I have been wanting to run a 1/2 marathon for quite a while now. I wanted to run one last year, when I was on a health and fitness kick..but only got up to 10k. About the same time, a year later, I am back on a health and fitness kick and again....want to run a 1/2 marathon.
I have been using a new app on my smart phone (android) and Ipod touch (Apple) called Nike + running app. It has a coach feature on it and I am using this 12 week coach approach to train for my 1/2 marathon.
This week (week 4 of my training) calls for 20.75 miles of running with 3, 3 mile runs, 1 3.75 mile run and a big 8 miler on Saturday.
This app also goes further into training by suggesting what you should do on those run days... for instance, today the coach had me warm up for 1 mile, speed work for .75 miles, .25 mile rest, .75 speed work and a 1 mile cool down for 3.75 miles total.
I like the coach feature on this app, though I find the tracking mechanism to be off. I generally run on a treadmill and when "carrying" the device with the app running in my pocket, distance seems to be off by about .5 a mile... When I used the gps tracker on my Mackinaw Island run, it measured the 8 mile run as 7.60. So now, I prefer to input my distance with the setting feature and just use the coach feature, however if you are without a tracking device at all the Nike+ running app tracker might work for you. It also may work better depending on your location, device, or tower signal strength.
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