 2009

Thousands of people have asked me why I have a site called halftrainingschedule.com No, not thousands, a few hundred, maybe. Well, perhaps a few ...

(Actually, I'm almost sure someone asked me once.)

The answer is quite simple. I enjoy running, and wanted to create a site for others who might be interested in starting. I already had two sites (beginning-running.com and gettingstartedrunning.com), but neither one was what I wanted.

Searching for suita...

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(No -- this is NOT my blister!  Just a photo I found.)

I have run for years without getting blisters, and concluded that I was blister proof. Then, after about 5 miles yesterday I felt a sore place on my foot. It got worse until, at the end of my 8 mile run, I wasn't exactly hobbling, but I was certainly hurting.

What happened?

First, a little history. I am just getting back into long runs after a layoff caused by a pulled hamstring. I ran a 10K a week ago and found that my conditioning was ...

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