Understanding Common Half Marathon Training Plans, From Hal Higdon to Hansons

Podcast: Tread Lightly Running Science Podcast · Amanda Brooks and Laura Norris

Opublikowano: 2026-10-10

If you google “Half Marathon Training Plan,” the search engine presents you with an overwhelming variety of options: Galloway, Hansons, Hal Higdon, Daniels, and more. In this episode, we discuss the fundamental principles of volume, intensity, and progression in the most popular half marathon methodologies. In this episode, you’ll learn about: 🔸 If 80-20 is the best training intensity distribution for the half marathon 🔸 How to use the run-walk method for the half marathon 🔸 The pros and cons of the Hansons Half Marathon Method 🔸 If low-volume training plans work fo...