20-Week Half Marathon Level 1 (Foundation): The Beginner 80/20 Protocol

Running
Half Marathon
Beginner
4 days/week (2 - 5 hours)
Power, Pace, HR
Description
Overview
Sample Week

Description

Stop running your easy days too hard and your hard days too easy. Stepping up to the half-marathon requires safely expanding your aerobic engine without incurring injuries. Designed specifically for beginners taking on 13.1 miles, this 20-week plan uses the proven 80/20 Endurance methodology. You will run 4 days a week, keeping the vast majority of miles purely aerobic (Zone 2) to safely build time-on-feet. To elevate fitness, you'll dedicate just one day a week to high-quality speed work, ...

Structured workout in your watch
This training plan includes

Individualized training with structured workouts

Structured workouts guide you through workouts in real time and deliver a more efficient and effective training session.

Weekly Averages

Days of training
4
Workouts
4
Duration
2 hr - 5 hr
Distance
8 mi - 27 mi

Overview

Run
84 workouts
61:40:00 hr
24 mi
Strength Training
38 workouts
05:04:00 hr
Bike
17 workouts
08:30:00 hr
Different sport devices

Supported Apps and Devices

Sync data from popular fitness devices and apps such as Garmin, Apple Watch, Strava, TrainerRoad, COROS and many others.

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Sample Week (3rd week)

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20-Week Half Marathon Level 1 (Foundation): The Beginner 80/20 Protocol

Running
Half Marathon
Beginner
4 days/week (2 - 5 hours)
Power, Pace, HR
20-Week Half Marathon Level 1 (Foundation): The Beginner 80/20 Protocol
$29.00
  • Apply instantly to your Final Surge calendar. Reuse this plan as much as you want.
  • Sync Structured Workouts to supported devices
  • Daily workout email reminders
Plan Provided by
Fowler Endurance™
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