Half Marathon Guides

When you have your sights set on a big “A Goal” race, you typically want to devote quite a few weeks—if not a few months— to training for the race, particularly if it’s anything longer than a 10k. However, sometimes, really cool race opportunities come up, which can convince you to jump into a race … Read more

Although many runners step up from the 5k to the 10k, the next distance in the continuum of the most common race distances, plenty of ambitious runners want to make the even bigger leap all the way up to the half marathon. While going from the 5k to the half marathon is a big jump, … Read more

Whether you’ve been at the running game for a while now or would be considered a relative newbie to the sport, running a half marathon has probably crossed your mind. The half marathon is a popular race distance, and many runners see it as the natural stepping stone in their quest to complete the full … Read more

Running a sub-2-hour half marathon is a great benchmark for the 13.1-mile (21.1-km) distance: it shows a certain level of training and underlying fitness. It also just so happens to be slightly faster than average – the average half-marathon time is 2 hours and 55 seconds! Aiming to break the 2-hour mark in your next … Read more

So you’ve finished your most recent race and you’re ready to make the jump from a 10K to half marathon distance. Congratulations! That takes guts. It takes stamina. And it requires a special kind of determination.  Taking this next big leap will be a big challenge but you’ll get incredible rewards when you cross the … Read more