While this is technically Week 7 of my half-marathon training plan, I needed to return to Week 4 training levels to pick things up again.
Week 4 of my training schedule ended on April 20th. Between then and May 5th, I could only complete four runs, which is now leading to this setback in my schedule. While my initial goal was to increase my pace, I have now adjusted my goal to completing another Half-Marathon distance under 2 hours. The reasoning is twofold:
- I need colder weather conditions to beat my personal best (set in December 2016).
- My fatigue is high due to a busy period with work-related travel.
Finishing under two hours would still be an improvement compared to my last half-marathon distance run on March 30th of this year.
| Date | Duration | Average Heartbeat |
Distance | Pace | V02Max | HRV | RHR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 7 | 2:56:27 | 156 bpm | 29,6 km | 5:57 | 41,6 | 59 ms | 59 bpm |
| 20250511 | 1:24:20 | 157 bpm | 12,88 km | 6:33 | 41,5 | 54 ms | 62 bpm |
| 20250510 | 16:15 | 160 bpm | 3,24 km | 5:01 | 41,6 | 68 ms | 60 bpm |
| 20250508 | 6:28 | 149 bpm | 1,02 km | 6:20 | 41,6 | 61 ms | 58 bpm |
| 20250508 | 26:18 | 167 bpm | 5,04 km | 5:13 | 41,7 | 61 ms | 58 bpm |
| 20250505 | 28:00 | 158 bpm | 5,03 km | 5:34 | 41,7 | 54 ms | 57 bpm |
| 20250505 | 15:04 | 145 bpm | 2,43 km | 6:31 | 41,7 | 54 ms | 57 bpm |
My weekly totals:
| Date | Duration | Average Heartbeat |
Distance | Pace | V02Max | HRV | RHR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 7 | 2:56:27 | 156 bpm | 29,6 km | 5:57 | 41,6 | 59 ms | 59 bpm |
| Week 6 | 2:54:53 | 145 bpm | 27,9 km | 6:15 | 42,6 | 64 ms | 57 bpm |
| Week 5 | 1:28:14 | 143 bpm | 12,7 km | 6:55 | 43,1 | 65 ms | 56 bpm |
| Week 4 | 2:43:14 | 148 bpm | 25,21 km | 6:29 | 43,1 | 61 ms | 58 bpm |
| Week 3 | 3:44:11 | 155 bpm | 37,52 km | 5:58 | 43,3 | 64 ms | 58 bpm |
| Week 2 | 3:23:30 | 148 bpm | 33,4 km | 6:05 | 43,3 | 62 ms | 56 bpm |
| Week 1 | 3:19:48 | 151 bpm | 32,63 km | 6:08 | 43,4 | 54 ms | 54 bpm |
My run log has more 2025 running stats. My best in the half marathon is 1:43:07, which I’m trying to beat with this training plan.
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