The Best Advice for Training for Your First Half Marathon

I’m training for my first half marathon, and quite frankly, it’s challenging. I ran cross country in middle school and high school, and I’ve competed in 5K races as an adult, but this distance is a completely different challenge for me. Because of my lifelong on-again off-again relationship with running (I didn’t necessarily enjoy all those years of cross country), I’m comfortable with a 5K. I have a good understanding of how far that is and how my body works during those 3.1 miles. I know when to push myself and when to relax. But when it comes to 13.1 miles, everything I thought I knew …

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