How to Train for a Sub-90 Minute Half Marathon
All In Run Club Podcast - by Lee Grantham
- Published
- June 26, 2026
- Duration
- 8:21
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jun 26, 2026
Discusses health.
Summary
A sub-90 half marathon isn't won on your hard days or your easy days — it's won in the middle, at threshold, the work most runners skip.If you're running 1:32–1:50 for the half now and want to break 90 (and one day break 3 hours), you're probably training in two speeds.Here are the two sessions that fix it, why sub-90 shows up as a byproduct of sub-3 mara…
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A sub-90 half marathon isn't won on your hard days or your easy days — it's won in the middle, at threshold, the work most runners skip.If you're running 1:32–1:50 for the half now and want to break 90 (and one day break 3 hours), you're probably training in two speeds.Here are the two sessions that fix it, why sub-90 shows up as a byproduct of sub-3 marathon training, and the 5K Check that tells you where you stand today.Most runners chasing a sub-90 half marathon train at two speeds: flat out
Themes
- health