Hey everyone. Welcome to you today's episode of the Run to the Top Extra Kit Daily Podcast. I am your host, one of the coaches here at Runners Connect,

Hayneyman. And it is great to be chatting with you today.

I hope you are all safe and well and having a great week. Today I want to talk to you about the half marathon distance. I want to give you a few tips to help

you optimize your performance over that distance. So the half is actually one of my favorite

distances. I love the half marathon. Even if my

performances in the half are sort of relatively slower than my marathon

performances, I just love the half marathon. It's long enough to be a test of endurance,

but it's not so long that you have to put so much pressure on it

because you're limited to just one or two per year

as with the marathon. It's also an achievable aim for most runners

whether you're new to the sport or not. And to me it's the perfect blend of

speed and endurance. It leaves a satisfying sort of fatigue when you've completed it without

that complete depletion of the marathon that requires several weeks to fully recover from.

Faster runners running closer to 80 minutes can kind of push close to their limits for the whole

duration of the race. It's a great test of your ability to run close to that red line for a prolonged

period of time.

For others running close to two hours or more, it's more of a test of endurance, perseverance

and fuel stores.

So that can affect how we need to train for it too.

But no matter where you sit on that spectrum,

there are certain workouts that are key

to performing your best over the distance.

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